Currently rocking a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes coming out of this year's Fantasia Fest, the witchy horror film THE CURE OF AUDREY EARNSHAW has just unleashed a creepy and moody trailer, which you can watch at the top of the article. Here's the official synopsis:
Set against the autumnal palette of harvest season in 1973, THE CURSE OF AUDREY EARNSHAW explores the disturbed bond between Audrey, an enigmatic young woman, and Agatha, her domineering ‘mother’, who live secretly as occultists on the outskirts of a remote Protestant village. As the community is besieged by a pestilence of unknown origin: children, fields, and livestock begin to die — yet the Earnshaw farm remains strangely unaffected. As mass hysteria sets in the village, the townsfolk commence accusations against Audrey and Agatha of witchcraft.
And here's what writer/director Thomas Robert Lee said about the project:
I wanted to tell a story about legacy, and to specifically explore it within the context of a folk horror narrative…The community grows increasingly desperate as their given circumstances grow dire. In reality, the pandemic appears to have amplified hatred and xenophobia, or at least the voices of those spewing hate speech. Obviously there is a world of difference between my screenplay and the very real ramifications of the pandemic, but the similarities, however surface-level they may be, have certainly been on my mind these past months.
Meanwhile, THE CURSE OF AUDREY EARNSHAW – directed by Thomas Robert Lee and starring Catherine Walker, Jared Abrahamson, Hannah Emily Anderson, Geraldine O’Rawe, Don McKellar, Sean McGinley, and Jessica Reynolds – will be screening in selected theaters October 2nd, then receive a wider-release on VOD and digital October 6th!
So what do you guys think? And what's your favorite period horror film? Either way, sound off below!