Antlers

After being delayed numerous times as a result of the pandemic, Scott Cooper’s creature feature Antlers finally comes to cinemas in time for Halloween.

The film stars Keri Russell as Julia, who recently moved back to her small hometown in Oregon to live with her brother, local sheriff Paul (Jesse Plemons), following the death of their abusive father.

As the new teacher in town, she becomes concerned about the welfare of young student Lucas Weaver (Jeremy T. Thomas), who is showing warning signs of abuse, and she sets out to investigate his home situation – little does she know that he’s hiding a supernatural creature in his house.

With Antlers, Cooper has successfully created a dark and moody atmosphere filled with buckets of tension and a sense of dread and foreboding.

It is unlikely to make you jump but you might wince at some of the disgusting body horror moments and bloody and violent deaths and feel grossed out by the...