Thirteen minutes of rural dread that'll make you side-eye every stranger.
The film centers on an outcast in a rural English community who draws the attention of a vengeful mother after a chance encounter with her two young boys.
Direction
Anderson squeezes dread from every hedgerow.
Acting
Dunbar's eyes do the violence for her.
Cinematography
Wide shots that swallow hope whole.
Director
William Michael Anderson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Revives the 'folk horror' tradition of British cinema—think Witchfinder General by way of Shane Meadows.
Anderson shot this in his actual hometown, casting locals; that authentic unease is documentary-real.
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