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The Awakening

2011 · 107 min

A slow, mournful ghost story that wraps you in damp Gothic atmosphere and quiet dread before a twist that recontextualizes everything.

Tagline
Sometimes dead does not mean gone.
Overview
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • grief
  • isolation
  • memory
  • trauma
  • deception
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror, thriller, mystery
Directed by
Nick Murphy
Written by
Stephen Volk, Nick Murphy
Starring
Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Lucy Cohu, Cal MacAninch, John Shrapnel, Diana Kent
Music
Daniel Pemberton
Cinematography
Eduard Grau
Runtime
107 min
Country
United Kingdom, France
Languages
French, English

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