The Little Stranger (2018)
Director
Lenny Abrahamson
Main cast
Ruth Wilson; Will Poulter; Charlotte Rampling; Kate Phillips; Alison Pargeter
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Description
In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?
Lenny Abrahamson
Main cast
Ruth Wilson; Will Poulter; Charlotte Rampling; Kate Phillips; Alison Pargeter
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Description
In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?
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