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The Face of Horror

2026 · 120 min

A lush, slow-burning gothic romance that curdles into eerie, bloody vengeance; beautiful and unsettling.

Directed by
Anna Biller
Genres
Horror, Romance
Starring
Kristine Froseth, Jonah Hauer-King, Bella Heathcote
Tagline
They destroyed her face… But she got her revenge!
Overview
In medieval England, the beautiful Eleanor pines away for her errant husband, the handsome but adulterous knight Edward. When Edward’s treachery culminates in a tragedy that robs Eleanor first of her beauty and then of her life, she returns as a ghost to eke bloody revenge on Edward and his new bride.

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Directed by
Anna Biller
Genres
Horror, Romance
Starring
Kristine Froseth, Jonah Hauer-King, Bella Heathcote
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • grief
  • obsession
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour2
Realism4
Romance6
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
horror, romance
Directed by
Anna Biller
Written by
Anna Biller
Starring
Kristine Froseth, Jonah Hauer-King, Bella Heathcote, Ellie Bamber, Leo Suter, Ben Radcliffe, Perdita Weeks, John Sackville
Music
Gabriel Andrés Gallegos
Cinematography
M. David Mullen
Runtime
120 min
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom, Czech Republic
Languages
English

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