The Little Stranger

After a doctor is called to visit a crumbling manor, strange things begin to occur.

Oscar-nominated Irish director Lenny Abrahamson's horror mystery is an adaptation of Welsh novelist Sarah Waters' 2009 gothic novel of the same name. In 1947, a stoic doctor (Domhnall Gleeson) arrives at Hundreds Hall manor to investigate a reported haunting. He soon finds that the ghosts surrounding the Ayers family (Charlotte Rampling, Ruth Wilson, and Will Poulter) have bearings on his own past.

The Little Stranger is a 2018 gothic horror film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Lucinda Coxon, based on the novel of same name by Sarah Waters. The film stars Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter, and Charlotte Rampling. Set in 1948, the plot follows a doctor who visits an old house his mother used to work at, only to discover it may hold a dark secret. The film was released in the United States on 31 August 2018, by Focus Features.