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From acclaimed genre director Chris Smith (Creep, Severance, Triangle) comes The Banishing, which tells the true story of the most haunted house in England. A young reverend and his wife and daughter move into a manor with a horrifying secret.

When a vengeful spirit haunts the little girl and threatens to tear the family apart, the reverend and his wife are forced to confront their beliefs. They must turn to black magic by seeking the help of a famous Occultist… or risk losing their daughter.

HORROR | UK | ENGLISH | 97 MINS
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Director Chris Smith

Meet The Director

Christopher Smith

Chris Smith is a highly established British filmmaker having directed some of Britain's most popular genre films to date. In 2004, Chris wrote and directed his debut, CREEP, a horror that follows a woman trapped on the London underground whilst being hunted by a mysterious attacker.

His next film was the comedy-horror SEVERANCE, which screened at festivals all over the world. In 2009, Chris directed the mystery-thriller, TRIANGLE, followed by the epic medieval action thriller BLACK DEATH in 2010, which starred Eddie Redmayne and Sean Bean.

Chris then went onto write and direct the family-comedy, GET SANTA, starring Jim Broadbent and then DETOUR in 2016. Recently, Chris has been focusing on TV, and last year directed episodes of Sony's highly-anticipated TV reboot of Anthony Horowitz's ALEX RIDER.


Director's Introduction


Meet The Cast

Jessica Brown Findlay

JESSICA
BROWN FINDLAY

The Guernsey Literary and
Potato Peel Pie Society
Downton Abbey
Black Mirror

Sean Harris

Sean
Harris

Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Prometheus
Deliver Us From Evil
The King

John Heffernan

John
Heffernan

Official Secrets
Eye In The Sky
Luther

John Lynch

John
Lynch

Paul, Apostle of Christ
The Secret Garden
Black Death


Producers

Newscope Films

Jason Newmark

Triangle, Creep, Alien Outpost

Laurie Cook

Alien Outpost

WestEnd Films

Sharon Harel

Gosford Park, The Company, Death and the Maiden

Maya Amsellem

Una, Tamara Drewe, The Invisible Woman

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