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A Balasaur Score of 67 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 72%, Metacritic 66/100. Every source lands within 7 points of the others, across 5,300 audience votes. Scores higher than 88% of the 1,942 2010s horror movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes72%
Metacritic66/100
5,349 audience votes
Key crew
- Guillermo del ToroDirector
- Fernando VelázquezOriginal Music Composer
- Guillermo del ToroWriter
- Matthew RobbinsWriter
Cast
- Mia WasikowskaEdith Cushing
- Jessica ChastainLady Lucille Sharpe
- Tom HiddlestonSir Thomas Sharpe
- Charlie HunnamDr. Alan McMichael
- Jim BeaverCarter Cushing
- Burn GormanHolly
- Leslie HopeMrs. McMichael
- Jonathan HydeOgilvie
- Doug JonesEdith's Mother / Lady Sharpe
- Bruce GrayFerguson
- Emily CouttsEunice McMichael
- Alec StockwellFinlay
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Themes
psychopathpoisonhalloweenhaunted houseminingmurdergothicincestghostold mansiongothic romancebrutal murder