The Dreadful Review — Sophie Turner and Kit Harington Reunite in a Monotonous Gothic Slow-Burn

THE DREADFUL Review: Marcia Gay Harden Rules This Gothic GAME OF THRONES Reunion

Sophie Turner, Kit Harington, and Marcia Gay Harden star in director Natasha Kermani's action adventure. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]

The Dreadful Review — Sophie Turner and Kit Harington Reunite in a Monotonous Gothic Slow-Burn

Whenever news breaks about a reunion between actors who defined an era in a cult series, my nostalgic side immediately kicks into high gear. When I heard that Game of Thrones‘ alumni Sophie Turner and Kit Harington would be sharing the screen again — this time in the context of a medieval Gothic horror indie flick — my curiosity piqued. I wasn’t familiar with the previous work of director Natasha Kermani (Lucky), so I merely expected performance…

'The Dreadful' Review: Certainly Not Dreadful

Courtesy of Lionsgate It’s a Game of Thrones reunion in Natasha Kermani’s (Abraham’s Boys) The Dreadful. Set during the Wars of the Roses, Kermani’s gothic feature is fog-drenched and deeply dour. It also happens to star Sophie Turner and Kit Harington, though as lovers this time, not siblings (well, at least in Game of Thrones, that’d be fine, too). It also stars Marcia Gay Harden in one of her best roles in years. The Dreadful, despite the tit…

‘The Dreadful’ Review – ‘Onibaba’ Retelling Explores the Horrific Ties That Bind

How strong are the ties that bind us together? Whether marriage, friendship, or biological connection, what draws us to the people who share our homes and what keeps us from simply walking away? Natasha Kermani explores these evergreen considerations in The Dreadful, a gorgeous horror film examining power and manipulation. Inspired by Kaneto Shindô’s 1964 masterpiece Onibaba, her gothic version of the Shinto-Buddhist folk legend follows two wome…