While she might be best known currently for playing one of Lord of the Rings’ most iconic characters, Morfydd Clark is no stranger to horror. Before landing the role of Galadriel in The Rings of Power, the actor cut her teeth in Rose Glass’ chilling Saint Maud as a devout carer who goes to extreme lengths to save her patient soul. That wasn’t her first horror rodeo, either. She also played Mina in the BBC’s Dracula adaptation, and Beth in the creature thriller Crawl.
Now, Clark is returning to her scary roots with Starve Acre, a new folk horror from the director of Apostasy, Daniel Kokotajlo. In it, she plays Juliette, who lives in a remote cottage with her husband Richard (Matt Smith) and their young son Owen. When a horrific tragedy occurs, the couple deals with their grief in different ways, as Richard becomes obsessed with an ancient oak tree on their land and Juliette turns to the occult for comfort. However, neither is aware of the dark, sinister force haunting their home until it’s too late…
