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Jan. 28, 2013 8:00pm Liz Klimas

Editor’s note: Some images below might be considered disturbing.

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If you’ve seen the previews for Guillermo del Toro’s latest horror film “Mama,” you know you’ll probably never call your mother this endearing derivative again without the creepy child-whispered version crossing your mind. You also know that the scrambly movements of a wraith-like character in unreal bodily positions makes it appearance in this film as well.

In fact, characters such as this, usually portrayed as a female, have been cropping up in horror movies for the last few years. The video for a motion test from “Mama” with actor Javier Botet gives you an inside look at their making — if you can handle it.

Video of Motion Text With Actor Javier Botet Who Has Marfan Syndrome For Guillermo del Toros Mama

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

The male actor providing the movements for the ghostly character, from which the film gets its name, is effective in part due to his extremely thin frame, which is the result of Marfan syndrome, according to io9.

The NIH describes Marfan syndrome as a genetic disorder that prevents the building of connective tissue and also causes very lengthy long bones, like legs and arms.

Watch the clip to see how Botet’s physique gives him an eerie air (Content warning: images might be considered disturbing):

Here’s the trailer for “Mama,” which is in theaters now (Content warning: images might be considered disturbing):

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HYPNOTOAD
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 3:18pm
I saw the movie expecting it to suck. It was actually pretty good. No gore, lots of creep out factor.

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GBIsTheMan
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 12:52pm
Oh no, more Hollywood vomit.

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SuperSuineg
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:45am
Wow I would’ve thought that was CGI, this is an unbelievable condition I feel sorry for the guy. I’m glad he’s found a job for his particular abilities. I don’t know why you’re complaining about this article is brought to light some fascinating things of human existence.

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- dogday
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 11:02am
  I assumed it was all computerized–I found it interesting, too!
  
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Warren28
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:44am
Apparently I’m the only one who liked this story. I liked this movie too. It was a pretty good storyline of tracking down the “events” from years ago that are causing these freaky occurrences mixed in with the present day supernatural creepiness. The motion test was pretty shocking though

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evolutionISareligion
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:06am
” Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast”, We wonder why Newtown happened!? life is not just blood, and skin, and heart, it is the spirit and soul (explain that evolutionist). What we see, hear, what we input into us, affects us, on levels we dont always understand. If all this is untrue, then why is there advertising to affect our shopping choices? Even our “heros” are very flawed, and many times dark and sinister, and we seek to be “bad a__”, and we want what we call respect from others, not earned respect, or respect just for “common human decency” but superiority respect, and we wonder why bad thing happen? you go see Ironman and hes a billionaire playboy with power and ACDC plays on the sound track, and it gets you pumped. You think that “spirit” doesnt reside in you somewhere deep and affect you? Original sin is not .disobedience to God, its wanting to be God.

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- munacra
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:14pm
  “Original sin is not .disobedience to God, its wanting to be God.” And who was it that was WANTING TO BE GOD? He lived in heaven. His name was LUCIFER….
  
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ZAP
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 8:28am
I see dead people…..

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Melika
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 8:06am
What’s the “scientific” part, Liz?

Please fire this moron!

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- busterpuddles
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:00am
  I think she was trying credit the Marfan syndrome that made the screen test such a success (science part) for much of the success of making the movie as creepy as it is.
  
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- Zarapachi
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:19am
  They provided a link. Ya must’ve missed it.
  
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noah2854
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:53am
Idon’t watch anything made by mexicans who hate americans guillermo del toro is an american people hater while the people is divided in this country and doing boycotts to the wrong peoples they allow them mexicans to take over, the mexicanization of this country will destroy the country . boycott everything mexican .by patronizing their culture you kill american values of life .

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- NoMoMrNiceGuy
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 6:57am
  Ditto
  
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- TexicanPatriot
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 8:23am
  I normally dont post, here but this one takes the prize… Wow! read your ignorant rant… very articulate… So I switched ‘mexican’ with Poles, Italians and Baptists…
  
  “Idon’t watch anything made by poles who hate americans guillermo del toro is an american people hater while the people is divided in this country and doing boycotts to the wrong peoples they allow them poles to take over, the polization of this country will destroy the country . boycott everything poles .by patronizing their culture you kill american values of life .”
  
  “Idon’t watch anything made by italians who hate americans guillermo del toro is an american people hater while the people is divided in this country and doing boycotts to the wrong peoples they allow them italians to take over, the italizationization of this country will destroy the country . boycott everything italian .by patronizing their culture you kill american values of life .”
  
