Starve Acre (Blu-ray)

Starve Acrewith DVD - Double PlayGenre: HorrorsLabel: BFIDescription: Daniel Kokotajlo’s impressive follow-up to his award-winning Apostasy is a brilliant adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s acclaimed novel. In 1970s Yorkshire Richard and Juliette relocate to Richard’s childhood home hoping the idyllic country surroundings will benefit their young son. However a sudden tragic event drives a wedge through the family which triggers Richard an academic archaeologist to bury himself in obsessively exploring a local folkloric myth. Kokotajlo’s mysterious slow-burn folk horror feels tangibly of the moist Yorkshire earth while evoking the spellbinding nature of great supernatural and occult horror films from the 70s. It is a wildly eerie piece tightly stitched together with genuine chills and two bold unflinching performances from Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.