The Awakening

About The Awakening

In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.

The Awakening is a 2011 horror mystery film directed by Nick Murphy. Released in August 2011, it runs 107 minutes.

The film is filed under england, author, fear, and haunting.

Rebecca Hall takes the lead as Florence Cathcart, Dominic West as Robert Mallory, Imelda Staunton as Maud Hill, and Isaac Hempstead Wright as Tom. The screenplay is by Nick Murphy and Stephen Volk. Production companies include Creative Scotland and Lipsync Productions. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Cohen Media Amazon Channel in the United States.

Sinister 2, Grave Encounters 2, and The Apparition make useful companions to The Awakening, all filed under ghost, investigation, and murder. TMDB voters put it at 6.4 out of 10 across 1,555 votes and it carries a R rating.