Screening: Tuesday, May 24, 10pm
Starring: Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, Emma Roberts, Lauren Holly, and James Remar
Written & Directed by Oz Perkins
Running Time: 93 minutes
Synopsis: Stranded on campus during winter break, two students at an all-girls boarding school struggle with sinister visions. Meanwhile, a woman hitchhiking toward the school catches a ride with a seemingly good-natured couple (James Remar and Lauren Holly). This film thrilled audiences at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
“…worked my nerves. I found myself actually squirming a bit in my seat, downright uncomfortable by the rising dread that Perkins creates.”
-Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
“The result is a horror movie that’s at once clearly indebted to its genre predecessors (shades of Suspiria, The Shining, and Halloween) and stylistically distinctive enough to feel new.”
-A.A. Dowd, The Onion A.V. Club
The Chicago Critics Film Festival 