Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

linenature-86087 Wonderful movie, brought lot of tears, showing again that love is most beautiful and powerful thing,

rainabosniac I went to watch this movie expecting something absolutely horrendous, but fortunately I was pleasantly surprised. The acting was great, the directing was absolutely stunning and the plot was so unique. Or it may not have been, I wouldn't know, I'm not one for horror movies. But I absolutely loved it. There were enough horror elements in it, but not too many for it to be unwatchable. One thing that ruined it for me was the conclusion. Let me clarify what I mean: there was the end, where you found out what happens to everything and everyone and then there was the conclusion, where you found out how these people went on living their lives. I was okay with the ending, but the conclusion felt just sick for me really. I kind of ignored it to be honest. That didn't ruin the whole movie for me, so I definitely recommend it. One of the best (and few) horror movies I have watched.

Neil Welch It is 1969. Mum Rose and her 4 kids - Jack (20), teens Billy and Jane, and pre-teen Sam - flee to the USA, living in an enormous but dilapidated house called Marrowbone. The kids make friends with librarian neighbour Allie who strikes up a romance with Jack. Rose dies: the kids will be separated unless they pretend she is still alive until Jack reaches 21. Creepy lawyer Tom (who also has eyes on Allie) pursues.a property debt, by which point we have discovered several things - they know where some money is but don't really want to recover it, there is something bad in their history, and there is something about the houseits mirrors...This Spanish English-language film will be filed under the heading "horror", but it keeps you guessing is to whereabouts it should be filed - is it a ghost story? Is it psychological horror? Is it something horrible from the past catching up with them? Is it something different? Well, you'll get no answer from me because a major strength of the film is that it keeps you guessing all the way through.The cast are all good with the exception of George MacKay as Jack who, I felt, was by far the weakest link - a shame that he was effectively the main character. It definitely wasn't the easiest part to play, but it never really worked for me. Conversely, Anya Taylor-Joy (Allie) was, as usual, terrific, and Kyle Soller as the queasily reptilian Tom was good.I enjoyed this because I never knew quite what I was going to get. To be sure, there are unanswered questions, many of which occur to you in hindsight, but it's still that unusual thing: a film which keeps you wrongfooted without cheating.

Páiric O'Corráin The Secret Of Marrowbone: A family flees to the US leaving behind a dark past. They arrive at Marrowbone, the isolated ancestral home of the mother. The mother dies shortly afterwards and her death must be kept secret until Jack (George MacKay) is 21 or the family will be split up. Sam (Matthew Stagg) who is 8, sees ghosts, Billy (Charlie Heaton) 17, undertakes dangerous tasks and Jane (Mia Goth) 16 mediates between Jack and Billy on what to do as well as tutoring Sam; Jack goes to the local town for supplies.There are several secrets of Marrowbone, the past the family fled, the walled up room in the attic, the stain on the ceiling, the strange noises. The house itself is a star of this Gothic Horror/Mystery, in a state of partial dereliction, creaky boards, rats and raccoons in the walls. A strange mansion which was just made to contain dark secrets. The mirrors are covered so that Sam won't see ghosts, they have a makeshift hide to which they retreat when ghosts appear. Jack has fallen in love with Allie (Anya Taylor-Joy) a librarian who lives on a nearby farm. A local lawyer, Tom (Kyle Soller) is also interested in Allie and things get complicated as he handles the family's legal affairs.Some great shots especially of Billy on the roof and of the eerie interior of the house, filmed largely in washed out tones for internal shots. A complicated script by director Sergio G. Sánchez with some flashbacks and plot twists demands careful attention but in the end supplies a coherent narrative. The Secret Of Marrowbone mixes several Horror styles and tropes and is up to the standard of The Orphanage, also written bt Sánchez. 8.5/10