The Blackcoat's Daughter (aka February)

Running time: 93 mins

Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men), Emma Roberts (American Horror Story), and Lucy Boynton (Miss Potter) star in an atmospheric horror tale in which an invisible, evil power terrorizes young students. In recent years, there have been few horror films that one could call visionary. Osgood Perkins' directorial debut, February, is one of those. In the dead of winter, Kat (Shipka) and Rose (Boynton), two very different girls, find themselves spending winter break at their prestigious prep school. What they don't know is that Kat is being stalked by an evil entity, and their lives are about to change forever. Meanwhile, Joan (Roberts), a young, troubled woman, makes her way across a frozen landscape towards the school. But why? Evocative and chilling, while simultaneously tender and caring, February is a pleasure for both horror genre aficionados and those who simply love the art of cinema. - Michael Rabehl