Daniel Kokotajlo’s impressive follow-up to his award-winning Apostasy is a brilliant adaptation of Andrew Michael Hurley’s acclaimed novel. In 1970s Yorkshire, Richard and Juliette relocate to Richard’s childhood home, hoping the idyllic country surroundings will benefit their young son. However, a sudden tragic event drives a wedge through the family, which triggers Richard, an academic archaeologist, to bury himself in obsessively exploring a local folkloric myth. Kokotajlo’s mysterious slow-burn folk horror feels tangibly of the moist Yorkshire earth, while evoking the spellbinding nature of great supernatural and occult horror films from the 70s. It is a wildly eerie piece, tightly stitched together with genuine chills and two bold, unflinching performances from Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.

Special Features

• Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition

• Newly recorded audio commentary by director Daniel Kokotajlo, production designer Francesca Massariol and sound designer Ben Baird

• The Land Holds the Melody (2024, 23 mins): Starve Acre composer Matthew Herbert reveals his multi-layered approach to writing film music 

• There’s Something Out There (2024, 20 mins): author Andrew Michael Hurley discusses his novel Starve Acre and the landscapes of folk horror

• Interviews with stars Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark (2023, 10 mins)

• Interview with The Hare Team (2023, 16 mins): an insight into the work of creature effects supervisor Sharna Rothwell and lead puppeteer Aidan Cook

• Behind-the-scenes footage (2023, 5 mins)

• The sandwich scene (2024, 1 min): deleted scene with optional commentary from the director

• The Hare, a Folk Song (2024, 1 min): actor Sean Gilder, who plays Gordon in the film, reads an extract from the Starve Acre novel

• Behind-the-scenes gallery: a collection of photos and storyboard elements that shine a light on the production process

• Stills gallery

• Theatrical trailer

• Newly created audio description track for the blind and visually impaired

• Newly created optional English descriptive subtitles 

• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by Professor Catherine Spooner, new writing on contemporary folk horror by Dr Adam Scovell and a text by director Daniel Kokotajlo