Movie

The Godsend

1980 · 90 min

A slow, unsettling British horror that creeps under your skin with its quiet domestic dread and mounting paranoia.

Tagline: If Bonnie is a gift from Heaven...for God's sake take her back..!
Overview: An English family of six takes in a pregnant woman who disappears shortly after giving birth. They raise the baby girl as their own, but over the years the strange deaths of their children make them consider whether the little girl is more than she appears.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, parenthood, grief, isolation
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: family
parenthood
grief
isolation
betrayal
Places: countryside
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none