The Lodge (2019)

Directed by

Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala

Genre

drama film, horror film, psychological thriller, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 1,430 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman stays at a remote lodge with her fiancé's two children over Christmas. They become stranded there and start to experience strange events linked to her past.

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What happens

The Lodge is a 2019 psychological horror film directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala and written by Franz, Fiala, and Sergio Casci. The film stars Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, and Richard Armitage. Its plot follows a soon-to-be stepmother who, alone with her fiancé's two children, becomes stranded at their rural lodge during Christmas. There, she and the children experience a number of unexplained events that seem to be connected to her past. The project was announced in October 2017, with Riley Keough joining the cast of the film and Franz and Fiala directing from a screenplay they wrote alongside Sergio Casci. Much of the cast joined that February 2018 and principal photography began in March 2018 and wrapped that same month. The Lodge had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2019, and was initially scheduled to be released in the United States in November 2019 by Neon. However, Neon pushed its release back to the following year. It was given a limited theatrical release on February 7, 2020, which expanded on February 21, 2020. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising the performances, direction, and screenplay, as well as the horror elements. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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