The film has been called "scarier than any horror" by touched fans after it first aired in 2022.19:30, 11 Jun 2026A “masterpiece” thriller is airing on TV tonight.‌Having first aired in 2022, fans have hailed it “scarier than any horror”, and it’s perfect for late-night viewing.‌Alice, Darling airs on Film4 tonight, after its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival four years ago.‌Starring Anna Kendrick, the thriller follows the Pitch Perfect actress as Alice, who is in a psychologically abusive relationship with her boyfriend Simon (played by Charlie Carrick).After advice from friends on a holiday, while lying that she’s on a work trip, she decides to step back from her relationship and the co-dependency she has with Simon, however, things take a dark turn.‌When Simon discovers that Alice isn’t on a work trip, he follows her to the remote lakeside cabin and unexpectedly turns up, with his dark, controlling edge peaking out behind his seemingly charming demeanour.The synopsis teases: “A young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes the unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.”The cast also includes Kaniehtiio Horn and Wunmi Mosaku as Alice’s friends, Tess and Sophie.‌Alice, Darling has been hailed as “very underrated” by fans, with one calling it: “Tremendously well done.” They added: “It will leave you uncomfortable and vulnerable and essentially raw, but the journey, truth and confrontation is more than worth it if you can face and stare and confront the demons within us or around us all.”Another called it a “mesmerising watch”, while someone else said it was “unquestionably poignant”. One review also read: “The tension and subtlety that Anna plays her role is a masterpiece.”‌Another viewer called it “perfect”, as someone else hailed its “underrated brilliance”. Yet another said it was “hard to watch but absolutely worth it,” while someone else called it “scarier than any horror”.Twilight actress Anna previously revealed how she related to her character in Alice, Darling, after a personal experience with emotional abuse.She told People Magazine, of recalling the first time she read the screenplay: "I was coming out of a personal experience with emotional abuse and psychological abuse.‌"I think my rep sent it to me, because he knew what I'd been dealing with and sent it along. Because he was like, 'This sort of speaks to everything that you've been talking to me about’.”She went on: “I was in a situation where I loved and trusted this person more than I trusted myself. So when that person is telling you that you have a distorted sense of reality and that you are impossible and that all the stuff that you think is going on is not going on, your life gets really confusing really quickly.Article continues below“And I was in a situation where, at the end, I had the unique experience of finding out that everything I thought was going on was in fact going on. So I had this kind of springboard for feeling and recovery that a lot of people don't get."She went on to say that the script was “surprising timing” but she “wasn’t in danger of re-traumatizing myself,” and felt that making the film became “incredible cathartic”.Alice, Darling airs at 9pm on Film4 on Thursday, June 11.