‘The Dreadful’ Director on the ‘Forbidden Fruit’ of a Kit Harington-Sophie Turner Romance and Telling a Dark Ages Horror Story Focused on Women

‘The Dreadful’ Director on the ‘Forbidden Fruit’ of a Kit Harington-Sophie Turner Romance and Telling a Dark Ages Horror Story Focused on Women

Natasha Kermani’s film began with a dark vision she couldn’t shake. “I couldn’t let go of this idea of two women living in a very desolate, barbaric landscape,” she says. “I felt like that was a relationship I didn’t see a lot, and one I wanted to explore. We see a lot of mothers and […]

Review: THE DREADFUL is Dull, Dark, and Dreary

The Dreadful, marketed as "An Enchanted Horror," carries a gloomy, forlorn vibe. Natasha Kermani channels Shin Buddhist parables and England's 15th-century War of the Roses for an esoteric brand of folkloric horror. It's a hushed blend of black knights and gothic angst, contained to an isolated cove. The reunion of Game of Thrones favorites Kit Harington and Sophie Turner for Kermani's dour horror-romance is noteworthy—alas, The Dreadful is not.…