The Unfamiliar
Directed by Henk Pretorius
A British Army doctor comes back from a war, thinking that she has PTSD only to discover that there is a more daunting malevolence at work making the life that she knew unfamiliar.
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- jackmeatApril 27, 2025My quick rating - 5.4/10. The story has a bunch of "convenience" caked into it, but one thing it does have. It is creepy when it needs to be. A woman comes home from war and is suffering from PTSD, but the problem is that there may be something else going on around her that isn't all in her head. The issue in this movie that keeps it from rising above mediocre is that what is going on gets revealed way too early along and after that, you are kind of just wading through recycled scenes you have seen done better and FAR worse before. The acting and the story really are quite good, even if it isn't anything new. My biggest negative is the convenience I spoke of. The "hey, wouldn't it be handy if you knew how to perform an exorcism?" and the first person you ask says "YES". At least now with the new horror movies revolving around memes turned murder, they go and look the shit up in how to do things. This movie acts like it is common knowledge. But that irk to me may not bug you, and it is fine. The movie itself pushes the right buttons and is entertaining enough.
The Unfamiliar Trivia
The Unfamiliar was released on September 11, 2020.
The Unfamiliar was directed by Henk Pretorius.
The Unfamiliar has a runtime of 89m.
The Unfamiliar was produced by Barend Kruger, Llewelynn Greeff.
A British Army doctor comes back from a war, thinking that she has PTSD only to discover that there is a more daunting malevolence at work making the life that she knew unfamiliar.
The key characters in The Unfamiliar are Elizabeth 'Izzy' Cormack (Jemima West), Ethan Cormack (Christopher Dane), Emma Cormack (Rebecca Hanssen).
The Unfamiliar is rated R.
The Unfamiliar is a Horror, Thriller film.
The Unfamiliar has an audience rating of 8.2 out of 10.
The Unfamiliar has made $270K at the box office.