The Unsettling
Director: Harry Owens | 2022 | 94 mins | Horror/Thriller | USA | English
Official Selection – A Night of Horror International Film Festival 2021
Official Selection – Cine-Excess 2021
Official Selection – New York City Horror Film Festival 2021
Official Selection – Chattanooga Film Festival 2022
Abena and Kwame, a Ghanaian couple, are struggling to recover from a devastating tragedy. They travel to Los Angeles for a vacation that they hope will help them find their way back to one another. Instead, during an awkward dinner with estranged friends, Vivian and Anthony, Abena is increasingly terrorized by an evil possessing the house. The house that was meant to provide refuge slowly stalks her, consuming her sorrow and trapping her in a nightmare. As her terror grows, it ultimately engulfs all four with horrifying consequences.
With a sense of danger that builds on the periphery before coming terrifyingly into focus, The Unsettling is a dread-filled tale of alienation in the seemingly safest of spaces.
“MORE THAN JUST A CREEPY HAUNTED HOUSE HORROR MOVIE…[IT] RESONATES INVASIVELY AS MENTAL HEALTH HORROR TO A DISTURBING DEGREE.”
– HORROR OBSESSIVE
“THE WRITING AND PERFORMANCES PERFECTLY CONVEY THE DEVASTATING IMPACT THAT TRAUMA HAS ON RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW IT WILL CONSUME YOU…THE THOUGHT-PROVOKING THEMES AND EERIE MOMENTS KEEP THE FILM ENTERTAINING AND ENJOYABLE.”
– SLAY AWAY
“CULMINATES IN A SATISFYING ENDING THAT LEAVES THE RIGHT QUESTIONS UNANSWERED.”
– AIPT
“A GROUNDED AND QUITE NUANCED HAUNTED HOUSE MOVIE THAT EXPLORES A LOT OF COMPLEX EMOTIONS AND THEMES.”
– VOID VIDEO
Harry Owens – Director
Bambadjan Bamba (The Good Place)
Zephani Idoko (Nanny)
Libby Munro (Mommy Would Never Hurt You)
Benedikt Sebastian (Eyes Without a Face)
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