sarah waters bestselling gothic novel is now a critically acclaimed macabre and ghostly film, starring domhnall gleeson, ruth wilson and charlotte rampling.   world war ii has recently ended and dr faraday has built a quiet, respectable life as a country doctor. During one hot summer he is called out to attend to a patient at hundreds hall. He finds that the scullery maid, betty has been sensing things and events turn more peculiar after that. This thrilling spine chiller is adapted from sarah waters’ bestselling gothic novel, and stars charlotte rampling, domhnall gleeson and ruth wilson. Directed by lenny abrahamson.   what the press said death and decline haunt postwar britain as sarah waters’ novel is brought to deliciously sinister life by lenny abrahamson. Four stars – guardian release date  14th january 2019