Starve Acre

About Starve Acre

When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.

Starve Acre (2024) is a fantasy horror film directed by Daniel Kokotajlo. Its themes are folk horror, archaeologist, small town, and 1970s.

Matt Smith takes the lead as Richard, Morfydd Clark as Juliette, Arthur Shaw as Owen, and Erin Richards as Harrie. Released in July 2024, it runs 98 minutes.

The screenplay is by Daniel Kokotajlo. Produced by Access Entertainment. It is adapted from a novel. In the United States it streams on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, The Lair of the White Worm, and Moloch make useful companions to Starve Acre. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 113 votes and it carries a NR rating.