FilmRGhosts & Haunting Psychological Gothic

The Little Stranger2018

Name: The Little Stranger
Genre: Ghosts & Haunting, Psychological, Gothic
Released: 2018-08-30
Rating: 5.7

“These delusions are contagious”

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson

5.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.5Rotten Tomatoes 64%Metacritic 67TMDB 5.7

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Year

2018

Runtime

111 min

Box Office

Revenue (worldwide)

$1,824,902

Domestic

$713,143

🏆 5 nominations total

The premise

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?

Horror Vault's take

Post-war England casts a long shadow over Hundreds Hall, a once-grand Georgian estate where the fading Ayres family clings to the remnants of their former life. When a local doctor becomes entangled in their world, strange and disturbing events begin to fracture the household from within. Adapted from Sarah Waters' acclaimed novel, the film wraps its dread in stifling period atmosphere and deep psychological ambiguity. Whether the source of terror is supernatural or something far more human remains the film's most haunting question.

Content: Disturbing Imagery, Psychological Distress, Scenes Of Self-Harm Suggested, Animal Harm