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Starve Acre

6.0(114)20241h 38m3

When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.

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Released
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Language
English
  • small town
  • based on novel or book
  • 1970s
  • archaeologist
  • folk horror
  • oak tree

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United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)26 Jul 2024
    • Digital / OTTNR26 Jul 2024
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival12 Oct 2023
    • Theatrical (limited)152 Sept 2024
    • Theatrical156 Sept 2024
    • Physical15Blu-ray21 Oct 2024
    • TVBBC Two18 Sept 2026
  • CanadaCA

    • Digital / OTT2 Aug 2024
  • GermanyDE

    • Digital / OTT1615 Aug 2024
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical166 Sept 2024
  • KuwaitKW

    • Theatrical15 Aug 2024
  • QatarQA

    • Theatrical15 Aug 2024
  • SingaporeSG

    • TheatricalM1819 Sept 2024

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Starve Acre was released on 26 July 2024.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    9/12/2024

    6/10

    "Richard" (Matt Smith), his wife "Jules" (Morfydd Clark) and their young son "Owen" (Arthur Shaw) have moved back to his late father's remote hill farm. Not long after they arrive the young, asthmatic, lad starts to hear a voice that seems to be compelling him to become erratic, even violent. Before his parents get to the bottom of this, though, there's a tragedy that upends their marriage and sees him spend an incre…

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    Sejian

    9/13/2024

    7/10

    Bunnies are supposed to be cute! THIS ISN'T CUTE, IT'S UNNERVING! Methinks it's about time I watch Lamb (2021). SPOILERS AHEAD! Harrie kinda annoys me, but if we consider that Dandelion Jack already has everyone under it's influence, as implied by Juliette's trance-like state at the start of the movie, I suppose I can accept the ending. From the moment she steps back into the house, heck even Richard tells …

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    griggs79

    9/22/2024

    7/10

    Starve Acre weaves together a familiar yet haunting British folk-horror narrative. In it, a man confronts dark, long-buried family secrets amidst the eerie, windswept expanse of the North Yorkshire Moors. The film’s remote setting adds an unsettling layer to the story, amplifying the isolation and creeping dread that define the genre. Morfydd Clark, known for her captivating performance in Saint Maud, once again b…

  • F

    FolknHell

    8/23/2026

    8/10

    There is something wonderfully matter-of-fact about the horror of *Starve Acre*. Richard returns to the place where his father abused him, starts digging for the remains of an ancient oak and discovers that the family folklore he might reasonably have preferred to leave buried was, inconveniently, not metaphorical. Daniel Kokotajlo's film understands one of folk horror's most useful principles: the past does not n…

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