The Awakening

The Awakening

Sometimes dead does not mean gone.

R 2011 · 107 min · ★ 6.4 (2K) · Horror, Thriller, Mystery

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

Directed by Nick Murphy · Written by Stephen Volk

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