The Severed Sun

2024

Horror

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 75% · 12 reviews
IMDb Rating 4.9/10 10 353 353

Plot summary

Magpie lives in an isolated church community ruled over by her father, The Pastor. When a man is murdered, paranoia sets in and people start to whisper about a strange 'Beast' that lives in the forest.

Director

Dean Puckett Photo
Dean Puckett

Top cast

Barney Harris Photo
Barney Harris as John
Jodhi May Photo
Jodhi May as
Toby Stephens Photo
Toby Stephens as The Pastor
Emma Appleton Photo
Emma Appleton as Magpie
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735.8 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
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1.48 GB
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by johnbird-61988 3 / 10

I'm sure I've seen...

Something similar in the last few years but this one was set in a forest in Norway. Same sort of beast but roughly 9 feet tall and it's horns went upwards and not curled inwards. I like horror films but more with a sci-fi look and this wasn't for me at all. Even though I stayed the full course of 80 minutes I was bored before halfway. To say it wasn't scary would be unfair as I don't find any films scary. Toby Stephens is always worth a look-in and if he wasn't in the cast list I probably wouldn't have bothered. Other cast members I had never heard of or I failed to recognise them. It kills 80 minutes if you're bored.
Reviewed by BandSAboutMovies 5 / 10

Interesting!

Reviewed by paul_haakonsen 3 / 10

It was simply too slow paced and uneventful...

While I had indeed never even heard about this 2024 horror movie titled "The Severed Sun", from writer and director Dean Puckett, prior to stumbling upon it by random chance here in 2025, of course I needed no persuasion to sit down and watch it, as I am a huge fan of all things horror after all.Initially I wasn't really harboring the biggest of expectations, as the movie's synopsis wasn't exactly particularly thrilling or promising of anything grand. But still, I opted to give the movie the benefit of the doubt, and also give it a fair chance.It was a rather slow paced and somewhat dull narrative that writer Dean Puckett had conjured up. At 45 minutes into the 80 minute runtime there still hadn't been anything particularly thrilling happening on the screen.Well, if you enjoy a slow paced and slow burn movie, then "The Severed Hand" will deliver. I, however, prefer a movie with a bit more speed and contents to the narrative, so I was not particularly entertained by this movie.The only familiar face on the screen, for me, was actor Toby Stephens. The acting performances in the movie, despite the bland script, were actually fair.Director Dean Puckett makes use of a lot of interesting and nice natural shots every now and again, which definitely helps set a particular mood throughout the course of the movie.As for "The Severed Sun" being a horror movie, well that might be stretching the term loosely. This was more of a supernatural drama laced with thriller elements.This was, in fact, a struggle to sit through.My rating of writer and director Dean Puckett's 2024 movie "The Severed Sun" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
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