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Summary
When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.
Good for
- Friends night
- Binge-friendly
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want to half-watch while scrolling
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You scare easily
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+6)
Critics 66Audiences 60GoodWatch 63
Tomatometer71%
Metascore60
IMDb6.2
User score6.2
Letterboxd · 149 K ratings2.9/5
Audience score57%
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for horror movies, −5 min on the typical 95
typical 9590Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
2018
September 20, 2018
8 years ago
Genres
HorrorThrillerDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceIntense
- Gore, disturbing imagesIntense
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityStrong
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 16 more31 people
- Allison WilliamsCharlotte
- Logan BrowningLizzie
- Steven WeberAnton
- Alaina HuffmanPaloma
- Molly GraceYoung Charlotte
- Milah ThompsonYoung Lizzie
- Eileen TianZhang Li
- Mark KandborgTheis
Graeme DuffyGeoffrey- MMMarie MaskellCharlotte's Mother
Christina JastrzembskaAunt
Glynis DaviesAunt- TCTasmin Carlow-UjiieParty Cellist Girl
- JYJorya YiParty Cellist Girl
- WHWinnie HungMingzhu
- BWBenjamin WongParty Cellist's Father
- ALAlex LeeParty Cellist's Mother
Vince TsangMan at Party
Sharon CrandallMan's Wife
Richard YeeGuest at Party
Grace WangGuest at Party
Doralynn MuiGuest at Party- SCSofy ChenLittle Girl on Bus
- JJJohnny JiLi Jun
Directing · 8
- Richard Shepard Director, Writer, Producer
- Thomas Ma Assistant Director
- Mark D. Currie First Assistant Director
- Kit Marlatt First Assistant Director
- Ana Oparnica Sebal Script Supervisor
- Stephen Ostir Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Nicole Snyder Writer, Co-Producer
- Eric C. Charmelo Writer, Co-Producer
Production · 13
- Matthew J. Anderson Executive Producer
- Andrew Golov Executive Producer
- Bill Block Producer
- Stacey Reiss Producer
- Jennifer Euston Casting
- Kara Eide Casting
Camera · 9
- Vanja Černjul Director of Photography
- Mitch Bax Digital Imaging Technician
- Doane Gregory Still Photographer
- Tamara Cesarec "B" Camera Operator
- Reid Cohoon First Company Grip
- Melissa Beaupre Best Boy Grip
Editing · 2
- David Dean Editor
- Claudio Sepulveda Digital Intermediate Colorist
Sound · 26
- Paul Haslinger Original Music Composer
- Gregorio Gómez Sound Designer
- Kelly Cole Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Supervisor
- Bill Mellow Supervising Sound Editor
- Tony Rodney Assistant Sound Editor
- Shane Shemko Foley Artist
Art · 13
- John Marcynuk Production Design
- Breanne Fultz Assistant Property Master
- Bryan Korenberg Property Master
- Malika Montague Props
- Maureen Carey Construction Buyer
- Loree Cameron Graphic Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 19
- Beverley Huynh Costume Design
- Todd Masters Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Chris Devitt Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Alex Rondon Makeup Effects Designer
- Carmen Tse Assistant Makeup Artist
- Bev Wright Makeup Department Head
Visual Effects · 21
- Geoff DuQuette Visual Effects Compositor
- Phil Chornohus Visual Effects Compositor
- Robert Cvengros Layout Supervisor, Matchmove Supervisor
- Frans de Vries Matchmove Supervisor, Layout Supervisor
- Rob Price Visual Effects Coordinator
- Bruce Turner Visual Effects Producer
Lighting · 2
- James M. Jackson Chief Lighting Technician
- Jonathan Bizeau Gaffer
Other crew · 18
- Darryl Scheelar Stunt Coordinator
- Vladimir Tevlovski Stunt Coordinator
- Helena Barrett Stunt Double
- Jeff Sanca Stunts
- Fraser Corbett Stunts
- Alex Chiang Stunts
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