Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
Two young women at a prestigious prep school are assailed by an evil, invisible power when they're stranded over winter break.
The Blackcoat's Daughter is a slow-burn atmospheric horror that excels in its cold, clinical cinematography — Pawel Pogorzelski's wintry, desolate compositions are genuinely striking and contribute heavily to the dread. The non-linear structure gives the plot some intrigue, and the two lead performances (particularly Emma Roberts and Kiernan Shipka) are committed. However, the fragmented narrative ultimately leaves the ending feeling anticlimactic and emotionally unsatisfying — the dual timelines converge in a way that deflates rather than pays off. Novelty is modest; while the execution is patient and restrained compared to mainstream horror, the possession/loneliness-as-horror concept treads familiar indie horror ground of the era.