Synopsis
On the trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering drugs, a young journalist - aided by a rogue counter-culture writer, finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of top-secret government chemical research and the mystery of a disturbing radio signal of unknown origin.
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Cast
- Ted LevineThomas Blackburn
- Katia WinterAnna Roland
- Michael McMillianJames Hirsch
- Monique CandelariaPatient 14
- Jenny GabrielleCallie
- Chad BrummettDr. Kessle
- David MidthunderRaoul
- Cyd SchulteLaura Henrik
- J.D. GarfieldRetired MK-Ultra Doctor
- Vivian NesbittOlivia Kmiec
Recommendations
- 75
RogerEbert.com
Like "Cat People", The Banshee Chapter is both elegant and terrifying. - 70
Variety
Proving the “Paranormal Activity” formula can still work when used with canny restraint, Erickson achieves good results with long, eerie found-footage takes that end in jolts. - 65
Film.com
Where The Banshee Chapter thrives is the overwhelming claustrophobia of the film. - 63
Slant Magazine
Director Blair Erickson surely has style to burn, even if he oftentimes betrays his atmospheric shorthand and gets cold feet at the most inopportune moments. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Blair Erickson’s inventive low-budget horror film doesn’t fully live up to its provocative premise, and its extensive use of the found-footage style gives it an all too familiar feel. But it offers some genuine scares along the way, as well as a terrific performance by the ever-reliable Ted Levine. - 60
Los Angeles Times
The central drama never fully engages, but the jolts that Banshee delivers are check-the-locks scary. - 58
The A.V. Club
Blending supernatural hokum with real horrors of U.S. history — namely, the MKUltra experiments performed by the CIA in the 1950s — The Banshee Chapter superficially resembles some lost episode of "The X-Files."
