Review of The Little Stranger (2018) by Ginak — 03 Sep 2018
Definitely this is not a traditional horror film and it’s not even a traditional ghost story. I won’t tell you what it is really about because it will ruin the film for you, but be warned that there are no traditional horror film “scare” tactics.
However, the film is excellent, and much better than a lot of cliché-filled “scary movies,” and the horror is even less overt than in, for example, Robert Wise’s wonderful film of Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting of Hill House” with Julie Harris and Claire Bloom.
The actors here, especially Charlotte Rampling, Ruth Wilson, and Domhnall Gleeson, are all excellent and so is Lenny Abrahamson’s direction. It helps to read the book by Sarah Waters, which I did, and I liked both the film and the book equally.
This review of The Little Stranger (2018) was written by Ginak on 03 Sep 2018.
The Little Stranger has generally received mixed reviews.
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