The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015)

AKA: February

Abandoned as a child. Raised by the dark.

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Release Date: Nov 20, 2015
Rated: N/A | Runtime: 93 Mins | Language: English
Director: Oz Perkins
Stars: Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, James Remar, Lauren Holly, Peter J. Gray, Emma Holzer

Summary

In the dead of winter, Kat and Rose, two very different girls, find themselves spending winter break at their prestigious prep school. What they don't know is that Kat is being stalked by an evil entity, and their lives are about to change forever. Meanwhile, Joan, a young, troubled woman, makes her way across a frozen landscape towards the school. But why?

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What to Expect

The Blackcoat's Daughter is an eerie and atmospheric Canadian horror movie written and directed by Oz Perkins, the son of Anthony Perkins aka Norman Bates from Psycho. The Blackcoat's Daughter is very dreary and moody, creating a thick atmosphere of hopelessness and dread which easily carried the movie. The cast, script, score, everything worked. And the twists that start revealing themselves beyond the hour mark are pretty damn intense. No spoilers, but I'll just say the things you witness are not what you'd expect given the setting within a Catholic girls school. Unsettling to say the least. This way the plot plays out in this movie is very mind bendy. Not only is it told in a non-linear way, but it's also told through alternative timelines which makes it tricky to follow. But, it also gives you something to think about hours after you watch which is always a good quality in a horror movie.

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Critic Reviews:

The Blackcoat’s Daughter, or February, is another great example of what can be done with craftsmanship and vision.

– HNN

Beyond the performances, and beyond the violence, what makes The Blackcoat’s Daughter so disturbing is that pervasive sense of seclusion.

– The Critical Critics

The root of evil in “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” isn’t particularly original or deep, but the movie’s twisty plot and eerie atmosphere makes it deeply unsettling anyway.

– Indie Wire