Remembering Sam Neill (1947 – 2026)

Challenging and iconic, this film faced severe backlash upon its release, being added to the official ‘video nasty’ list in the UK, and released in the US with a third of the running time cut. Now restored and recognized as a defining entry in the psychological horror genre, Isabelle Adjani delivers a tour de force as a woman under the influence of something mysterious, and the late, great Sam Neill as her absent husband.

Much more than your average horror film, this would lay the groundwork for the ‘elevated horror’ movement of the 2010’s, cited as a major inspiration from filmmakers like Ari Aster (Hereditary), Robert Eggers (The Witch), and Julia Ducournau (Raw, Titane).

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

Screening 10/17 + 10/18

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