Ma Movie

Ma Plot: What's the story?

Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town (Diana Silvers), to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.

She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home. But there are some house rules: One of the kids has to stay sober. Don’t curse. Never go upstairs. And call her “Ma.”

But as Ma’s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare, and Ma’s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth.

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Ma Cast: Who are the actors?

• Octavia Spencer  
  Onward, Dolittle
• Juliette Lewis  
  Dreamland, A Million Little Pieces
• Luke Evans  
  Midway, Anna
• McKaley Miller  
  
• Allison Janney  
  Troop Zero, The Addams Family
• Diana Silvers  
  

Film Details & Notes: What do we know about Ma?

1. What starts out as a teenager’s dream turns into a terrifying nightmare.
2. As director Tate Taylor explained the nature of the film, "more than being scary, it’s going to make people think. It’s going to have meaning and purpose. At the same time, there will be all the tropes of a horror movie, where you scream and cover your eyes.”