After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
Direction
Weekes turns every hallway into a throat. Debut of the decade.
Acting
Dìrísù and Mosaku carry worlds in their eyes. Oscar robbery, frankly.
Production
The house breathes. Production design as psychological warfare.
Director
Remi Weekes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Weekes specifically shot in Thanet, Kent—Brexit heartland—to literalize the hostility refugees face. The apeth comes from Dinka folklore, not generic Hollywood demonology.
The wall-merging effect was practical: Botet in bodysuit against latex walls, not VFX. That physical wrongness you feel? Actually there.
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