Movie

What Josiah Saw

2021 · 120 min

A slow, suffocating Southern Gothic descent into buried family trauma, with an unsettling atmosphere and a shocking final act.

Tagline: You do what need be done then.
Overview: A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Trauma, family, guilt, isolation
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: trauma
family
guilt
isolation
madness
Places: small town
countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong