Ruislip & Eastcote & Northwood Gazette
THE SECRET OF MARROWBONE (15)
★★★★★
SUPERNATURAL period thriller. Rose Marrowbone (Nicola Harrison) spirits away her four children Jack (George Mackay), Billy (Charlie Heaton), Jane (Mia Goth) and Sam (Matthew Stagg) to her secluded childhood home in 1960s America. Rose falls gravely ill, leaving her brood in dire straits because Jack is too young to assume the role of his siblings’ legal guardian. A darkness manifests inside the home and the children try to prevent a malevolent spirit from lashing out. Six months pass and the children manage to placate the family’s suspicious lawyer while Jack falls under the spell of local girl Allie (Anya Taylor-Joy). ■ Download/stream from from November 5 and on DVD from November 19.