Film • Jul 26, 2024
Starve Acre
- Status
- Released
- Release
- July 26, 2024 (a year ago)
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Folklore & Mythology
- Themes
- Folk Horror
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Companies
- Access Entertainment, BBC Film, BFI, House Productions
Cast

Matt SmithRichard

Morfydd ClarkJuliette

Erin RichardsHarrie
Arthur ShawOwen

Sean GilderGordon

Robert EmmsSteven

Roger BarclayDr. Monk

Melanie KilburnMrs. Forde

Matilda FirthYounger Burnsall Sister
Rocco HaynesFootball boy

George ArthurChild (voice)
Robert GoodaleMedhurst
Daisy ExleyOlder Burnsall Sister
Niall CostiganCricket Player
Tess Hodgson-SakamotoFemale Student
Crew
Scores
- Average Score
- 55.8%
FilmAffinity
- 55%
IMDb
- 55%
Letterboxd
- 58%
Metacritic
- 60%
Rotten Tomatoes
- 51%
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- Low >
- Violence
- Moderate >
- Profanity
- Moderate >
- Algohol & Drugs
- Low >
- Fright & Intensity
- Moderate >
Reviews
AV ClubEvil takes root in the traditionally slow-burn folk horror Starve Acre
GamesRadar+Starve Acre review: "Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith headline a chilling and unnerving horror movie"
The Irish TimesStarve Acre: Hare-raising horror about ancient dark things in the unnerving Yorkshire Dales
Little White LiesStarve Acre review – all texture and no teeth
Paste MagazineThe Quietly Chilling Starve Acre Will Take Root in Your Brain
Screen‘Starve Acre’: London Review
Guy Lodge‘Starve Acre’ Review: Formidably Freaky New Slab of British Folk Horror Goes Deeper Underground
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