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The Visit

The Visit

Horror · Thriller · 2015

A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.

Movie details

The Visit

“No one loves you like your grandparents.”

2015 Horror · Thriller 1h 34m

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6.3 / 10

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A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.

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Directed by

M. Night Shyamalan

Written by

M. Night Shyamalan

Olivia DeJonge

Olivia DeJonge

Becca

Ed Oxenbould

Ed Oxenbould

Tyler

Deanna Dunagan

Deanna Dunagan

Nana

Peter McRobbie

Peter McRobbie

Pop Pop

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn

Mom

Celia Keenan-Bolger

Celia Keenan-Bolger

Stacey

Samuel Stricklen

Samuel Stricklen

Conductor

Court is in session

Put The Visit on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.