Meantime, the young Thomas is apprenticed to the local Spook to learn to fight evil spirits. His first great challenge comes when the powerful Mother Malkin escapes her confinement while the Spook is away.
John Gregory a seventh son of a seventh son and the local Spook has protected he country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore and has been seeking out an apprentice to carry on his trade, most have failed to survive. The last hope to the county a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survived the training to become a spook that so many others failed? Should he trust the girl with pointy shoes? How can Thomas stand a chance against Mother Malkin the most dangerous witch in the county? The first in a series of chilling tales known as the "Wardstone Chronicles".
Director: Sergey Bodrov, writers: Max Borenstein and Charles Leavitt (screenplay), Matt Greenberg (previous screenplay) and Alili Sinan, based on a book by Joseph Delaney.
Cast: Antje Traue, Kit Harington, Julianne Moore (Mother Malkin), Jeff Bridges (Master Gregory), Ben Barnes (Tom Ward), Olivia Williams, Djimon Hounsou (Radu), Alicia Vikander (Alice), Jason Scott Lee (Urag), Gerard Plunkett (Prelate), Zahf Paroo (Virahadra - rumored), Faustino Di Bauda (Innkeeper), Billy Wickman (Young Guard), Timothy Webber (Malcom Ward), Fraser Aitcheson (Grave Robber).
