Movie

Altar

2014 · 95 min

A cold, creaking slow-burn that wraps you in damp isolation and quiet dread, more atmosphere than shocks.

Tagline: Some secrets are best left hidden
Overview: A young family find themselves in serious danger when they move to an isolated haunted house in the Yorkshire Moors.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, family, obsession, memory
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
obsession
memory
death
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild