A creepy and unsettling movie (released in some markets under the title February) that gets under your skin immediately, and stays there pretty much the entire 94 minutes. Staged like The Shining lite, The Blackcoat's Daughter resonates with a tone that is hypnotically disturbing, and even though its climax features scenes of gory violence, it honestly could've done just as well without them, using the minimal approach reminiscent of the first act.
Director Oz Perkins proves that the most terrifying horror is that which you can not see or touch; the psychological breakdown of a person's mind, a la Jack Torrance due to an isolated loneliness caused by a heavy snowstorm, is a nightmare a person can not wake up from.
It's ok if you don't understand the story completely, or if the ending leaves you scratching your head: by the time it's over, this movie will have spooked you plenty to keep you from getting a good night's sleep for days afterwards.
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