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Gwen's relentlessly grim outlook may wear on some viewers, but it remains a reasonably gripping, solidly assembled descent into atmospheric period horror.
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Writer-director William McGregor's debut feature film, "Gwen," has the eerie quiet and grim portent of a supernatural horror story, but it's a genre picture more in form than content. August 15, 2019 | Full Review…
Writer-director William McGregor's debut feature film, "Gwen," has the eerie quiet and grim portent of a supernatural horror story, but it's a genre picture more in form than content.
Noel Murray
The film looks and sounds the part of an elegantly haunted gothic horror movie, only to skip past standard chiller expectations to disquiet its audience in more grounded, historically rooted ways. August 7, 2019 | Full Review…
The film looks and sounds the part of an elegantly haunted gothic horror movie, only to skip past standard chiller expectations to disquiet its audience in more grounded, historically rooted ways.
Guy Lodge
It's a bleakly beautiful film, full of angry skies and distant thunder. July 22, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's a bleakly beautiful film, full of angry skies and distant thunder.
Ed Potton
No shortage of striking images. A rewatch may be rewarding. July 19, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
No shortage of striking images. A rewatch may be rewarding.
Josh Slater-Williams
This is not social realism in the style of Ken Loach, but it is a film with a strong sense of outrage. July 17, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This is not social realism in the style of Ken Loach, but it is a film with a strong sense of outrage.
Cath Clarke
Ultimately, McGregor piles so much misfortune on his downtrodden heroines with so little dramatic justification, the net emotional effect is more numbing than moving. September 8, 2018 | Full Review…
Ultimately, McGregor piles so much misfortune on his downtrodden heroines with so little dramatic justification, the net emotional effect is more numbing than moving.
Stephen Dalton
This is slow burn horror done right. When the plot isn't occupying our attention, we are treated to foreboding atmospherics that reinforces the mood. February 9, 2020 | Rating: 7 | Full Review…
This is slow burn horror done right. When the plot isn't occupying our attention, we are treated to foreboding atmospherics that reinforces the mood.
Norman Gidney
[William] McGregor's film is an atmospheric mood piece that is light on dialogue and cast members, yet manages to make the most of its location. February 6, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
[William] McGregor's film is an atmospheric mood piece that is light on dialogue and cast members, yet manages to make the most of its location.
Steven Sheehan
Gwen is [William McGregor's] debut film; an assured start, deeply unsettling and bleak ... [trading] in a dark, slow horror that creeps on you in waves [and] grounded in reality. October 18, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Gwen is [William McGregor's] debut film; an assured start, deeply unsettling and bleak ... [trading] in a dark, slow horror that creeps on you in waves [and] grounded in reality.
Terry Mesnard
...GWEN is a must-see Shudder Original... October 17, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
...GWEN is a must-see Shudder Original...
Kate Sánchez
Something in the air has horror filmmakers examining the choices facing women throughout our brutal, unforgiving history. October 15, 2019 | Rating: 3.5 | Full Review…
Something in the air has horror filmmakers examining the choices facing women throughout our brutal, unforgiving history.
Hope Madden
Gwen is all atmosphere, a chilly feeling permeating through every corner of its expertly-curated frame. October 9, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
Gwen is all atmosphere, a chilly feeling permeating through every corner of its expertly-curated frame.
Joey Keogh
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