2019 · mystery · thriller · supernatural
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Directed by Stacie Passon1h 36m2019
In Shirleyville, Vermont, during the sixties, sisters Merricat and Constance, along with their ailing uncle Julian, confined to a wheelchair, live isolated in a big mansion located on the hill overlooking the town, tormented by the memories of a family tragedy occurred six years ago. The arrival of cousin Charles will threaten the fragile equilibrium of their minds, haunted by madness, fear and superstition.
Our read: We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2019) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive mystery · thriller · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured mystery / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
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