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Hello, boils and ghouls! Spooky season is upon us and the folklore-horror The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw is one that you’ll want to add to your must-see list. The film currently sits at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes coming out of 2020 Fantasia Fest to raving reviews. Check out the haunting trailer, poster, stills, and more down below!
This film was written and directed by Thomas Robert Lee. The cast stars Catherine Walker, Jared Abrahamson, Hannah Emily Anderson, Geraldine O’Rawe, Don McKellar, Sean McGinley, and introducing Jessica Reynolds as Audrey Earnshaw.
Synopsis for The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
Set against the autumnal palette of harvest season in 1973, The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw explores the disturbed bond between Audrey, an enigmatic young woman, and Agatha, her domineering ‘mother’, who live secretly as occultists on the outskirts of a remote Protestant village. As the community is besieged by a pestilence of unknown origin: children, fields, and livestock begin to die — yet the Earnshaw farm remains strangely unaffected. As mass hysteria sets in the village, the townsfolk commence accusations against Audrey and Agatha of witchcraft.
“I wanted to tell a story about legacy, and to specifically explore it within the context of a folk horror narrative,” says writer/director Thomas Robert Lee. “The community grows increasingly desperate as their given circumstances grow dire. In reality, the pandemic appears to have amplified hatred and xenophobia, or at least the voices of those spewing hate speech. Obviously there is a world of difference between my screenplay and the very real ramifications of the pandemic, but the similarities, however surface-level they may be, have certainly been on my mind these past months.”
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw will be releasing in limited theaters on Friday, October 2, 2020, and will be available on major VOD/Digital platforms beginning Tuesday, October 6, 2020.
