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A yuletide nightmare full of familial angst and slithering scares, Await Further Instructions is a genre treat that pretty much any horror fan will want in their stocking. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

On Christmas Day, a family wakes up to find a mysterious black substance surrounding its house, and its TV screen broadcasts a single message: "Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions."
  • Genre:
    horror, mystery & thriller
  • Original Language:
    English (United Kingdom)
  • Director:
    Johnny Kevorkian
  • Producer:
    Alan Latham, Jack Tarling
  • Writer:
    Gavin Williams
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Production Co:
    Shudder Films, Goldfinch Studios, Dark Sky Films

Cast & Crew

David Bradley
Grandad
Abigail Cruttenden
Beth
Holly Weston
Kate
Sam Gittins
Nick
Grant Masters
Tony
Kris Saddler
Scott
Neerja Naik
Annji
Johnny Kevorkian
Director
Gavin Williams
Screenwriter
Kirsty Bell
Executive Producer
Gary Collins
Executive Producer
Michael Cowan
Executive Producer
Jason Garrett
Executive Producer
David Rogers
Executive Producer
Paul Ward
Executive Producer
Alan Latham
Producer
Jack Tarling
Producer
Richard Wells
Music
Annika Summerson
Cinematographer
Richard Smither
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Critic Reviews for Await Further Instructions

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  • There's armrest-clutching brilliance in the way this sweatily tense low-budget British horror lays out a family Christmas from hell, and then cranks it up into something truly gruesome.

    December 5, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Cath Clarke

    Guardian

  • This British sci-fi thriller is like the violent offspring of "Black Mirror."

    October 6, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

    Johnny Oleksinski

    New York Post

  • An important subject doesn't necessarily make for a thrilling satire/social critique and Kevorkian and Williams simply aren't outlandish enough to land their half-baked ideas about television's dominating influence.

    October 5, 2018 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

    Simon Abrams

    RogerEbert.com

  • Toxic patriarchy and all-access paranoia flourish in "Await Further Instructions," Johnny Kevorkian's genuinely upsetting, supremely British horror-sci-fi hybrid.

    October 4, 2018 | Full Review…

    Jeannette Catsoulis

    New York Times

  • A typical modern family gathers for Christmas, full of nostalgia and bickering. They wake on Christmas morning to find they are unable to leave. At last: a great Christmas horror film from the UK.

    February 2, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…

    Alix Turner

    Ready Steady Cut

  • This 2018 horror flick takes a terrific premise and turns it into a long Facebook comment from your most unreflective progressive friend.

    March 26, 2020 | Full Review…

    Eve Tushnet

    Patheos
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Audience Reviews for Await Further Instructions

  • Feb 05, 2019
    If you want to read the review I wrote for this, go to letterboxd.com/HankIsDead514. I can no longer post long reviews on here and I'm not writing two separate reviews for the same movie.
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