Mind-blowing black and white cult horror about hallucinating deserters in an English field.
Four deserters from the British Civil War roam the English countryside in search of an alehouse. They encounter an alchemist who convinces them to eat mushrooms to find a hidden treasure, but instead the four become entranced by a mysterious field where time seems to shift.
A Field in England (2013) is the ultimate cult film: experimental horror in black and white, with humour à la Blackadder, brutal violence and archaic seventeenth-century dialogue. Guest of Honour Ben Wheatley, who made Kill List and Sightseers before this, wrote and edited the film with his wife, Amy Jump. A Field in England is an ode to Kaneto Shindô’s legendary ghost film Onibaba and Nicolas Roeg’s psychedelic 70’s cinema. A visual surprise, with themes – the clash between Christianity and paganism and the transition from magic to science – that still resonate today.
