Relic

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Relic

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2020

1h 29m

Horror

Drama

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A woman links her mother's increasingly volatile behavior to an evil presence at their family's decaying country home.

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Critics Consensus

Relic ratchets up its slowly building tension in an expertly crafted atmosphere of dread, adding up to an outstanding feature debut for director/co-writer Natalie Erika James.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

02/16/2021

3.5/4

"Relic" is the feel-dread movie of the year.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

02/16/2021

4/5

The debut feature from writer-director Natalie Erika James functions as both an allegory and a nightmarish descent into this year's creepiest movie home.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

11/18/2020

5/5

The more grotesque its imagery, the more tender its twists.

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Gavin Spoors

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

Aug 4

4/5

Relic is an extremely confident debut from Jones and a great showcase from the cast.

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Anya Stanley

Vague Visages

01/08/2024

A haunting study of Grecian prophecies and inherited mental illness, Relic makes beasts of the mind.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

10/17/2023

4/10

Its interior lacks tension or anything shocking in its cadaverous plot about dementia, loneliness and the horror of old age. [Full review in Spanish]

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Nicky W

@RT28686054 May 10

As an Australian thriller movie, this is very boring and the story has no reason. I’d give a 0/10 and questioning why this reaches 92% here.

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Sphincter M.

@SphincterMagic Apr 23

Good acting and cinematography, but there’s not much too this movie. The ending leaves you like… “that’s it?” Not really a tied together story.

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silly G

@RT25384933 Mar 21

The starting and trailer was actually good not until in the middle part of the movie. Why are the characters not calling for help when they could've?the characters survival skill is like a dodo bird. Instead of being scared while watching it with my friends we were stressing and feeling frustrated for how the characters can't immediately think while in danger.

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Phil P

@Pmpope71 Mar 7

A movie that rambled on. No resolution in terms of the why. It was like a curry without the spices. I watched it and wondered what the plot was. Quite how it is rated so high is beyond me.

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will l

@William629 Jan 1

...wtf even was that.

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Jimbo R

@Sandsider 07/19/2025

Gripping and tantalising ... probably not for some but certainly held my attention... and as for Granny's 'look' / stare !! Ooft ,unsettling at the least.

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Synopsis

A woman links her mother's increasingly volatile behavior to an evil presence at their family's decaying country home.

Director: Natalie Erika James
Producer: Jake Gyllenhaal
Screenwriter: Natalie Erika James, Christian White
Distributor: IFC Midnight
Production Co: Nine Stories Productions, Film Victoria, Carver Films, Screen Australia, AGBO
Rating: R (Some Horror Violence|Language|Disturbing Images)
Genre: Horror, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 10, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 26, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.0M
Runtime: 1h 29m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)