Directed by:
Nick MurphyCinematography:
Eduard GrauComposer:
Daniel PembertonCast:
Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, John Shrapnel, Diana Kent, Richard Durden, Cal MacAninch, Lucy Cohu, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Joseph Mawle (more)VOD (1)
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In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves. (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews (1)
The Awakening fits perfectly in the category of “Old World Horror”. The creators attempted to make something that could compete with gems like The Others or The Orphanage (and I feel that they ripped off a couple of scenes, but I won’t swear on that), but unfortunately, they don’t quite manage it. The atmosphere is solid at times, there are also a couple of scary and originally put together unsettling scenes (the little house), but in the end the film hurts itself by not trying to produce anything other than a weird climax with the mandatory twist that fails to take your breath away. Overall, it’s just unremarkable average.
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