Woken
Anna wakes to kind faces she doesn’t recognize and a remote island she has no memory of. She is forced to re-learn everything about herself, her husband and the baby she is carrying. But when two disfigured people arrive on the island and there is a violent altercation she discovers that the human race is close to extinction and goes searching for the truth about herself.
Why it matters
A post-apocalyptic psychological horror that blends amnesia mystery with unsettling body horror to explore identity and survival in a dying world.
- Anna’s journey unspools through hauntingly isolated island landscapes that double as a character unto themselves.
- The film leans into practical effects and makeup to vividly realize its disfigured survivors, evoking the tactile dread of classics like The Girl with All the Gifts.
- A slow-burn narrative that rewards viewers who savor horror’s meditative side, with themes of memory, motherhood, and humanity’s fragility.
- Not for jump-scare junkies—this is atmospheric, cerebral horror that probes what it means to be human when everything familiar crumbles.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
14
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
71
Supernatural
0
Creature
18
Disturbing
67
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
43
Survival
33
