The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021) is a horror-thriller set in the Antebellum Era, the years before the American Civil War started in 1861. The events in the movie occur in the winter of 1843, where a young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family’s matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy.
In Southold, New York, Young Mary, blood trickling from behind the blindfold tied around her eyes, is interrogated about the events surrounding her grandmother’s death. As the story jumps back in time, we witness Mary, raised in a repressively religious household, finding fleeting happiness in the arms of Eleanor, the home’s maid. Her family, who believe they are seeing, speaking, and acting on God’s behalf, view the girls’ relationship as an abomination, to be dealt with as severely as possible. The couple attempts to carry on in secret, but someone is always watching, or listening, and the wages of perceived sin threaten to become death, with the tension only heightened by the arrival of an enigmatic stranger and the revelation of greater forces at work.
This is the debut feature film of writer and director Edoardo Vitaletti.
The main cast for The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021) is formed by Stefanie Scott, Rory Culkin, Isabelle Fuhrman, Carolyn McCormick, Michael Laurence, Judith Roberts, Shane Coffey, and Dawn McGee.
The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021) had its premiere at the Fantasia Festival on August 15, 2021, and was also part of the lineup of the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and FrightFest UK. Shudder has the distribution rights and has scheduled its release on the streaming platform for January 20, 2022.
Watch here the official trailer for The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021) here.
