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2022·Horror·1h 37m
7.0
Widowed mother Holly is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.
Directed by Ruth Paxton

Cast

Sienna Guillory
Sienna Guillory
Holly
Jessica Alexander
Jessica Alexander
Betsey
Ruby Stokes
Ruby Stokes
Isabelle
Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay Duncan
June
Kaine Zajaz
Kaine Zajaz
Dominic
Richard Keep
Richard Keep
Jason
Rina Mahoney
Rina Mahoney
Sarah
Deka Walmsley
Deka Walmsley
Doctor
Walter van Dyk
Walter van Dyk
Dentist
Andrew Steele
Andrew Steele
Clinic Manager
Jonathan Nyati
Jonathan Nyati
Careers Advisor
Zak Douglas
Zak Douglas
Will

Crew

James Harris
James Harris
Producer
Deepak Nayar
Deepak Nayar
Executive Producer
Marc Manus
Marc Manus
Thanks
Dan Martin
Dan Martin
Creature Design

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15 reviews
Nura
Nura
A Banquet
A cold, unsettling slow burn horror. Body, control, and grief are twisted into something both tragic and terrifying. Leaves you questioning what’s real.
A cold, unsettling slow burn horror. Body, control, and grief are twisted into something both tragic and terrifying. Leaves you questioning what’s real.
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Kenny
Kenny
A Banquet
“I tried to think about what really interests me, the future and where I fit into it. I tried to imagine me leaving home and Izzy growing up and you getting old, but I realised I just couldn’t see it. Thinking about all that stuff just felt fake.”

The first sign of danger was actually when she said ‘love you back’ instead of ‘love you too’ because who does that
I thought a spiritual horror was appropriate after my impromptu visit to a cathedral yesterday. It’s quite refreshing to see a horror movie where a woman is possessed and isn’t forced to carry and give birth to a demon

I hate to be a fun sucker but this was seriously just a movie about psychosis and serious mental instability. Although stars spewing out of my eyes and mouth would be an awesome way to go out, everyone in this movie seems to have already had something going on and Betsy’s stress-induced behaviour just amped it up. If she hadn’t had died at the end, I suspect both mother and both daughters would’ve been medicated or received some therapeutic treatment. 
The dialogue and constant switching between which character was in view in conversation created an unshakeable awkward atmosphere the whole film.

“What if this is just me now?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, I don’t know. I think…”
“What?”
“Some people are just destined for stuff, right? Like some people are just special like that.”
The funny thing is is that this could actually be a movie about my life except I wasn’t possessed and had actually just lost my mind
“I tried to think about what really interests me, the future and where I fit into it. I tried to imagine me leaving home and Izzy growing up and you getting old, but I realised I just couldn’t see it. Thinking about all that stuff just felt fake.”

The first sign of danger was actually when she said ‘love you back’ instead of ‘love you too’ because who does that
I thought a spiritual horror was appropriate after my impromptu visit to a cathedral yesterday. It’s quite refreshing to see a horror movie where a woman is possessed and isn’t forced to carry and give birth to a demon

I hate to be a fun sucker but this was seriously just a movie about psychosis and serious mental instability. Although stars spewing out of my eyes and mouth would be an awesome way to go out, everyone in this movie seems to have already had something going on and Betsy’s stress-induced behaviour just amped it up. If she hadn’t had died at the end, I suspect both mother and both daughters would’ve been medicated or received some therapeutic treatment. 
The dialogue and constant switching between which character was in view in conversation created an unshakeable awkward atmosphere the whole film.

“What if this is just me now?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, I don’t know. I think…”
“What?”
“Some people are just destined for stuff, right? Like some people are just special like that.”
The funny thing is is that this could actually be a movie about my life except I wasn’t possessed and had actually just lost my mind
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Whitney
Whitney
A Banquet
Filmsgiving 2025
2/2 Family Centered Horror

What if this is just me now?

I woke up at 3am and couldn’t fall back asleep, so I watched this instead.

Completely blew me away and I realize this will absolutely not be for everyone, but it was totally for me. Loved every single second and found this to be infectious in all the right ways.

I know this can be interpreted in a myriad of ways, but for me its a grand peek into what depression does to a family.

Made me feel like absolute shit, which is exactly what I wanted. My own darkness had a companion for the night.
Filmsgiving 2025
2/2 Family Centered Horror

What if this is just me now?

I woke up at 3am and couldn’t fall back asleep, so I watched this instead.

Completely blew me away and I realize this will absolutely not be for everyone, but it was totally for me. Loved every single second and found this to be infectious in all the right ways.

I know this can be interpreted in a myriad of ways, but for me its a grand peek into what depression does to a family.

Made me feel like absolute shit, which is exactly what I wanted. My own darkness had a companion for the night.
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lara wood
lara wood
A Banquet
this cast is literally so niche but everything to me, also cinnamon tography!!! but yeah at the end of they day it had some cool scenes and some random ass japanese tooth demon allegory but i mean take what you can get i guess. also had a fuck ass ending because what? the? fuck?
this cast is literally so niche but everything to me, also cinnamon tography!!! but yeah at the end of they day it had some cool scenes and some random ass japanese tooth demon allegory but i mean take what you can get i guess. also had a fuck ass ending because what? the? fuck?
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M
M
A Banquet
"you should've just sat there and ate your food"
"you should've just sat there and ate your food"
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