Marrowbone

It's unfortunate that some audiences couldn't connect with this film, since such films are normally perfectly up for mainstream reception.

Marrowbone is a cryptic, often-subtle horror film that strives very hard to create a terrifying mood. Jack, played by George MacKay, is the oldest sibling of numerous younger sisters, whom he is striving to protect from a mysterious evil entity in the house where they now dwell. Anya portrays Allie, a friend who develops a friendship with Jack throughout the course of the film. When it becomes more apparent that whatever is occurring at her home is not the same as how her family perceives it, she is the one who understands the situation the most clearly.

The closest comparison to Marrowbone would be a masterpiece like The Others, although Marrowbone is not nearly as well constructed. More information would disclose too much for my readers; but we can say that the film depends on a few significant disclosures that question and upend the whole plot.

As a result, we still found it a bit challenging to rank this movie higher, since most of what happens in the movie is a bit predictable and only becomes more interesting at the conclusion.

Year of Release: 2017

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 49%