Mary Had a Little Lamb

Trying to boost its flagging ratings, a true-crime podcaster enlists her crew to look into a case where several people have disappeared in the local woods and goes off to look into the case, but when they arrive find the culprit to be a strange woman and her hulking masked son killing everyone they come across.

This was a massively entertaining effort with a lot to really enjoy about it. One of the finest aspects here is the stronger-than-expected storyline that takes a few cues from the iconic nursery rhyme but goes off into an intriguing spin on its own. The idea of the podcast show looking for their own boost to their numbers and finding a story ripped from the headlines that they can investigate is a solid enough idea that lights a fire on them to do it with the ultimatum to fix everything. This causes the group to stumble into the clutches of the psychotic family as the mysterious woman and equally psychotic lamb-masked hulking son arrive to be offsetting before the turn that reveals them to be the cause of the disappearances gives everything a solid start to things. That comes to the forefront with this one providing a series of gruesome and graphic ambush scenes with the terrifying killer being used quite effectively. The opening where he ruthlessly chops a victim to pieces like a dinner carving in front of a screaming victim strapped to a chair at the table is a fantastic touch to get an idea of the brutality in store, much like the shock ambush in the house where he takes out one of the team members. Later scenes where it takes out the amorous couple in the house, delivers a great ambush at the disabled car parked in the woods, or chases another victim through the woods bring about some incredibly fun scenes that set the stage for a wild finale featuring a dark diner party filled with brutal deaths and some shocking revelations about everything that's taking place. The reveal about the finale is rather well-handled here and has a lot to like. Being a fun spin on the titular rhyme involving how their deranged relationship makes it possible for the twisted family dynamic to work quite well to explain the lack of attention they have and the way they operate together which is all pretty much given beforehand before getting spelled out in grand detail in the finale. Granted, this is entirely way too cheesy to be taken seriously, especially with the low budget on display this one has, and it causes this section to be quite silly and goofy. That so much of this one section is used from other films being repeated again speaks slightly to the repeated nature of this concept being used in the genre so to bring this up again is a bit to hold this down.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

This movie did a great job of making me feel it was nearing its climatic end when in reality I was only 5 minutes into it. May Kelly has a great voice but it's hard to watch as her lips don't move when she talks, just her mouth opening and closing. It's like a weird meat puppet mouth.

No lightbulb was actually harmed or turned on during the filming of this project.

It's very heart warming knowing that all these "filmed in a day" movies have an eternal home on Amazon prime video to justify Amazon continuing to raise prices and lower quality.

Wait, I forgot I was watching this movie. Mary have had a little lamb, but Carla has a bull ring and an appetite for mutton.

Needless to say that I had of course not heard about this 2023 slasher horror movie titled "Mary Had a Little Lamb" prior to stumbling upon it here in 2025 by random chance. I can't exactly claim that I harbored any particular big expectations to the movie, given it's title. But still, on account of it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to check out what director Jason Arber had to offer.

Essentially this movie was just a run-of-the-mill slasher flick of a deranged killer very an inarticulate mask. So writers Harry Boxley and Sarah Josepha Hale didn't bring anything new to the slasher horror genre, aside from using a children's song as the foundation upon which they based their script.

The pacing of the narrative left much to be desired, as it was a rather slow paced one. There wasn't really all that much thrilling or scary happening throughout the course of the 80 minutes that the movie ran for, and that made sitting through this somewhat of a test of wills at times.

Of the entire cast ensemble, I was only familiar with Danielle Scott. Yep, I've seen enough dubious low budget horror movies to be familiar with her. The acting performances in the movie were actually fair.

The effects in the movie were fair, but nothing outstanding.

The sounds that the Lamb, Mary's son, was making made absolutely zero sense. Sure, I get that it was for scare effect, but it just made no sense whatsoever. But personally I found those bestial, guttural and inhuman growling sounds that Lamb made just ruined the scenes that were supposed to be scary. It made the character laughable.

Watchable for what it was, but "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was essentially a generic slasher flick that brought nothing exciting to the genre. And if you've seen your share of slasher flicks, then there is very little to be had here. I think "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is suitable for newcomers to the slasher horror genre.

My rating of director Jason Arber's 2023 movie "Mary Had a Little Lamb" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.

Rhys Frake Waterfield had a hand in this but i only just saw it recently. I kind of passed it up by accident and found it on ebay. I am very easily curiosified or so. So i had to see it. Killer Sheep? Please. Thought it might be like Black Sheep. Close. I love, love the 2 Killer Pooh Bear movies, very much. So the "little lamb" is quite large, quite large. So his mother was a woman and his daddy a sheep? Not how its said in the movie but okay women aren't raped by men and have half human half sheep. But whatever, i went with it. Poor kills. Story was fair. 20$ budget. The ending cuts off. Not near as good as the blood & hunnys.

I recently viewed the UK slasher 🇬🇧 Mary Had a Little Lamb (2023) on Tubi. The plot follows a podcast team facing termination, desperately seeking their next big story to save the show. Venturing into the woods, notorious for historical murders and recent disappearances, they stumble upon a mysterious mansion where they encounter a welcoming host named Mary, who offers to guide them to what they're looking for...

Directed by Jason Arber (Divide by Zero), the film stars May Kelly (Pterodactyl), Christine Ann Nyland, Gaston Alexander (Vikings: Battle of Heirs), and Mark Sears (Wolverine vs Deadpool).

Mary Had a Little Lamb capitalizes on the success of "Winnie the Pooh: Milk and Honey." The villain sports an impressive costume, delivering some solid kills. While there's gore, most of the kills lean towards entertaining over greatness. The protagonist bears a resemblance to Lindsay Lohan, and Christine Ann Nyland's portrayal of Mary is commendable. Despite its simplistic storyline, the film offers plenty of enjoyable moments and captures the essence of classic slasher films.

In summary, Mary Had a Little Lamb proves to be a fun addition to the emerging fairy tale horror genre. I rate it a 5/10 and recommend it to fans of this emerging genre.