British director Christopher Smith (Black Death, Severance, Triangle) continues to work in the horror genre with his latest supernatural
thriller The Banishing.
Inspired by the legend of England's real life Borley Rectory, the period
chiller stars Jessica Brown Findlay as Marianne, the wife of a
vicar who takes over a parish where the previous Reverend's family
mysteriously disappeared. When strange events begin to occur in their new
home, Marianne worries for the safety of her family.
John Heffernan, John Lynch and Sean Harris also star.
The Banishing is in UK cinemas and on Digital from March
26th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
1930s, England. Linus, his wife Marianne and their daughter Adelaide move into town, where Linus has been posted as the new reverend. He’s been tasked by the Church to renew the villagers’ faith, which has been lost after the disappearance of the previous reverend’s family, who lived in the very same mysterious manor where Linus and his family have settled into. Soon after their arrival, strange events start to occur: ghostly voices, dark figures dressed as monks, mysterious totems, and Adelaide’s behavior becoming stranger by the day. It soon becomes clear that a malicious entity seeks to possess Adelaide and that the Church is hiding a terrible secret…
