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.

William Bibbiani

TheWrap

Feb 28

'The Dreadful' is worth watching for Harden’s perfidious performance alone. And whenever she’s not on-screen it’s worth the wait.

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Peter Travers

The Travers Take

Feb 21

1/4

This muddled medieval borefest drags down the talents of Sophie Turner and Kit Harington, but can be commended for one thing: truth in advertising. It’s dreadful to the max.

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Brandon Yu

New York Times

Feb 20

The Dreadful faintly tugs at one strand of an interesting idea in this deeply silly horror fable: the hard fact of hunger.

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Claire Di Maio

But Why Tho?

Apr 1

4/10

Unfocused and underdeveloped, The Dreadful presents a dreamlike vision of historical horror without delving deeply into what makes for an immersive horror experience.

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Lee Zumpe

Tampa Bay Newspapers

Mar 22

Dripping with gothic ambiance and an eerie, foreboding tone, "The Dreadful" ultimately falls victim to an uneven, tedious plot.

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Sparks Lowry

Spectrum Culture

Mar 17

A quasi-remake of a much better Japanese horror film strips its source material of any complexity, idiosyncrasy and nuance.

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R. B.

@R1313R 3d

An appropriate name for this movie, as the situation the MCs were in was pretty dreadful. The acting was really good, but this was definitely a slow burn, atmospheric, suspenseful type of movie. If you go in hoping for jumpscares, lots of gore and what horror tropes Hollywood usually puts in period pieces, this is not the movie for you. I liked the ending especially how it didn't end quite the way I expected it to. I did get a bit bored while watching BECAUSE its a slow burn, so I ended up playing on my phone while I watched, but it had enough happenings of interest to keep me watching while I was gaming. 4/10

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Lovell T

@Lovell 6d

The metaphor of survival, greed and violence is somewhat muffled when element of the supernatural is thrown in this gorgeous looking medieval folk thriller. However, the viceral visual style of director Natasha Kermani and strong character performances continued here, right after Abraham's Boys. Coupled with beautiful color palettes and grandiose nature expanse, The Dreadful, contrary to the title, is a sight to behold.

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Hal W.

@Halby555 Apr 29

Great acting, great cast, and great plot wanders and is thin, some gross eating scenes. Slurping and drooling. Atmospheric darkness

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Doug T

@RT10045726 Apr 29

Small spoiler review. Slow, but beautiful cinematography, ambiance. This is a tiny story. It could have been done in an hour. A few fewer food prep scenes, maybe? I don't really understand the helmet part. Who cursed it and why? Does it only curse rotten people? I did like it, but not for the story, if that makes sense. It felt like an unsettling nightmare in which not everything makes sense.

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Professor A.

@ProfessorAhab Apr 5

Truly dreadful. What a slog.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Apr 4

It wasn't the acting that was the problem - it was the frayed story of some dark knight and his helmet that blew the whole thing up.

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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