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The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw compensates for a certain amount of frustrating narrative drift with solid performances and a strong command of mood. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Protestant villagers suspect a mother and daughter of witchcraft as a deadly plague decimates crops and livestock.

Genre:

mystery and thriller, horror
Original Language:

English
Director:

Thomas Robert Lee
Producer:

Gianna Isabella
Writer:

Thomas Robert Lee
Release Date (Theaters):

Oct 2, 2020 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 6, 2020
Runtime:

1h 34m
Production Co:

Gate 67, Telefilm Canada

Cast & Crew

Catherine Walker
Agatha Earnshaw

Jared Abrahamson
Colm Dwyer

Hannah Emily Anderson
Bridget Dwyer

Sean McGinley
Seamus Dwyer

Don McKellar
Bernard Buckley

Geraldine O'Rawe
Deirdre Buckley

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Critic Reviews for The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

All Critics (43) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (10)

As an exercise in world-building, this is pretty evocative and impressive stuff.

November 11, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Leslie Felperin
Guardian
Hits some notes well but never really generates an overall sense of dread.

October 2, 2020 | Full Review…

John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter
Canadian Folk horror about an outcast woman suspected of witchcraft and her daughter. Set in 1973, but doesn't look like it. Wonderful cast and atmosphere, but real issues with the writing.

February 13, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Alix Turner
Ready Steady Cut
Ripe with tension and bloody practical special effects that should satisfy the genre lover but more than that it mines the very timely idea of isolation.

January 29, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Richard Crouse
Richard Crouse
Creepy, shocking, atmospheric, and ultimately rewarding.

October 28, 2020 | Rating: 8 | Full Review…

Norman Gidney
HorrorBuzz
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw offers a lot of intriguing prospects and is held up by solid performances from all involved.

October 28, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Kat Hughes
THN
A moody and dour ambience permeates throughout and the film will rightfully go to be known as one of the great folk horror films.

October 26, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Martin Unsworth
Starburst
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw delivers a tense atmosphere and unique take on a girl's coming-of-age story, but falls short to expand on everything around it.

October 25, 2020 | Full Review…

Steven Redgrave
Pop Culture Leftovers
Thomas Robert Lee's premodern fable shows an America destructively divided by faith and gender.

October 24, 2020 | Full Review…

Anton Bitel
VODzilla.co
A fairly interesting script and setting, a haunting atmosphere delivering plenty of shocks and some beautiful direction from Lee

October 21, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Grant Hermanns
ComingSoon.net
With its intriguing story, The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw has plenty of creepy and gruesome images, along with subtle commentary about feminine power and oppression, that make it an above-average horror film.

October 12, 2020 | Full Review…

Carla Hay
Culture Mix
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw is long on mystery and ambiance, short on resolution and closure. It's a question without a satisfying answer, a curse with no cure.

October 9, 2020 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…

Chris Knight
National Post