Tensions rise as Charles berates the perceived derangement of Merricat and Julian. She increases her efforts tenfold upon the arrival of their cousin, Charles (Sebastian Stan), who has come to visit, attempting to lure Constance away with promises of seeing the world, while also setting his sights on the family’s fortune hidden in a safe. With the villagers believing Constance got away with murder, and harassing Merricat when she goes to town for shopping, the younger sister practices her own form of protective magic as a means of keeping harmful forces at bay. Constance hasn’t left their property in the intervening period since she was tried and acquitted of the poisoning death of her parents Julian was also poisoned, but managed to survive. A feature-length take on Jackson’s short story, The Lottery, is also in development.įollowing a family tragedy six years earlier, Mary Katherine “Merricat” Blackwood ( Taissa Farmiga), her older sister Constance ( Alexandra Daddario), and their ailing uncle Julian ( Crispin Glover) live in isolation on their family estate away from the local village. Stacie Passon’s We Have Always Lived In The Castle premiered on the festival circuit before the Netflix launch of Mike Flanagan’s series based on Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting Of Hill House, but it’s certainly set to benefit from a resurgence of interest in adapting Jackson’s fiction for the screen.
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