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
- 56.2%
FilmAffinity
- 55%
IMDb
- 55%
Letterboxd
- 58%
Metacritic
- 62%
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
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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