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Film Review - Starve Acre

Film Review - Starve Acre

Strong performances from Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark bolster this atmospheric albeit low-key folk horror tale

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Sep 13, 2024
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Some will dismiss writer-director Daniel Kokotajlo’s adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s novel Starve Acre as rather hare-brained. Having got that fact (and appalling pun) out of the way, I’ll add that I found this folk horror curio agreeably atmospheric and unsettling, albeit low-key. It won’t be for everyone, but for those partial to …

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