{"id":270232,"date":"2025-11-18T19:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/270232\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:17:10","slug":"emmerdale-stars-horror-is-now-trending-despite-being-branded-sharknado-of-british-costume-dramas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/270232\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale stars’ horror is now trending despite being branded “Sharknado of British costume dramas”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Borley Rectory: The Awakening, the derided horror featuring Emmerdale<\/a> stars Patsy Kensit and Vicki Michelle, is trending in the UK. Despite being widely panned, it hasn’t deterred audiences from checking the project out.<\/p>\n

The film, which is available to stream<\/a> on Prime Video<\/a>, is set in 1900 and follows Reverend Henry Bull who, along with his sister Kitty, takes over the “majestic” family mansion in Essex. <\/p>\n

They soon get more than they bargained for, however, with the luxury building concealing a sinister past that lurks within. As they delve deeper, they are faced with demonic entities and paranormal activity.<\/p>\n

In addition to Kensit and Michelle, who played Sadie King and Patricia Foster on the ITV soap<\/a> respectively, the cast for the film includes Julian Glover and Helen Lederer. Steven M Smith, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Jolley, directed the horror.<\/p>\n

After being released on Prime Video last week, Borley Rectory: The Awakening<\/a> has proved to be a success at least in terms of viewership, with the horror currently in the #7 position on the streamer’s UK film chart (via FlixPatrol<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Despite this, the reception has been more mixed, with one user on Letterboxd writing<\/a>: “The whole thing reeks of ‘that’ll do’ boring and with an overall feeling of wonkyness as nothing’s seems to have had much effort put into it.”<\/p>\n

“I wanted to watch a good film tonight, so this was disappointing. It\u2019s the Sharknado of British costume dramas. It also could\u2019ve done with being a bit shorter,” remarked another disappointed viewer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Absolutely awful film. Acting terrible and storyline completely predictable. Henry’s beard kept coming adrift!! Very low budget,” wrote one other user<\/a>, while another opined<\/a>: “Bad acting, side burns looked glued on, mediocre story & repetitive.”<\/p>\n

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There were some more enthusiastic viewers, however, with one writing<\/a>: “I really enjoyed watching this period chiller. It had a lovely slow build, full of suspense and intrigue. I was very impressed with the end quality, and the film punches well above its weight.<\/p>\n

“Outstanding performances from a stellar cast, including both some big names, and some up and coming talent too. Hats off to Steven M Smith for a well-written and executed supernatural tale with classic charm!” they continued. <\/p>\n

Borley Rectory: The Awakening is streaming now on Prime Video<\/a>. Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more Emmerdale spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

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