Grace is trying to build a new life with Richard, a recently widowed journalist whose two children are having a hard time accepting a new mother figure. As Christmas approaches, all 4 of them go to a holiday home up in the mountains. Richard leaves for a couple of days in the hope that his children will get to know his new partner better. But tensions arise and keep on growing, until Grace’s dark past comes knocking on the door.

Just like last year’sHereditary(NIFFF 2018), The Lodgeimmerses its audience in the horror of family relations. Superbly shot, the film creates a bone-chilling atmosphere that is reminiscent of the genre’s greatest classics – not a surprise given the fact that the legendary Hammer studio is producing, with the directing duo of the terrifying Goodnight Mommy(2014) at the helm. Bring a change of underwear.