Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin and Bella Heathcote play three generations of women whose family home is ruled by a sinister presence in Natalie Erika James' unsettling debut, 'Relic.

The four words “It’s not her anymore” are familiar, crushing reminders to anyone with a parent or grandparent in the grip of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. In the haunted-house thriller “Relic,” first-time co-writer and director Natalie Erika James knows exactly when to put those words into play.This crafty Australian export, a Sundance Film Festival favorite […]

Relic is the latest possession movie to peel back its characters slowly, layer by fragile layer, getting at the secrets that lie just below the surface.

Emily Mortimer stars in "Relic," the directorial debut of Natalie Erika James which continues a recent run of smart horror dramas.

An elderly woman succumbs to dementia - or demons - in Natalie Erika James’ accomplished genre debut

'Relic,' Natalie Erika James' feature debut as a director, is creepy and heartbreaking. Emily Mortimer, Robin Nevin and Bella Heathcote are terrific.

There are jump-scares in this creepy creaky thriller, but nothing in this film was slapped together by genre algorithm

Characters' living spaces are infected with dark spirits and become inescapable prisons in two new movies. Amulet is an intensely creepy revenge thriller, while Relic explores the horrors of dementia.

The spectre of dementia haunts Emily Mortimer and Bella Heathcote in this taut Australian Gothic from director Natalie Erika James.

★★★★☆ The slow rot of psychological decay is brought into the physical realm with creeping, insidious stealth by Natalia Erika James in her highly...