Fresh
The Living and the Dead is not an easy movie to sit through, and its darkness may be a little mannered, but it's an elegant construction with real emotions buried deep inside.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
The Living and the Dead
2006 · 1h 23m · Not Rated
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Simon Rumley
Overview
A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is a truly haunted movie.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Fresh
A bizarre psychological study of degeneration and dependency, The Living and the Dead is a horror movie only in the most literal sense.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten
This is great filmmaking in the sense that overplayed virtuoso guitar shredding is great music -- which is to say, not at all.
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Fresh
A striking study of madness that skirts horror territory.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
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