After an unexpected death in the family, a mother and son struggle to find spiritual healing at a beachfront summer home.

2017 • 99mins • #thecrescentmovie
DOWNLOAD / STREAMING: Google Play| Itunes | Amazon Prime
PHYSICAL: There is no official DVD • Bluray (coming summer 2020)

SOUNDTRACK: (DOWNLOAD & VINYL) Fundog • Label Obscura

RATE/REVIEW ON: Rotten Tomatoes • IMDB • Letterboxd

SELECTIONS: Toronto International Film Festival • Atlantic International Film Festival • Vancouver International Film Festival • Sitges Film Festival • Torino Film Festival • Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival • Cinepocalypse Film Festival • Ithaca Fantastic Festival • Macabro Festival

AWARDS: Atlantic International Film Festival: Best Screenplay, Best Score, Best Performance by an Actress. Best Atlantic Director(Honourable Mention) • Director’s Guild of Canada: 2017 Discovery Award (Nominated) • Vancouver International Film Festival: Emerging Canadian Director Award (Honourable Mention), Best Canadian Film (Honourable Mention) • The Coast Magazine: Best Director - Bronze



PRESS:

“The stylish, inventive second feature from the Nova Scotia-based filmmaker doesn’t hold back.”
- Kate Erbland, Indiewire

“New and brilliant horror…. A unique marriage of the surreal and the grounded.” (3.5/4)
- Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail

“A visionary fusion of horror tradition and originality… Copious amounts of intelligence and talent.”
- Kurt Halfyard, Screen Anarchy

“You will find yourself holding your breath constantly.”
- Ali Chappell, Coming Soon

“A rare film”
- Daniel Grant, Dork Shelf

“A self-consciously artsy horror film set in liminal places like the seashore and the border between wakefulness and sleep.” (3/5)
- John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter

“The best films at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.”
- Jared Mobarak, The Film Stage

“The best Canadian films of 2017 #4”
- Justin Decloux, Film Trap

“It’s always a treat when TIFF brings us films with fresh perspectives, and Seth A. Smith’s second feature film The Crescent does this and more for the psychological horror genre.”
- RM Pixie, Cinema Axis

“A fresh take on supernatural, atmospheric horror… Seth Smith proves that he is a voice to watch.” (4/5)
- Ben Larned, Daily Dead

“Seek the film out, it’s twisty and nightmarish.” (3.5/5)
- Joe Lipsett, Bloody Disgusting

“An outright salvo on the senses…one of my favorite films of the year so far, regardless of genre.”
- Joseph Perry, Gruesome Magazine

“Seth A. Smith manages to draw on every last ounce from both to deliver one of the most disquieting movies of the year.”
- Marina Antunes, Quiet Earth

“A masterpiece of mood and atmosphere.”
- Dark Iris, FemmeReel