The Blackcoat's Daughter

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The Blackcoat's Daughter

R

2017

1h 33m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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During the dead of winter, a troubled young woman (Emma Roberts) embarks on a mysterious journey to an isolated prep school where two stranded students (Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton) face a sinister threat from an unseen evil force.

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Critics Consensus

Slow-building and atmospheric, The Blackcoat's Daughter resists girls-in-peril clichés in a supernatural thriller that serves as a strong calling card for debuting writer-director Oz Perkins.

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Katie Rife

AV Club

12/05/2020

A-

I found February affecting on an emotional level as well, and will be evangelizing for it until it makes it out of the festival circuit and into theaters.

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Chris Barton

Los Angeles Times

10/26/2017

The characters are too underdeveloped to leave an impression.

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Roxana Hadadi

Punch Drunk Critics

04/14/2017

2.5/5

There are creepy moments throughout The Blackcoat's Daughter that stick with you, truly adding to the stylistic, haunted-house atmosphere of this whole narrative.

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Sydney Lee

Horror Movie Talk

Dec 4

10/10

The vibe is foreboding, horrifying, creepy, just all around a feeling of dread through the entire 95 minute runtime. It is tight, it is full of suspense and grief, and it is a genius way to tell the story like writer director Oz Perkins does.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

07/20/2024

3/4

Admittedly, the film's structure is more interesting than the story itself; if it had been laid out in chronological order, it wouldn't have been very interesting. But Perkins's eerie style is what sells it.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

02/16/2024

4/5

Keenly and decisively, The Blackcoat’s Daughter carries a nearly strict reliance on suggestion and atmosphere over exploitation.

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Charlie A

@Charlie-Chookins 21h

The Blackcoat's Daughter is a difficult movie for me to rate. Religious horror doesn't work for me. The plot seems to be all over the place; I was lost for about 60% of the movie. The ending did not wrap up in a satisfying way and it was upsetting to see Emma Roberts in a movie this...messy. While some of the cinematography was very appealing, the plot really bogged this down for me. Seeing how Kathrine went from a normal girl to an empty shell of a girl in a rapid timeline with very little explanation was upsetting. This movie could've been so much more but ended up falling flat for me. The acting was good, cinematography was good, the design of the devil/demon and even the setting was good but the story, arc, and resolution left me wanting more.

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Daddy D

@Drazker 21h

Extremely slow burn without any real reward for the viewer, they had the budget to rope in Emma Roberts but clearly lacked the ability to complete a scene without cutting away at a critical moment just to never return to it despite the relentless time jumps. I completely understand the critic/audience gap here as some could see this as a dreadful display of loneliness, creating a situation to seek out malevolent attention. But I was personally frustrated with this movie by the end. And unfortunately for this film, I'm siding with the audience. 2/5.

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L W.

@phillybird52 5d

Fantastic little horror. I enjoyed this one

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Madam D

@Madam1948 Feb 8

Way too slow to actually begin building a plot. Too many changes in which time lline we are seeing.

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Angelina B.

@angelinabud Jan 20

It was just too slow for me. It took 50 minutes in for anything to happen

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Michael L

@MikeLewis Oct 23

One of the best slow burns you’ll ever see. From the very beginning, this film is filled with dread, and it slowly carries on throughout the film to its very final shot. Ignore the mixed reviews from the audience as it’s filled with individuals who can’t sit through a movie unless it’s Michael Bay-ish levels of action from the very first frame. This is a master class of building dread and suspense. Osgoods best movie imho.

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Synopsis

During the dead of winter, a troubled young woman (Emma Roberts) embarks on a mysterious journey to an isolated prep school where two stranded students (Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton) face a sinister threat from an unseen evil force.

Director: Oz Perkins
Producer: Bryan Bertino, Adrienne Biddle, Alphonse Ghossein, Robert Menzies, Rob Paris
Screenwriter: Oz Perkins
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Zed Filmworks, 120dB Films
Rating: R (Brutal Bloody Violence|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 31, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 28, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.0K
Runtime: 1h 33m

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