Starve Acre

Starve Acre starts out looking like it’s going to be a folk-horror reworking of The Amityville Horror, spooky house and all that. Then changes tack and appears to be attempting a folk-horror reworking of The Exorcist, possessed child and all that. Before finally settling down to tell a story about different ways of coping with grief. It’s a mood piece in many ways. So if you’ve pitched up looking for entertainment – boo scares, ghoulies, things going bump – park those expectations. Subterranean sounds and bleak visuals abound in this story set on the Yorkshire moors in the 1970s, where the modern, rational mindset meets the old ways and comes off second best. … Read more