Written And Directed by Natasha Kermani
Morwen (to Anne) "They will pull you down to Hell."
In the last few days I've watched three horror films released this year and this would be the third one, so to speak. I guess I fancied something medieval with two former Game Of Thrones actors in the mix.
Those actors of being Sophie Turner and Kit Harington. Once pon a time, they were sort of half siblings on the show that launched their respective careers. In this movie, they're more than that and oh god, the chemistry isn't there.
I mean it's not unusual to see actors go from playing relatives in one production to playing lovers in another and there's been enough distance since Game Of Thrones ended. Unfortunately, they just don't have an ounce of chemistry.
Needless to say that's a bad thing because this movie needed then to be convincing as an ill suited couple and they just dont have what it takes. I don't know which one of them might be miscast here. Maybe both. Maybe Kit Harington should have been cast as a different character or the romance between Anne and Jago should've been scrapped altogether.
In flashbacks, both Anne and Jago were childhood friends along with Anne's husband, Seamus (Laurence O'Fuarain). Then Jago and Seamus went off to war and Anne was under the control of her domineering mother in law, Morwen (Marcia Gay Harden). The latter seemed to enjoy constantly gaslighting Anne, including dragging into murdering people in order to scrape by.
Needless to say Anne got caught between both Morwen and Jago trying to control her as well as a supernatural killer Knight with a cursed helmet. Throw in corruption, betrayal and asserting agency, this movie ended on a rather ambiguous note for Anne.
- Sophie Turner was a producer for this movie and Jonathan Howard appeared as the doomed Brother Pentos.
- Jago killed Seamus when the latter went mad during the war but it seemed like he did just to get Anne.
- Both Sophie Turner and Kit Harington talked about much they didn't like playing a couple and it absolutely reflected in their performances.
- Chronology: Medieval times, during the War of the Roses.
It's tempting to say that The Dreadful lived up to its title because it's not a good horror film whatsoever. Casting two actors with no romantic chemistry what so ever didn't help and the ideas are largely undercooked. It's very disappointing.
Rating: 5 out of 10
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