Irish immigrants learn it's unwise to persecute witches in The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw, a handsome-looking sophomore effort from writer-director Thomas Robert Lee.

Aspiring to the artful folk-horror of Robert Eggers'The Witch with a nod to M. Night Shyamalan's The Village, it sets its doomed 19th century-style hamlet in the shadow of 1970s America for reasons that are hard to guess.

That odd choice has little impact on the movie, though, which hits some notes well but never really generates an overall sense of dread.

The title character, played by newcomer Jessica Reynolds, is the daughter of a single woman who has kept her existence secret.

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09.10.2020 / 23:26

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09.10.2020 / 21:07

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08.10.2020 / 02:57

BAFTA Newcomers Program Welcomes Record Number of Female Participants

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07.10.2020 / 16:11

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05.10.2020 / 18:50

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02.10.2020 / 02:09

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01.10.2020 / 19:09

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