PREVIEW: Amulet (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Carla Juri (Blade Runner 2049), Alec Secăreanu (God’s Own Country), Angeliki Papoulia (Dogtooth), Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), Anah Ruddin (Profile of Fear)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Romola Garai (film debut), director, writer; Maggie Monteith (Pin Cushion) and Matthew James Wilkinson (Days of the Bagnold Summer), producers; Sarah Angliss (film debut), composer; Laura Bellingham (The Power), cinematographer; Alastair Reid (Free Jimmy), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tomaz (Secăreanu), a former soldier now living homeless in London, is offered to stay at a decaying house which is home to mysterious Magda (Juri) and her dying mother (Ruddin). However, as he begins to fall for the young woman, he discovers the dark secret that she has been charged with keeping…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Actress Romola Garai makes her filmmaking debut with this chilling supernatural horror, where nothing is as it seems – not even the casting of Imelda Staunton as a nun!

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 28TH JANUARY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

Did you like this preview? Want to be updated on all the new releases every week?

Sign up to our e-mail service today, and get our latest reviews and previews sent straight to your inbox!

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

Fjord (dir. Cristian Mungiu)

A conservative Romanian family moves to a progressive community in Norway…

BFI London Film Festival 2026 Reviews: The Debut, Ray Gunn and more!

Our second and final collection of reviews from this year’s BFI London Film Festival, including awards-tipped favourites like The Debut and Ray Gunn!

La Bola Negra (dirs. Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo)

Three gay men across time find themselves unexpectedly connected with one another…

I Play Rocky (dir. Peter Farrelly)

Struggling actor Sylvester Stallone submits his script for Rocky, but with an unusual demand…

Wild Horse Nine (dir. Martin McDonagh)

In 1973, two CIA agents have a wild experience in Chile…

Godzilla Minus Zero (dir. Takashi Yamazaki)

Godzilla returns to cause more destruction in post-war Japan…

Animol (dir. Ashley Walters)

A young inmate faces hostility in his new detention centre…

I Love Boosters (dir. Boots Riley)

A trio of fashion shoplifters end up uncovering a bizarre conspiracy…

Wicker (dirs. Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson)

A lonely fisherwoman commissions a wicker-crafted husband…

Primetime (dir. Lance Oppenheim)

Chris Hansen seeks greatness with his show To Catch a Predator…

Optimized by Optimole