The Blackcoat's Daughter

Name: The Blackcoat's Daughter
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: March 31, 2017
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 68

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A24 | Release Date: March 31, 2017 | R

Summary: Kat (Kiernan Shipka) and Rose (Lucy Boynton) are left alone at their prep school Bramford over winter break when their parents mysteriously fail to pick them up. While the girls experience increasingly strange and creepy occurrences at the isolated school, we cross cut to another story—that of Joan (Emma Roberts), a troubled young woman onKat (Kiernan Shipka) and Rose (Lucy Boynton) are left alone at their prep school Bramford over winter break when their parents mysteriously fail to pick them up. While the girls experience increasingly strange and creepy occurrences at the isolated school, we cross cut to another story—that of Joan (Emma Roberts), a troubled young woman on the road, who, for unknown reasons, is determined to get to Bramford as fast as she can. As Joan gets closer to the school, Kat becomes plagued by progressively intense and horrifying visions, with Rose doing her best to help her new friend as she slips further and further into the grasp of an unseen evil force. [A24]… Expand

Director: Oz Perkins

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 93 min

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Mar 30, 2017

The movie is so perfectly acted and gorgeously filmed (the cinematographer is Julie Kirkwood) that we don’t mind its coyness; the twanging notes of trepidation make us almost grateful for the leisurely build. Read full review

A.A. Dowd

Mar 29, 2017

The Blackcoat’s Daughter is a clammy hand on the back of the neck, a chill running down the spine, a shot of ice water straight to the veins. Every moment, almost every shot, has been carefully calibrated to stand hairs on end. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Mar 30, 2017

Few horror debuts unnerve and fascinate as much as this one. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Mar 30, 2017

The film gets gory toward the end, and as with most horror films, the climax isn’t as satisfying as the build-up. But Perkins builds layer after layer of dread, so that when an explosion finally occurs, it’s almost a twisted relief. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Mar 30, 2017

The Blackcoat’s Daughter is a visually striking masterpiece of mood and carefully calibrated storytelling. If only its technical gifts...were in service of a better — or at least more original — story. Read full review

Matt Donato

Apr 6, 2017

The Blackcoat's Daughter aims for lofty satanic thrills, but gets lost in visuals that oversell a barbed but tangled nightmare. Read full review

Rex Reed

Apr 4, 2017

Misguided and lethargic horror movie. Read full review

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badgerryan19

May 19, 2017

Wow! What a fantastic movie!! This movie was incredibly acted. It was intense, gloomy and the atmosphere had a sense of dread. The movie was shot beautifully. There was a great mystery/thriller story and definitely had a horror aspect as well. 2017 has had some great horror films so far withWow! What a fantastic movie!! This movie was incredibly acted. It was intense, gloomy and the atmosphere had a sense of dread. The movie was shot beautifully. There was a great mystery/thriller story and definitely had a horror aspect as well. 2017 has had some great horror films so far with Split, Get Out and now The Blackcoat's Daughter.… Expand

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TheQuietGamer

Oct 29, 2018

What's most fascinating about Oz Perkins' modernization of satanic/occult horror films is it's atypical approach to scaring you. It relies almost entirely on atmosphere and storytelling to get the job done. What violence and creepy imagery there is exists almost solely in the final chapter.What's most fascinating about Oz Perkins' modernization of satanic/occult horror films is it's atypical approach to scaring you. It relies almost entirely on atmosphere and storytelling to get the job done. What violence and creepy imagery there is exists almost solely in the final chapter. You get the feeling something's not quite right early on. There's some typical human drama happening which almost made me think I had mistaken the movie's genre, but the oppressive music gives the notion that something darker is on it's way. Each disturbing new revelation no matter how small increases the sense of unease.

Kiernan Shipka carries the movie with her odd duck performance that has it's creepy and unsettling moments. The movie is about loneliness and isolation. All of which stems from her character. I would have liked some kind of backstory that would explain her pre-demon contact weird behavior, but I'll settle for just understanding her in the moment.

An unsafe feeling plagues almost every moment following the girls first night alone while stranded at school over break. This extends outside the academy as well where Emma Roberts catches a ride with a stranger and his wife. The subplot plays well off of rape paranoia as you wonder what the man's motives for the girl are, but it plays it's hand too early causing the film's big twist to come up short. Some great lookalike casting though.

Haunting for more than just it's use of a demonic entity and devil worship in a time where most films save the latter of those two things for passing references. The confined nature of the plot is also something that sticks with you. You really feel how alone Boynton and Shipka's characters really are. I dont think the movie really sold it's protagonist's lack of any other options other than the darkest path the way The Witch with Anya Taylor-Joy did, but Perkins' distinctive style makes it just as noteworthy an exploration of the arcane and human all the same.

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