We just learned what the dread of The Dreadful , Sophie Turner ’s upcoming horror film, refers to. In a recent Collider interview with the actress , Turner revealed the classic horror masterpiece that The Dreadful is based on, and it’s not at all what you’d expect would inspire a haunted British period piece.

“What can I tease?” says Turner. “Well, I mean, I can tell you that it's based on the Onibaba , which is an amazing film from… I don't even know what year it's from, but it is loosely based around that. I would say it’s a bit like The Green Knight . It's very kind of supernatural and weird and really scary.”

Onibaba , literally “demon hag,” is a 1964 Japanese film based on a centuries-old legend. In Onibaba’ s case, it’s a Shin Buddhist legend of a cursed han

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