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The Banishing is a 2020 British gothic horror film directed by Christopher Smith, starring Jessica Brown Findlay, John Heffernan, John Lynch and Sean Harris. It premiered at the Sitges Film Festival and London FrightFest Film Festival in October 2020, before being released digitally in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2021.
Mar 26, 2021 · The Banishing: Directed by Christopher Smith. With Jessica Brown Findlay, John Heffernan, Anya McKenna-Bruce, Sean Harris. The Banishing tells the story of the most haunted house in England. In the 1930s, a young reverend, his wife and daughter move into a manor with a horrifying secret.
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- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Christopher Smith
- 2021-03-26
Mar 26, 2021 · When you break down the various components, The Banishing is nothing new. Many of the scares and tropes will be more than familiar to horror fans.
- Sam Haysom
- shaysom@mashable.com
Apr 12, 2021 · The Gothic estate at the center of The Banishing is based on the infamous Borley Rectory, a haunting made famous thanks to the investigation by true-life psychic researcher Harry Price.
- Meagan Navarro
THE BANISHING is a new Shudder horror movie. Despite a mediocre rating from us, it is definitely worth checking out. Especially because it had moments where it showed insane amounts of potential. Read more in our The Banishing movie review here!
- Christopher Smith
Apr 15, 2021 · The Banishing feels like an oversimplified reduction of the latest horror series by Mike Flanagan, who has spoiled audiences with The Haunting of Hill House (2018) and The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)—his Netflix limited series distinguished by their novelistic characterizations and spooky atmosphere. There’s enough plot in the film to fill ...
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Apr 17, 2021 · “The Banishing” is a haunted house film, and a Chris Smith film too, which means each of his characters in their own way are helplessly trapped in cycles of torment. But it’s also a film about repression and persecution of desire, both in its present and its past.
