With its keen eye on the most sinister fears of our childhoods, The Visit proves once again that horror is where writer, director and producer M. Night Shyamalan should set up camp. It’s both an assured return to form for the filmmaker and a welcome spin on his usual formula, where comedy sits comfortably alongside genuine frights.
Ed Oxenbould and Olivia DeJonge play Tyler and Rebecca Jamison, young siblings travelling to rural Pennsylvania to meet their estranged grandparents for the first time, much to the distress of Kathryn Hahn’s single mother. An aspiring filmmaker with a big heart, Rebecca wants to document the whole thing as a form of therapy for her mum, whose reasons for the bad blood with her parents remain a tightly-kept secret.
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Ed Oxenbould and Olivia DeJonge play Tyler and Rebecca Jamison, young siblings travelling to rural Pennsylvania to meet their estranged grandparents for the first time, much to the distress of Kathryn Hahn’s single mother. An aspiring filmmaker with a big heart, Rebecca wants to document the whole thing as a form of therapy for her mum, whose reasons for the bad blood with her parents remain a tightly-kept secret.
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