Howard’s Mill

Howard’s Mill

Directed by Shannon Houchins

Produced by Hideout Pictures

202196 min5.8 / 10

A found-footage mystery that weaves together decades of disappearances on cursed farmland, blending alien abduction lore with temporal anomalies to create an unsettling, deliberately ambiguous investigation.

An abandoned piece of farmland in rural Tennessee may hold the key to multiple missing person cases spanning over forty years.

Questions people ask

  • Is Howard’s Mill scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 95% of films.

  • Is Howard’s Mill sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Howard’s Mill easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Does Howard’s Mill end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Howard’s Mill violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

43/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity79

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise49

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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