The Little Stranger
A rural doctor named Faraday lives in a rural area in a world of respect and calm. One day, Faraday was called during the summer of 1948 to see a patient in the hall of the hundreds, a hall where his mother had been working before. This hall has been a place for the Iris family for a long time. But now, its inhabitants - the mother, son and son - live in a very bad state. Faraday may discover that the story of that family may be closely related.
31 May 1971, Oxfordshire, England, UK
10 September 1970, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK
7 November 1978, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
28 January 1993, England, UK
11 November 1964, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
October 25, 2018
If you are patient, this is a film that delivers chills in ways you won't quite expect.
October 10, 2018
One will wonder whether Lenny Abrahamson has his heart in all this way, way more than whether if the establishment has an (alleged) unwelcoming-presence problem.
August 31, 2018
Everything here is precise: Abrahamson's direction, the understated performances, the intrusive sounds that stop just shy of jarring. The result is more sad and spooky than suspenseful or scary, an effect that seems entirely, and pleasingly, intentional.
October 05, 2018
The Little Stranger is a rare thing...a classy, gloomy, sorrowful little heartbreaker.
August 31, 2018
[An] elegant, cold-to-the-touch blend of drama and gothic horror.
August 31, 2018
A hypnotic and haunting tale of how the past can grab hold of the flesh-and-blood present and squeeze. Don't let this mesmerizing mystery slip between the cracks of studio neglect and marketing indifference. It's spellbinding.
August 31, 2018
Abrahamson seems fascinated with the idea of gothic storytelling, but he hasn't quite got the knack of it.
August 31, 2018
At times, each of the main characters has us wondering what's going on beneath the surface. Who, if anyone, is to be trusted?
October 15, 2018
The Little Stranger is an intriguing film, but not a great one. At times, though, its atmosphere will creep under the skin -- of attentive viewers, at least.
September 25, 2018
[Domhnall Gleeson] keeps Faraday's wounds painfully close to the surface... Faraday's bitterness works like a depressant, consuming him but also the movie, and robbing it of some of the electrical charge vital for fully effective horror.
September 06, 2018
Occasionally spooky, but more often snoozy.
October 07, 2018
the story is a drama with a ghost-like quality that is paced slowly yet it never bores
