Movie

The Little Stranger

2018 · 111 min

A slow, unsettling gothic mood piece that lingers in empty rooms and unspoken resentments, rewarding patience with a quietly disturbing aftertaste.

Tagline: These delusions are contagious
Overview: In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Class, isolation, grief, obsession
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
isolation
grief
obsession
memory
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild