The Seasoning House: where young girls are prostituted to the military. The movie tells the story of a deaf and mute orphan enslaved to care for them who silently plots an ingenious and brutal revenge on the soldiers who prostitute the girls.Â
9 August 1980, London, England, UK
18 December 1980, London, England, UK
24 March 1986, Bournemouth, England, UK
6 March 1995, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
14 July 1975, UK
June 20, 2013
It's cleverly made on a small budget, but is so over-designed and carefully structured that we never believe it.
October 24, 2013
An expertly crafted thriller and manages to show a heartfelt side of the issue.
October 09, 2013
It's atmospheric and a tense journey, arguably not unlike Gravity if you were to replace the vacuum of space with a bunch of angry, accented dudes
June 25, 2013
The film's downbeat switchback ending is neither convincing nor earned.
June 22, 2013
The whole thing is laugh-out-loud dumb.
June 18, 2013
This is a deeply unpleasant subject matter and Hyett's handling of it leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.
June 17, 2013
A horror film of two halves: the first squalid and hard to stomach, the second surreal and hard to take seriously.
June 19, 2013
A soulless horror thriller that fails to captivate thanks to a poor script and some terribly unconvincing performances from certain cast members.
June 20, 2013
If only the dialogue and camera work were as good as the make-up effects.
August 31, 2012
The Seasoning House may ultimately feel as compromised and tainted as its heroine - but Hyett remains a rising talent to watch, especially if he can find a better script to match his uneasy vision and moody production design.
November 25, 2013
While lead actress Rosie Day turns in a phenomenal performance, The Seasoning House is more bite than bark, creating an uneven and empty watch.
June 20, 2013
Hyett earned his reputation as a prosthetics wiz on films like The Descent and The Woman in Black; the human monsters he gives us here might as well be made out of cardboard.
