Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower...
Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is nightmare.
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BAFTA-winning Bait director Mark Jenkin’s sophomore pic also proudly celebrates the celluloid style of a bygone era. Channeling the British folk horror tradition of the 1970s, this feels like an hallucinatory lost artefact.
80 %101 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
22 %100 reviewsAudience score rating
"Intense and unnerving..."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"The kind of thing the victims in a horror film might watch, just after pulling it from the cellar of a derelict harbour cottage, and shortly before succumbing to some blood-curdling maritime curse."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"Jenkin's style is so unusual, so unadorned, it feels almost like a manuscript culture of cinema. There is real artistry in it."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"The defiantly creaky early-cinema techniques are extremely cool to look at (and listen to, given Jenkin’s brooding, evocative soundscapes), but feel thematically lost at sea."
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Variety
Variety"Offers audio-visual thrills a-plenty."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"It's admirable that Jenkin resists the temptation to over-explain... but there's a limited impact to him just rearranging the existing pieces on the board."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"A singular, near-structureless nightmare that may also be a formal ghost story."
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The Irish Times
The Irish Times"If only it didn’t lack the power to truly frighten us, it may have flourished."
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Slant Magazine
Slant MagazineEnys Men | Details
- Runtime
- 96
- Genre
- Horror
- Country of origin
- UK
