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
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Genres
- Folklore & Mythology
- Scores
- Themes
- 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
Reviews
AV ClubEvil takes root in the traditionally slow-burn folk horror Starve Acre
BFIStarve Acre review: an unnerving Yorkshire folk horror
Kylie BolterReview: Starve Acre - Chicago Reader
EmpireStarve Acre
The IndependentMatt Smith gets his own Wicker Man in the provocative Starve Acre – review
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’
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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