
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Shirley Jackson

Rose Nemser / Paula

Stanley Hyman

Fred Nemser

Katherine

Randy Fisher

Dean

Caroline

Peggy
My expectations for 'Shirley' were probably as high as for any film this year, and those expectations were well-invested. Josephine Decker has delivered a film far better than any biopic could have been. Not only does it celebrate everything incredible about Shirley Jackson's work, it amplifies our understanding of it and why it continues to haunt us, whisper to us, send shivers down the back of our necks. 'Shirley' is an unsettling portrait of the existential and primal horror of the suburban prison women are forced into, guarded by monstrous men demanding they play by the rules and willing t...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget-
Revenue $230,441.00