The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
The Elliot estate was once a thriving plantation, but by the 19th century, the family has crumbled under the weight of its own excesses. If sordid sexuality and insanity don't claim their lives, a malevolent force lurking on the land certainly will. Is it a supernatural entity, or simply the poverty-stricken locals seeking revenge? In between the killings, which are regarded with mild interest at best by the surviving members of the family, dysfunctional relationships play out in slow motion. There is an unhappy marriage, affairs with servants, homosexual trysts... Marj Dusay and Ryan Foley star in this award-winning chiller from auteur Andrew Repasky McElhinney.
Ratings
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrew Repasky McElhinneyWriter
- Andrew Repasky McElhinneyDirector
- Lyle HoldahlOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marj DusayGrandmother Elliot
- Oliver WymanThomas Elliot
- Margot WhiteBridgette
- Ryan FoleySara Elliot
- David Scott TaylorThe Beggar Slave