This film image released by Universal Pictures shows Jessica Chastain in a scene from "Mama." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures)
This film image released by Universal Pictures shows Megan Charpentier in a scene from "Mama." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures)
Isabelle Nélisse (left), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier and Jessica Chastain in a scene from "Mama." | AP Photo/Universal Pictures
This film image released by Universal Pictures shows Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in a scene from "Mama." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures)
This film image released by Universal Pictures shows Jessica Chatain in a scene from "Mama." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures)
LOS ANGELES — A playful, elegantly made little horror film, “Mama” teasingly sustains a game of hide-and-seek as it tantalizes the audience with fleeting apparitions of the title character while maintaining interest in two deeply disturbed little orphan girls. Being sold primarily on the name …