A Brilliant Horror Film That Twists Faith Into Fear
A24’s <em>Saint Maud</em> is a confident directorial debut that will keep viewers guessing until the last minute.
“When you pray, do you get a response?” A terminally ill cancer patient named Amanda (played by Jennifer Ehle) poses this innocent-sounding but loaded question to her nurse, Maud (Morfydd Clark). Amanda knows that Maud is religious and says her nightly prayers, but Maud reveals that her devotion to God runs even deeper. “Sometimes he talks,” the nurse replies. “Most of the time it’s just like he’s physically in me, or around me. It’s how he
