First look: “IT’s” Sophia Lillis in the half-the-title role of “GRETEL & HANSEL”
After essaying one of Stephen King’s most memorable young characters on screen, actress Sophia Lillis takes on a horrific variation on a classic fairy tale.
After essaying one of Stephen King’s most memorable young characters on screen, actress Sophia Lillis takes on a horrific variation on a classic fairy tale.
The director of the acclaimed THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER is now adding a horrific dimension to a classic children’s story, with the young actress who impressed in IT as the lead.
Today’s theatrical/VOD release of THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER has been a long time coming, as it debuted at the Toronto Film Festival under the title FEBRUARY nearly two years ago. As it turns out, its emergence fully rewards one’s patience—just as the movie itself does, with its deliberate, chilly buildup to a genuinely frightening final act.
The latest slow-burn horror sensation is writer/director Osgood Perkins’ THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER, which chilled audiences to the bone at multiple festivals last year under the title FEBRUARY. Currently a DirecTV exclusive, it hits theaters and VOD this Friday, March 31 from A24 and DirecTV, and Perkins delves into its meaning and menace in this exclusive chat.