A Haunting in Cawdor

Name: A Haunting in Cawdor
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: March 11, 2016
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 33

2016

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Uncork'd Entertainment | Release Date: March 11, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Vivian Miller (Shelby Young) is a young woman who's serving out her jail sentence at a work release program in the Midwest. Her 90 days of probation takes her to The Cawdor Barn Theatre, a dilapidated summer stock theater run by Lawrence O'Neil (Cary Elwes). Lawrence, a failed Broadway director, is now reduced to staging amateur productionsVivian Miller (Shelby Young) is a young woman who's serving out her jail sentence at a work release program in the Midwest. Her 90 days of probation takes her to The Cawdor Barn Theatre, a dilapidated summer stock theater run by Lawrence O'Neil (Cary Elwes). Lawrence, a failed Broadway director, is now reduced to staging amateur productions with young parolees and raging over the mistakes from his past. Vivian's arrival in Cawdor starts a terrifying series of events that brings Lawrence's secret past to the present. After Vivian views an old taped stage production of Macbeth, a force of evil is unleashed which soon turns its sights on her. With the help of Roddy (Michael Welch), a local outcast, Vivian sets about trying to discover who the supernatural killer on the tape is before she becomes the next victim.… Expand

Director: Phil Wurtzel

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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Robyn Bahr

Mar 8, 2016

Although the film attempts to be both a ghastly giallo mood piece and a bloodless teen ghost story, its themes of evolving identity and mental health care elevate it past some of its shock-and-awe trappings. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Mar 10, 2016

Though never outright dull, A Haunting in Cawdor manages to provide few incidents of genuine interest while leaving potentially rewarding character and thematic elements unexplored. Read full review

Stephen Puddicombe

Mar 10, 2016

Protagonist Vivian (Shelby Young) may evoke memories of Natalie Portman in Black Swan or Suspiria’s Jessica harper. But she’s a comparatively underwritten character, failing to convince as a trauma victim. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Mar 8, 2016

Here is a scary movie that is so hammy and so clunkingly written it will reduce your brain to the consistency of muesli mixed with diesel. Read full review

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