Maud is a reclusive young
nurse whose impressionable demeanour causes her to pursue a pious path of
Christian devotion after an obscure trauma. Now charged with the hospice care
of Amanda, a retired dancer ravaged by cancer, Maud's fervent faith quickly
inspires an obsessive conviction that she must save her ward's soul from
eternal damnation, whatever the cost.
Director: Rose Glass
Cast: Morfydd Clark,
Jennifer Ehle, Lily Knight, Lily Frazer, Turlough Convery
Rated R for disturbing and violent content,
sexual content and language
Release Date:
Genres: Drama, Horror,
Mystery
Runtime: 1h 24 min
Review:
Saint Maud is one of the
most impressive debut films from a horror director since Ari Aster’s Hereditary. Writer director Rose Glass delivers a self
assured, prestige horror film which echoes classic like Possession, Rosemary’s
Baby and Don't Look Now. There’s a sense
of uneasiness and dread from the opening frame of the film. It’s a slow burn of a film but you can sense
something off kilter from the start.
There’s something unsettling and pervasive while never being over the
top, it’s definitely a film that uses mood over gore. Welsh actress Morfydd Clark carries the
majority of the film and does so with impressive subtly and bite.
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