Directed by:
Nick MurphyCinematography:
Eduard GrauComposer:
Daniel PembertonCast:
Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, John Shrapnel, Diana Kent, Richard Durden, Cal MacAninch, Lucy Cohu, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Joseph Mawle (more)Plots(1)
A ghost-debunker comes to a boy's school to disprove the existence of ghosts, only to find her own beliefs challenged. Haunted by the death of the fiancé, Florence spends her time debunking supernatural claims, using methodical and rational explanations to disprove the notion that the dead can still haunt us. She feels compelled to accept a request to go to Rookwood, a boarding school in the countryside where a boy has recently been found dead and rumours about a ghostly boy haunting the school are causing panic amongst pupils and parents alike. Florence sets to work immediately, laying traps, gathering scientific evidence, uncovering secrets and seemingly unravelling the mystery. However, as Florence is about to leave, she has a chilling spectral encounter which defies all of her rational beliefs and sets her on a journey toward a heartbreaking climax... (BBC)
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The Awakening fits perfectly in the category of “Old World Horror”. The creators attempted to make something that could compete with gems like The Others or The Orphanage (and I feel that they ripped off a couple of scenes, but I won’t swear on that), but unfortunately, they don’t quite manage it. The atmosphere is solid at times, there are also a couple of scary and originally put together unsettling scenes (the little house), but in the end the film hurts itself by not trying to produce anything other than a weird climax with the mandatory twist that fails to take your breath away. Overall, it’s just unremarkable average.
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