The Little Stranger (2018)

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Tv & Film, After Shows, Tv Reviews

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2018

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Jim and I had high hopes for The Little Stranger, thinking it would be an ultra atmospheric mash up of The Witch with Downton Abbey. Instead, we got a commentary on upper class angst during the 1940’s as their fortunes crumbled alongside their estates masquerading as a dull, drab little ghost story. At no point does the film ever manage to generate anything but mild disquiet and malaise. Which is a shame, because all the pieces were there for genuine horror. This podcast is an abridged version of the full, spoiler-filled discussion available only to our club members. Check out our Club Bald Move page to find out how you can gain access to ALL of our premium content! Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.0	Tonight, Jim and I searched high and low to see the little helper a gothic horror movie set in the 1940s around a failing British
0:41.8	estate and the house that is crumbling around the
0:45.8	remaining last few members of the family. I was really excited to see this film Jim.
0:54.0	Yeah. I was expecting like,
0:56.0	Down Abbey crossed with the witch.
0:58.0	Okay.
0:59.0	That kind of really atmospheric horror.
1:01.0	And I feel like if you are your expectations are that
1:06.4	Dial them down because this is certainly a ghost story
1:12.8	And I don't think it's a spoiler because it's billed as a gothic ghost story
1:16.7	But you can tell it's it's a ghost story by the ringing bells in the trailer right right I don't know what calibration you got going, but it needs to be changed.
1:25.0	It needs to be slightly, you need to turn the dial towards ghost.
1:28.0	Yeah.
1:29.0	Okay.
1:30.0	It is a ghost story and is gothic, but I found it remarkably not scary.
1:36.4	Yeah, it was interesting and a really weird kind of slice of like like you because I love
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