Here Before

2022 Drama | Suspense/Thriller
59%

When a new family moves in next door, their young daughter, Megan, quickly captivates Laura, stirring up painful memories of her own daughter who died several years previously. Before long, Laura’s memories turn to obsession as Megan’s unsettling behaviour begins to convince her of something supernatural. As Laura’s determination to get to the bottom of it becomes all consuming, her family begins to fracture and the line between the extraordinary and the real becomes ever more obscured in this haunting story about a mother’s love.

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by Deirdre Molumby
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'Here Before' is carried by Andrea Riseborough's lead performance

In a suburb in Belfast, a new family moves in next door to Laura (Andrea Riseborough), her husband Brendan (Jonjo O’Neill) and their young son, Tadhg (Lewis McAskie). Years ago, the family lost a daughter, Josie, and Laura can’t help but be intrigued by how much the neighours’ daughter, Megan (Niamh Dornan), reminds her of Josie. What begins as giving Megan a lift home from school when neither of her parents, Marie (Eileen O’Higgins) and Chris (Martin McCann), turn up, soon develops into obsession as Laura becomes convinced there’s more to her neighbours than meets the eye.

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