FilmPsychological Gothic

The Poisoning Angel2017

Name: The Poisoning Angel
Genre: Psychological, Gothic
Released: 2017-01-18
Rating: 5.9

Directed by Stéphanie Pillonca

5.9

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IMDb 4.9TMDB 4.4

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Year

2017

Runtime

97 min

Box Office

🏆 1 win & 1 nomination

The premise

In 1800, Brittany is on its knees, overwhelmed by the regime in place and by the omnipotent clergy. It founders in an economic slump without end in sight and, in the middle of all this, a young, suffering girl pushes back as best she can. She is known as the "Poisoning Angel," an isolated child, mistreated by life and rocked by morbid thoughts. She will become one of the world's most notorious serial killers and will sow death, perhaps merely to be looked at and loved.

Horror Vault's take

Set against the crushing poverty and clerical iron grip of early 19th-century Brittany, this French historical thriller traces the dark emergence of one of history's most chilling serial killers. At its center is a young woman broken by neglect and cruelty, whose quiet suffering slowly curdles into something far more dangerous. The film is less a procedural hunt and more a haunting character study — an unflinching portrait of how society's indifference can birth a monster. Bleak and intimate, it asks uncomfortable questions about culpability, loneliness, and the desperate human need to be seen.

Content: Depictions Of Poisoning, Child Mistreatment, Themes Of Abuse And Neglect, Death And Mortality