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The Dreadful

In a country torn by war, survival comes at all costs… and darkness closes in.

2026 · R · 1h 34m

Directed by Natasha Kermani

5.9

TMDB audience score
85 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • Sophie Turner
    Anne

  • Kit Harington
    Jago

  • Marcia Gay Harden
    Morwen

  • Laurence O'Fuarain
    Seamus

  • Jonathan Howard
    Brother Penros

  • Catherine McDonough
    Narrator

  • Zachary Cohen
    Young Jago

  • Isidro-Lucking Dylan
    Young shipwreck sailor

  • Nik Harber
    Older shipwreck sailor

  • Jürgen Koenen
    Merchant

  • Tigerlily Langford
    Young Anne

  • Huxley Sheppard
    Young Seamus