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The Dreadful

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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.
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Peter Travers The Travers Take 2d
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. Go to Full Review
Brandon Yu New York Times 3d
The Dreadful faintly tugs at one strand of an interesting idea in this deeply silly horror fable: the hard fact of hunger. Go to Full Review
Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News 3d
3/4
Turner and Harrington’s post-“Game of Thrones” reunion finds them playing lovers and the two work well together, but this is Harden’s scene-chewing film. Go to Full Review
Sarah Vincent InBetweenDrafts 6h
5
Someone make an appointment for Harden to see a chiropractor because she carried this movie on her back. At least a gift certificate for a massage. Go to Full Review
Allie Lembo MovieJawn 2d
Although The Dreadful doesn’t have the staying power of the fantasy it so clearly admires and draws upon, it’s a well-paced experience with majestic pastoral and bloody visuals that may enchant if seen on the big screen. Go to Full Review
Matt Donato Daily Dead 2d
2.5/5
The reunion of Game of Thrones favorites Kit Harington and Sophie Turner for Kermani's dour horror-romance is noteworthy—alas, The Dreadful is not. Go to Full Review
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Raining A @RainingAgain 22h Great performances, fascinating time period and beautiful cinematography. The plot struggles in the end to feel like a justified ending from the set up of the character arc of Turner’s Anne in the first two acts but the performances between Turner and Harden are still fantastic. Harrington’s Jago is left a little unexplored and underutilized but the chemistry between Harrington and Turner is authentic and helps with the lack of setup. More suspense than true horror for those like me sensitive to gore. See more john t @JohnTresadern 23h A slow burning trawl through a medieval fable. If they’d leant into the fantasy element, it would have been half watchable. As it was, they spent 70% of the film on sweeping shots of empty woodland. The concept was there, the execution, and accents, were not. The Dreadful, living up to its title. See more Elle A 1d Interesting plot, beautiful visual film. And of course especially good actors. Sophie and Kit are amazing, their chemistry is so, so great, I wish there was more them, I greedy as Jago. Sophie is so beautiful, historical setting suits her, it's a shame that Kit doesn't have curls, but he's still handsome See more Nastia S 1d A wonderful reunion of Sophie Turner and Kit Harington on screen. Visually a beautiful film, also great costumes and sets, good cinematography. Marcia Gay Harden, Sophie Turner and Kit Harington are so wonderful. There is so much chemistry between Sophie and Kit, their characters are so cute, so romantic, so hot. I liked the plot, there were nuances, but it didn't spoil the overall impression. See more Ken B @MrBelmont 1d I think this movie had more producers & executive producers than cast & crew! WOW, what a list! Anyway, performances were good and raw (albeit rather "stagy" more like a dramatic play), but it was boring. That said, I can appreciate the attention to detail and the great performances. I know this is a passion project that will find its audience. See more Michael Y 2d Marcia Harden was really good in this. Unlike anything I’ve seen before. Very interesting movie. See more Read all reviews
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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
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