The Dreadful

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The Dreadful

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Feb 2026

1h 34m

Horror

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Experience an unnerving Gothic tale of horror reuniting Game of Thrones stars Sophie Turner and Kit Harington and featuring the Academy Award®-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden. Set in medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

1h

Harden is the most entertaining thing about The Dreadful, which aims for classic folk horror but mostly feels tedious.

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

4h

C-

Heavy on mood and thin on plot, Kermani’s follow-up to her misguided Dracula story 'Abraham’s Boys' is equally tedious.

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Travis Hopson

Punch Drunk Critics

9h

2.5/5

While mildly diverting with its ominous black knights, deadly curses, illicit affairs, and murderous mothers-in-law, the film struggles to coalesce into an effective Gothic horror

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Robert Kojder

Flickering Myth

1d

1.5/5

The Dreadful serves up a Game of Thrones reunion between stars Sophie Turner and Kit Harington, which is about the only thing this film has to offer, considering it more than lives up to the title

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John Townsend

Starburst

1d

2/5

It’s a little superficial, and the film withers away to a dull and unsatisfactory ending.

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Nicolás Delgadillo

Knotfest

1d

Offers moments of haunting beauty and thematic bite to boot.

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Anne

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Synopsis

Experience an unnerving Gothic tale of horror reuniting Game of Thrones stars Sophie Turner and Kit Harington and featuring the Academy Award®-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden. Set in medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.

Director: Natasha Kermani
Producer: Sophie Turner, Luke Daniels, Patrick Muldoon, Patrick Hibler, Greg Lauritano
Screenwriter: Natasha Kermani
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Redwire Pictures
Rating: R (A Sexual Reference|Violence/Bloody Images)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 20, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 20, 2026
Runtime: 1h 34m

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