Watch Octavia Spencer Take a Dark Turn in ‘Ma’ | Anatomy of a Scene

A group of teenagers picks the wrong adult to buy them alcohol in the horror thriller “Ma.” This early scene features Octavia Spencer as Sue Ann, who encounters Maggie (Diana Silvers) outside a liquor store with her friends in a van nearby.

Narrating the scene, the director Tate Taylor explains how he uses it to disarm the audience, giving a sense of innocence, but including clues that foreshadow the dark turns the movie will take.
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