Period Horror ‘The Awakening’ Dated For Home Video

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 19, 2012 @ 4:13pm
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The Awakening, directed by Nick Murphy, and starring Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Lucy Cohu, John Sharpnel and Diana Kent, has been dated for Blu-ray and DVD on January 29th, 2013.

Special Features Include: Deleted Scenes Introduced by Director Nick Murphy, A Time for Ghosts, Anatomy of a Scene: Florence and the Lake, Anatomy of a SCREAM (Blu-ray only), Behind-the-Scenes Featurette (Blu-ray only), Extended Interview with Director Nick Murphy (Blu-ray only)

“Haunted by the death of her fiancé, Florence Cathcart is on a mission to expose all séances as exploitative shams. However, when she is called to a boys’ boarding school to investigate a case of the uncanny, she is gradually forced to confront her skepticism in the most terrifying way, shaking her scientific convictions and her sense of self to the very core.” READ MORE

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The Awakening

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Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on August 17, 2012 @ 12:00am
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Haunted by the death of her fiancé, Florence Cathcart is on a mission to expose all séances as exploitative shams. However, when she is called to a boys’ boarding school to investigate a case of the uncanny, she is gradually forced to confront her skepticism in the most terrifying way, shaking her scientific convictions and her sense of self to the very core. Haunting and moving in equal measure, The Awakening is a sophisticated psychological/supernatural thriller in the tradition of The Others and The Orphanage, but with its own unique and thrilling twist.

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A Taste Of The Supernatural In Trailer For Period Horror ‘The Awakening’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 29, 2012 @ 1:32pm
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After being acquired out of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Cohen Media Group will release Nick Murphy’s incredibly weak The Awakening (review), starring Rebecca Hall, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton, on August 17. This morning the official theatrical trailer went live.

In the film, “Haunted by the death of her fiancé, Florence Cathcart is on a mission to expose all séances as exploitative shams. However, when she is called to a boys’ boarding school to investigate a case of the uncanny, she is gradually forced to confront her skepticism in the most terrifying way, shaking her scientific convictions and her sense of self to the very core. Haunting and moving in equal measure, The Awakening is a sophisticated psychological/supernatural thriller in the tradition of The Others and The Orphanage, but with its own unique and thrilling twist.”

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Supernatural ‘The Awakening’ Haunts Viewers This August

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 18, 2012 @ 4:40pm
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After being acquired out of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Cohen Media Group will release Nick Murphy’s incredibly weak The Awakening (review), starring Rebecca Hall, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton, on August 10.

In the film, “Haunted by the death of her fiancé, Florence Cathcart is on a mission to expose all séances as exploitative shams. However, when she is called to a boys’ boarding school to investigate a case of the uncanny, she is gradually forced to confront her skepticism in the most terrifying way, shaking her scientific convictions and her sense of self to the very core. Haunting and moving in equal measure, The Awakening is a sophisticated psychological/supernatural thriller in the tradition of The Others and The Orphanage, but with its own unique and thrilling twist.”

Check out the trailer inside.

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