POSSUM (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible – Fallout), Alun Armstrong (Krull), Simon Bubb (film debut), Andy Blithe (I’m Still Here), Charlie Eales (Greener), Ryan Enever (film debut), Raphel Famotibe (film debut), Joe Gallucci (Paddington 2), Pamela Cook (King of Thieves)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Matthew Holness (film debut), director, writer; Wayne Marc Godfrey (The Survivalist), James Harris (I Am Not A Serial Killer), Robert Jones (Run Fatboy Run) and Mark Lane (47 Metres Down), producers; Kit Fraser (Under The Shadow), cinematographer; Tommy Boulding (The Anomaly), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Philip (Harris), a disgraced children’s puppeteer, returns to his childhood home where he is forced to confront his wicked stepfather Maurice (Armstrong) as well as the disturbing secrets that have haunted him all his life…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

He has always been a terrifying presence in films that weren’t even horrors, but now Sean Harris is headlining a seriously scary film where he may actually not be the most terrifying thing in it.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2018

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