The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

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

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

The story of The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw is unapologetically slight, and there are a few moments where it seems to sacrifice a cohesive, tightly constructed narrative in favor of cultivating a sense of atmosphere.

If the screenplay, the performances, and the direction of a film are the ingredients of a spell meant to bewitch the audience, The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw could have used double the toil and trouble to make that cauldron really burn and bubble.

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.

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.

Creepy, shocking, atmospheric, and ultimately rewarding.

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

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

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.