It starts with the snap of buttons coming undone, and the whisper of fabric brushing bare shoulders: Marianne (Jessica Brown Findlay), weary after a day’s journey to her new home with her daughter Adelaide (Anya McKenna-Bruce), has retired to the bedroom and begun slowly undressing, though she needs a hand with the final clasp on her dress. “Would you?” she asks her husband, Linus (John Heffernan), as he walks in on her.
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- 4/17/2021
- by Andrew Crump
- The Playlist
It's 1938 and Europe is on the brink of war. In Britain, the remains of much older conflicts are being played out through less obvious but still violent means, often on the bodies of women. Marianne (Jessica Brown Findlay) is a well spoken, respectably dressed young woman with an 11-year-old daughter, Adelaide (Anya McKenna-Bruce), and a prim, nervous vicar husband, Linus (John Heffernan). All is not well in her marriage, however, and both she and Linus have secrets in their past. What's more, so does the house where they have been sent to live - and the two might be connected.
The occult was a huge fad in that particular decade, and particularly popular with the Nazis, who hoped to find ways of weaponising it. This context adds an extra layer of creepiness to Christopher Smith's film, which otherwise relies heavily on familiar tropes like shadowy corridors, sinister hooded figures and.
The occult was a huge fad in that particular decade, and particularly popular with the Nazis, who hoped to find ways of weaponising it. This context adds an extra layer of creepiness to Christopher Smith's film, which otherwise relies heavily on familiar tropes like shadowy corridors, sinister hooded figures and.
- 3/25/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Downton Abbey actor holds together Christopher Smith’s increasingly silly Essex haunted-house horror
“An empire of misogyny” is how former Irish president Mary McAleese described the Catholic church – and Christianity as a historical perpetrator of sexism and violence against women adds an interesting-ish layer or two to this otherwise run-of-the-mill but well-acted haunted-house horror. It’s set in the runup to the second world war and loosely inspired by Borley Rectory, the country manor once dubbed “the most haunted house in England”.
Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay is terrific as Marianne, a vicar’s wife with a rebellious streak (her bohemian “loose woman” past becomes crucial later). Marianne has just moved into a crumbling pile in the Essex countryside with her wet blanket husband Linus (John Heffernan) and their young daughter Adelaide (Anya McKenna-Bruce). The local bishop Malachi (John Lynch), a man who wears the huge gold cross...
“An empire of misogyny” is how former Irish president Mary McAleese described the Catholic church – and Christianity as a historical perpetrator of sexism and violence against women adds an interesting-ish layer or two to this otherwise run-of-the-mill but well-acted haunted-house horror. It’s set in the runup to the second world war and loosely inspired by Borley Rectory, the country manor once dubbed “the most haunted house in England”.
Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay is terrific as Marianne, a vicar’s wife with a rebellious streak (her bohemian “loose woman” past becomes crucial later). Marianne has just moved into a crumbling pile in the Essex countryside with her wet blanket husband Linus (John Heffernan) and their young daughter Adelaide (Anya McKenna-Bruce). The local bishop Malachi (John Lynch), a man who wears the huge gold cross...
- 3/24/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
When it comes to haunted houses we’ve seen it all near enough. From the psychology of Robert Wise’s The Haunting, to the playful macabre of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, to the shuddering realism of Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity, the jolts of James Wan’s The Conjuring, the fresh voice of Remi Weekes’ His House, and the ice cube down the spine chills and lingering emotions of J.A. Bayona’s The Orphanage. We have seen so many filmmakers craft so many different bumps in the night emanating from the home, and in Creep and Black Death director Christopher Smith’s The Banishing, we go back to the traditional British hauntings of old, which have recently been resurrected in films like The Woman in Black, When the Lights Went Out and An English Haunting.
This Yorkshire shot ‘30s set haunted house chiller, inspired by “The most haunted house in...
This Yorkshire shot ‘30s set haunted house chiller, inspired by “The most haunted house in...
- 3/14/2021
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
One of the year’s most anticipated is Creep, Triangle, and Severance director Christopher Smith’s haunted house horror The Banishing, acquired ahead of Sitges by Shudder after its FrightFest premiere. Bloody Disgusting learned this morning that The Banishing, which tells the true story of a young reverend, his wife (Jessica Brown Findlay) and daughter (Anya McKenna-Bruce) who move into a manor with a […]...
- 1/14/2021
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Bloody Disgusting has scored the crazy first trailer for Creep, Triangle, and Severance director Christopher Smith’s haunted house horror The Banishing, acquired ahead of Sitges by Shudder for release at a later date. The Banishing tells the true story of a young reverend, his wife (Jessica Brown Findlay) and daughter (Anya McKenna-Bruce) who move into a manor with a horrifying secret. […]...
- 10/8/2020
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Variety shares the first clip from Creep, Triangle, and Severance director Christopher Smith’s haunted house horror The Banishing, from UK-based financier The Fyzz Facility. The above photo displays Jessica Brown Findlay in the lead role as a young reverend’s wife, who along with their daughter (Anya McKenna-Bruce) move into a manor with a horrifying secret. When a demonic spirit possesses the little girl and […]...
- 6/22/2020
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
One of our favorite filmmakers Christopher Smith has a new haunted house film in the works called The Banishing. The film tells the story of the most haunted house in England and looks to have a Gothic Woman in Black vibe.
The first look comes from Bloody Disgusting and features actress Jessica Brown in the lead role as a young reverend’s wife, who along with their daughter (Anya McKenna-Bruce) move into a manor with a horrify...
The first look comes from Bloody Disgusting and features actress Jessica Brown in the lead role as a young reverend’s wife, who along with their daughter (Anya McKenna-Bruce) move into a manor with a horrify...
- 2/11/2019
- QuietEarth.us
Bloody Disgusting has the first ever shot from Creep, Triangle, and Severance director Christopher Smith’s haunted house horror The Banishing, from UK-based financier The Fyzz Facility. The above photo displays Jessica Brown in the lead role as a young reverend’s wife, who along with their daughter (Anya McKenna-Bruce) move into a manor with a horrifying secret. When a demonic spirit possesses the little […]...
- 2/11/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
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