Tomaz, an ex-soldier now homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house, inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for Magda, Tomaz cannot ignore his suspicion that something insidious might also be living alongside them.
Direction
Romola Garai's debut grips like a fever dream you can't shake.
Practical Effects
The creature design—part body, part architecture, all wrong.
Cinematography
Every corridor breathes. The house is the star.
Director
Romola Garai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Garai wrote the script while pregnant and furious about male violence in the news; the film was her thesis on complicity dressed as genre.
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