The Moor is a 2024 British mystery horror drama film written by Paul Thomas, directed by Chris Cronin and starring Sophia La Porta, David Edward-Robertson, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips, Vicki Hackett and Bernard Hill.

[1] In 1996, Claire, a girl living in a Yorkshire town, convinces her friend Danny to distract a shopkeeper while she steals sweets from his shop.

It is revealed that Danny was kidnapped and murdered by a serial killer who targeted children and buried the corpses of his victims in a nearby moor.

Claire returns to the house they are staying at to learn that Bill has recruited the aid of Alex, a diviner, in their search.

Alex's daughter Eleanor arrives at their cottage, and she performs a divination using the shoe they found, which highlights an area deeper in the moor.

Eleanor says that Thomas is acting unnaturally nervous and that they are not wanted in the area, and Claire finds the place familiar.

Eleanor starts getting afraid of an unseen presence and screams in terror upon seeing Alex's face, prompting Bill and Liz to return to the tent.

Bill shoots at a figure in the fog, prompting Claire to run in a panic and fall into a patch of peat.

[3] Martin Unsworth of Starburst awarded the film four stars out of five, saying it "is dripping with malevolent atmosphere and by occasionally using first-person ‘found footage' techniques, puts us in the middle of the terror.

"[4] Phil Hoad of The Guardian awarded the film three stars out of five, writing, "Most of the central performances are also a bit vanilla, with the exception of the impressive Edward-Robertson, his face locked in a stress rictus that lets slip twisted grief.

If Cronin had stayed similarly grounded, he might have had one of the best British horror films in years on his hands; as it is, he hasn't, but has a pretty promising future instead.