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- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- August 19, 2021 (3 years ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production companies
- BFI · Ipso Facto Productions · Sharp House
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
Kiera ThompsonLeah
Denise GoughSarah
Sienna SayerRachel
Steven CreeThomas
Hannah RaeBex
Anastasia HilleLillian
Donna BanyaKyla
Catherine TerrisEdith
Charlie RixBrian
Julie BarclayJanet
Elijah RichardsHarry
Antony SomersBenjamin
Joe Charles BollandFreddie
Lianne HarveyAmy
Maxine FinchBishop
Kell WardPlumber
Claude StarlingMr. Barnes
Sienna RendallBaby Rachel
Rosie NickolsBex Age 6
Ray SucklingRemoval Man
Rob PrestonRemoval Man
A childhood haunting that's far from angelic
Ruth Platt’s fairytale of fusty parish England is subtle, highly atmospheric and illuminated by surprising love and care
Expanded from the 2019 short film of the same name, Martyrs Lane tells a deeply personal ghost story inspired by Gothic and Spanish folklore.
Strange visions haunt Ruth Platt’s melancholy supernatural story
Ten-year-old Leah (Kiera Thompson) is caught watching her family like an outsider looking in. Her much older sister (Hannah Rae's Bex) is about to leave for college and the milestone has seemingly thrown a wrench into their otherwise simple lives. While their father Thomas (Steven Cree) treats it like a celebration, thanks to his faith
For better and for worse, Martyrs Lane is deeply invested in the innocence of a child's understanding about death.
Ruth Platt's "Martyr's Lane" is horror at a low simmer, a triumph of tone over content, performances over frights. This beautifully Gothic ghost story rests on the shoulders of two angelic moppets, a film that makes its myopic simplicity a virtue in every perfectly-composed frame. Kiera Thompson plays Leah, a parson's daughter living in the…
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