  “Idon’t watch anything made by baptists who hate americans guillermo del toro is an american people hater while the people is divided in this country and doing boycotts to the wrong peoples they allow them baptists to take over, the baptistization of this country will destroy the country . boycott everything baptist .by patronizing their culture you kill american values of life .”
  
  see how stupid it sounds… Racism is wrong no matter what your ethicnicity, religion or physical appearance… Have a nice day and may GOD Bless Our Country!
  
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- jteagle
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 8:39am
  NOAH…Most Mexicans I know have much better grammar than you. Is English your first language?
  
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- 123456beatriz
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 8:50am
  @”Noah”2854 You Americans! themselves are guilty of your own destruction So Don’t blame others of your own mess! Mo…er fu….er racist.!
  
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Daddymac10
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 3:09am
That lady looks like an employee of the White House…

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Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 1:39am
Blah, blah, blah. Looks to me like this is feeding into the HARD LEFT ( you know who they are, 60′s radicals like Billy Ayers, Barack Obama, etc) who in the 60′s were saying things like ‘kill your parents’ which the hard leftists of today are once again saying. Desensitizing Americans, people, against their parents. Killing the commandment to ‘honor thy father & thy mother.’

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Centurian
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 11:59pm
Not to sound cruel, but I see people close to this condition on a weekly basis. They’re usually addicts who have slipped through the cracks and live mostly on the street. They talk to themselves and I have even seen them get violent to the point of almost physical violence with themselves.

They are the mentally ill and can be found here in Flint, in and around the downtown water park area. The cops try to keep an eye on them, but with paranoid/delusional/schizophrenic tendencies, it is almost impossible to keep track of them.

The saddest thing about this is that numerous legal organizations have legally argued that these people have rights, equivalent to the rest of us, and can refuse mental care. It kills me when I work at a local homeless shelter in the area, and they will not even get near the place.

If Obama was truly worried about human suffering, he would create more programs that helped these people, and turning his back on the many on the welfare roles who are quite happy to sponge off the working society.

This is the greatest reason why I oppose completely the direction that this President is taking the welfare system and the healthcare system. I will happily allow the government to take money out of my paycheck to reach these people, but object when my money is used for “redistribution” purposes.

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CloudNine
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 11:12pm
That’s it!!!? R u kidding me? My wife’s hair is a lot scarier than this in the morning….

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Misha
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 10:08pm
How is it creepy when you know it’s a skinny dude in a mask and you can see all the set around him? It looks stupid, if ya asked me.

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thewatcher93
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 9:38pm
Ummmmmm, yeah I will pass.

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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on January 28, 2013 at 10:23pm
  What exactly was scientific about that video?
  
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mcmeador
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 9:34pm
The motion test was a lot creepier than the trailer.

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chips1
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 9:20pm
If Obama had a son.

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- joey g
  Posted on January 28, 2013 at 9:26pm
  he would look like that…hahahahahahahah
  
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SoundnFury
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 9:16pm
They should have waited until Mother’s Day to release this.

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- Cosmos102
  Posted on January 28, 2013 at 9:31pm
  Thanks for the laugh! Good one.
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 9:16pm
So I take it the DNA printer (the biological version of your plastic gun maker) is not working as it was cracked out to be? Lets see, your DNA machines could wipe out the human race with genetic errors that can’t be corrected, and your artificial life forms could be stolen or hijacked by a computer virus, I mean, what could possibly go wrong with big government programs?

Yes we can, stop technology and scary films?

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Truthmonster
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 8:43pm
What a cheery image to put in our youths heads. I thought this would make someone hanging onto the brink of reality snap and shoot up a school. Nice work again Hollywood.

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- chips1
  Posted on January 28, 2013 at 9:16pm
  Obama’s day at the beach?
  
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DougHuffman
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 8:40pm
Now there’s an authoritaay, “the result of Marfan syndrome, according to io9.” Marfan’s is a spectrum of difficulties, like most genetic disorders.

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SIXFRIGATES
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 8:29pm
Looks like Professor Lupin from ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ when he turns into the werewolf… Recycled evil. And we wonder why people lose their souls and kill 20 kids at a school.

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Xiccarph
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 8:22pm
One of our trolls or not…gotta see this one!

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Cosmos102
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 8:18pm
That movie looks totally lame. Hope it doesn’t trigger some mentally ill wacko out there. That’s not exactly what this country needs.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 28, 2013 at 8:07pm
Well, I’ll be danged. TROLLMONGER finally landed a job!

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 28, 2013 at 8:14pm
  No wait, it could also be DORA_GASBAG/CHARLES116/VERCEOFREASON. Its hard to tell with all of that FX makeup covering the real fugly.
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:59am
  RJ, ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!
  
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