Horror

Mystery

Stephanie

The Gotham Group

Blumhouse Productions

United States of America

English

Shree Crooks

Frank Grillo

Anna Torv

Jonah Beres

Lasaundra Gibson

Samantha Smith

Amanda Christine

Swati Kapila

Deric McCabe

Harold Perrineau

Ellen Dubin

Jaimi Paige

Clay Cullen

Emily Brobst

Akiva Goldsman

Timothy Alverson

Wayne Wahrman

Jennifer Spence

Nathan Whitehead

Jason Garner

Terri Taylor

Antonio Riestra

Kathryn Langston Orindgreff

Todd Tucker

Couper Samuelson

Phillip Dawe

Matt Kaplan

Nate Matteson

Robyn Marshall

Seth William Meier

Jason Blum

Eric Robinson

Rand Sagers

Jeremy Slater

Ellen Goldsmith-Vein

Bryan Bertino

James Moran

Adrienne Biddle

Luke Piotrowski

Ben Collins

Lee-Anne Telford

Stephanie's World.

A young girl is left alone to hide from malevolent forces that stalk her in the family home. Her parents eventually return and the struggle begins to save their daughter.

Worryingly withdrawn from theatre release by the distributors, Stephanie was resigned to home format releases only. Which while hardly being a film that deserved a theatrical run - or indeed a must see horror - is still a shame because it's a very tidy little chiller.

Mood is nicely set by the opening where a young Shree Crooks (Stephanie) goes about her daily life alone in the house - her only companion a cuddly toy turtle. There's a sense of disquiet, the feeling that something bad is going to happen. Shadows and supernatural incidents compound the "child in dread" vibe, while an observation of articles in the house hint at what has brought the young girl to her situation.

Once the parents arrive on the scene we get further strange occurrences and strange motifs, little hints as to what has happened. Director Akiva Goldsman does a fine job on what is obviously a limited budget, managing to create some quality horror sequences whilst maintaining suspense in a three character piece.

There's a loose end or two that is intriguing but annoyingly so, and a sense of frustration with the resolution has proved to be a divisive topic (isn't it nearly always the case in horror anyway?). However, this is well worth a watch for the horror mystery fan whose prepared to accept it on its own "keeping the wheel" turning terms. 6.5/10

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Shree Crooks

Frank Grillo

Anna Torv

Jonah Beres

Lasaundra Gibson

Samantha Smith

Amanda Christine

Swati Kapila

Deric McCabe

Harold Perrineau

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