The Living and the Dead

The Living and the Dead

2006 · 83 min · EN · 6.5 (48 votes)
Dir. Simon Rumley · Starring Leo Bill, Roger Lloyd Pack, Kate Fahy, Sarah Ball, Neil Conrich, Richard Wills-Cotton · Music Richard Chester
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A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house.

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A suffocating descent into madness. The film feels like a waking nightmare, trapping you within decaying walls and fractured minds. It's a chilling exploration of isolation and the horrors that fester within the family.

dread-soakedclaustrophobicunsettlingmelancholicslow-burnGothic horrorpsychological thrillerperiod dramamental illnessisolationfamily dysfunctiongrief
schizophrenianightmareenglandfuneralisolationterminal illnessdysfunctional familyflashbackdomestic violencemedicationmental illness
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