Summary
Londoners Maya and Jamie escape their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland only to discover malevolent, murderous goblins lurking in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Pure escapism
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+16)
Critics 66Audiences 50GoodWatch 59
Tomatometer67%
Metascore64
IMDb5.4
Letterboxd · 17 K ratings2.7/5
User score5.1
Audience score41%
Running time
1 h 44 min
Longer than most horror movies, +9 min on the typical 95
typical 95104Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 22 countries, rent or buy in 7 more
+12Released
2023
January 27, 2023
3 years ago
Genres
HorrorFantasyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Ireland
United Kingdom- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 10 more13 people
- Hannah John-KamenMaya
- Douglas BoothJamie
- Jamie Lee O'DonnellAisling Whelan
- Chris WalleyKillian Whelan
- Kristian NairnEoin Whelan
- Colm MeaneyColm “Daddy” Whelan
- Niamh CusackNiamh
- Lalor RoddyRory
Finbar LynchFather Brendan
Bradley TurnerHoodie Leader
Ania MarsonMother Redcap
Billy BoyleShopkeeper
Paul BlackwellRemoval Man
Directing · 1
- Jon Wright Director, Story
Writing · 1
- Mark Stay Screenplay, Story
Production · 13
- Matt Williams Executive Producer
- Janine Modder Executive Producer
- Mark Gooder Executive Producer
- Alison Thompson Executive Producer
- Jo Bamford Executive Producer
- Jamie Jessop Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Hamish Doyne-Ditmas Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Zsófia Tálas Editor
Sound · 2
- Christian Henson Original Music Composer
- Jeremy Price Sound
Art · 3
- John Beard Production Design
- Cathy Cosgrove Set Decoration
- Sandra Phillips Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Annie Hardinge Costume Design
- Sophie Slotover Makeup Artist
- Chris Lyons Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Kristyan Mallett Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Shaune Harrison Prosthetic Supervisor
- Beau Bambi Brett Makeup Artist, Hairstylist
Other crew · 3
- Nick Chopping Stunt Coordinator
- Michael Byrch Stunts
- Laurence Brown Legal Services
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