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White Settlers2014

Name: White Settlers
Genre: Survival, Psychological
Released: 2014-09-05
Rating: 4.9

“They don't belong here.”

Directed by Simeon Halligan

4.9

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 4.7Rotten Tomatoes 45%TMDB 4.7

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Year

2014

Runtime

83 min

Box Office

🏆 1 win & 1 nomination

The premise

Young urban couple Ed and Sarah are set to begin a new life when they move from London into an isolated borders Scottish farmhouse. After falling in love with the 19th century Castle Farm and seeing its potential as a fixer-upper they are anxious to get started on the renovations. In bed on their first night Sarah thinks she can hear noises in the darkness but Ed is disbelieving saying it’s her imagination playing tricks. Persisting in her fear they are not alone in the house, she forces Ed to investigate. When he doesn’t return after a scarily long period, she goes downstairs to investigate only to be confronted by a welcoming committee of masked intruders. As she desperately searches for Ed, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues with the mysterious assailants. But what do they want and what horrors do they have planned for the two newcomers?

Horror Vault's take

A young English couple trading city life for a remote Scottish farmhouse find their first night rapidly descending into a waking nightmare. What begins as routine new-home jitters quickly escalates when masked figures emerge from the darkness with intentions that are far from welcoming. Separated and hunted across an unfamiliar property, the pair must fight to survive until dawn against assailants whose motives run deeper than simple robbery. White Settlers is a lean, nerve-shredding home-invasion thriller soaked in the eerie atmosphere of the Scottish borderlands.

Content: Violence, Threat With Bladed Weapons, Sustained Scenes Of Peril, Home Invasion