Seventh Son (2014)

Director
Sergey Bodrov

Main cast
Jeff Bridges; Julianne Moore; Ben Barnes; Alicia Vikander; Kit Harington

Genres
Adventure

Description
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected he country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?


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