The Little Stranger - 2018 - 6/10
Dr. Faraday, village doctor, almost believes the family when they say they are cursed.
Or at least their home, Hundreds Hall, in the family for generations, has turned against them.
The house, as Faraday recalls from his childhood, is a far cry from the 1919, post-Great War fete he attended.
Wealth, a platoon of servants, glorious grounds, the effortless charm of it all – all gone.
Wars, crushing death taxes, village flight to the industrial cities.
Along with the house, the Ayres family, reduced to mother, invalid son, daughter, is a dying stock.
Gothic mystery, tinged with supernatural elements, proceeds slowly and darkly.
Go in expecting low-key events and you may appreciate this better.