The Shout

The Shout

1978 · 86 min · EN · R · 5.9 (100 votes)
Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski · Starring Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens, Tim Curry, Julian Hough · Music Tony Banks

A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.

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A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

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A creeping dread permeates this unsettling folk horror. A mysterious traveler's arrival shatters a quiet existence, introducing an otherworldly menace that warps reality. It's a disquieting descent into psychological unease.

unsettlingsurrealdisquietingominousslow-burnarthousefolk horrorpsychological thriller70s British cinemasupernaturalinvasionmadness
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