Screenwriter Sergio G. Sánchez is ready to step into the spotlight. The pen behind acclaimed films “The Orphanage” and “The Impossible” has rounded up a cast of rising stars for his directorial debut “Marrowbone,” a ghost story that has more a few tricks up its sleeve.

Starring George MacKay (“Pride,” “Captain Fantastic“), Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Witch, “Split“), Charlie Heaton (“Stranger Things“), Mia Goth (“Nymphomaniac,” “A Cure For Wellness“) and Matthew Stagg, the story follows four English children who land in America with their mother, escaping a terrifying past….only to find more terror ahead when they move into a house that holds plenty of secrets.

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If there’s one thing that should make us all appreciate just how difficult a high-wire act is pulled off in films like “The Others,” “The Devil’s Backbone” or indeed J.A. Bayona‘s peerless “The Orphanage,” it may well be watching “Marrowbone,” the directorial debut from “The Orphanage” screenwriter, Sergio G. Sanchez. Handsomely shot, evocatively designed, solidly cast and terribly daft, it also presents your friendly neighborhood reviewer with something of a challenge.

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