‘The Little Stranger’ Is A Beautiful Gothic Drama That Is Uninterested In Horror Genre Conventions [Review]

Like Lenny Abrahamson‘s previous two movies, “Room” and “Frank,” “The Little Stranger” is a study in restraint.

A bare bones description of the film – a doctor discovers strange occurrences at an English estate in the 1940s – makes it sound like high-brow horror, but the filmmaker has far more on his mind than simple scares.

Adapted from Sarah Waters‘ novel, “The Little Stranger” instead explores tension created not only by the supernatural, but also by the changing balance of power in postwar Britain.Continue reading ‘The Little Stranger’ Is A Beautiful Gothic Drama That Is Uninterested In Horror Genre Conventions [Review] at The Playlist.

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