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Name: The Awakening
Released: 2012-8-17
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Shaun Dooley

The Awakening

R
1h 47m
2012

64%

They say, the boy was scared to death. When the death of a child at a boarding school is blamed on a ghost, hoax exposer Florence Cathcart is certain that science and reason can explain it. But the truth she discovers is more terrifying than she could ever imagine, and soon the ghost hunter becomes the hunted. Starring Rebecca Hall (The Town), Dominic West (John Carter) and Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter), The Awakening is a terrifying mystery filled with haunting twists that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Director:

Nick Murphy

Producer:

David M. Thompson, Sarah Curtis, Julia Stannard

Writer:

Stephen Volk, Nick Murphy

Cast:

Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Shaun Dooley, Joseph Mawle, Diana Kent, Richard Durden, John Shrapnel, Cal Macaninch, Lucy Cohu

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

64%

Critics Consensus: The Awakening never quite quickens the pulse the way it should, yet it remains a well-acted and handsomely assembled example of an old-fashioned supernatural thriller.

Reviews

The Wolfman Cometh

Patrick Cavanaugh

The core cast and gothic setting makes for a time-honored and entertaining ghost story.

For all its pedestrian qualities, there are a couple of big plus points in its favour. They are Rebecca Hall and Dominic West.

Nick Murphy has crafted an elegant haunted-house chiller that turns the screw of mystery and suspense with some cunningly judged surprises and scares.

December 22, 2020

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Musings of Guitargalchina

Katie Smith-Wong

It is beautifully shot and the scenery and the ambience of a large haunted house is wonderfully captured, but can this film be the upstart for the modern British horror?