Film • Jul 26, 2024
When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.
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
BFIStarve Acre review: an unnerving Yorkshire folk horror
Meagan Navarro‘Starve Acre’ Review – Sparse Folk Horror Movie Is Too Beholden to the Classics
Kylie BolterReview: Starve Acre - Chicago Reader
EmpireStarve Acre
GamesRadar+Starve Acre review: "Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith headline a chilling and unnerving horror movie"
The IndependentMatt Smith gets his own Wicker Man in the provocative Starve Acre – review
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
The Mercury NewsWhat to watch: Milli Vanilli scandal is retold, with no mercy, in ‘Girl You Know It’s True’
Paste MagazineThe Quietly Chilling Starve Acre Will Take Root in Your Brain
Screen‘Starve Acre’: London Review
Kevin MaherStarve Acre review — this features the worst horror movie effect in 15 years
Guy Lodge‘Starve Acre’ Review: Formidably Freaky New Slab of British Folk Horror Goes Deeper Underground
