Horror starring George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy and Charlie Heaton. In the late 1960s, an Englishwoman and her children move to a secluded mansion in America. When she dies, the three boys and one girl decide to keep their mother's passing a secret, so they won't be separated. But as they try to maintain the pretence, it appears something sinister is haunting their home.
Hiding the death of their mother in order to continue living together in sprawling rural harmony, a family of four young siblings are plagued by eerie phenomena in this risible directorial debut from the screenwriter of The Orphanage and The Impossible, Sergio G Sánchez. Set in 1969, the soft-horror's convoluted plotting includes a love triangle, social shame, potential blackmail, guilty secrets and an outlandish third-act twist that causes the house to buckle under the weight of too much forced suspense. Sadly, Sánchez does not have the proper experience to funnel his haphazard horrors - be they real, over-actively imagined or ghostly - towards that narrative game-changer to achieve heartfelt emotion or marrow chills. Coming across as way too arch, despite some good work by actors George MacKay, Charlie Heaton and Anya Taylor-Joy, this is cracked-mirror melodrama that renders each and every dark mood swing ineffective.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Jack | George MacKay |
| Allie | Anya Taylor-Joy |
| Billy | Charlie Heaton |
| Jane | Mia Goth |
| Sam | Matthew Stagg |
| Mother | Nicola Harrison |
| Porter | Kyle Soller |
| Father | Tom Fisher |
| Molly | Myra Kathryn Pearse |
| Doctor | Paul Jesson |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Sergio G Sánchez |
