Directed by:
Nick MurphyCinematography:
Eduard GrauComposer:
Daniel PembertonCast:
Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, John Shrapnel, Diana Kent, Richard Durden, Cal MacAninch, Lucy Cohu, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Joseph Mawle (more)Plots(1)
Set in post-World War I England in 1921, The Awakening follows Florence, (Rebecca Hall), a bright, learned and rational thinker who travels to a countryside boarding school to investigate rumours of an apparent haunting. Just when she thinks she has debunked the ghost theory, she has a chilling spectral encounter which defies all her beliefs. Finely crafted with subtle attention to detail, The Awakening is a masterfully told and fiercely gripping ghost story. (Madman Entertainment)
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The Awakening fits perfectly in the category of “Old World Horror”. The creators attempted to make something that could compete with gems like The Others or The Orphanage (and I feel that they ripped off a couple of scenes, but I won’t swear on that), but unfortunately, they don’t quite manage it. The atmosphere is solid at times, there are also a couple of scary and originally put together unsettling scenes (the little house), but in the end the film hurts itself by not trying to produce anything other than a weird climax with the mandatory twist that fails to take your breath away. Overall, it’s just unremarkable average.
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