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England during the 1930s, and Linus, his wife Marianne and their daughter Adelaide move into town, where he has been posted as the new reverend. He’s been hired by the Church to renew the villagers’ faith, which has been lost after the disappearance of the previous reverend’s family.
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Apr 15, 2021 · Christopher Smith’s “The Banishing,” premiering today on Shudder after a brief fest run, has the stately style and tone of a classical period piece, but it’s also kind of insane.
Apr 15, 2021 · Based on Britain's most allegedly haunted house, The Banishing is a new chiller directed by Christopher Smith. Set in the 1930s, The Banishing attempts to blend supernatural horror with period drama, resulting in a confused genre mash-up that runs at a long 96 minutes.
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Apr 18, 2021 · Set in the late ‘30s as the rise of Hitler and fascism in Germany portends a second, devastating world war and the deaths of millions, The Banishing centers on Marianne Forster (Jessica Brown ...
Apr 14, 2021 · The Banishing is a period horror-drama about ghosts, and the genre-typical nature of that does not put you in an optimistic frame of mind as a viewer. There’ve been numerous examples of major ghost stories on the screen in recent years, most notably the two series of Netflix’s The Haunting anthology show, as well as massively popular big ...
Apr 12, 2021 · That continues with his latest, The Banishing, a period ghost story that brings one of England’s most notoriously haunted houses to life on screen. True to form, Smith approaches this Gothic...
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The Banishing is a 2020 British gothic horror film directed by Christopher Smith, starring Jessica Brown Findlay, John Heffernan, John Lynch and Sean Harris. It premiered at the Sitges Film Festival and London FrightFest Film Festival in October 2020, before being released digitally in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2021.
