The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015)

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.