All of Us Strangers pairs Andrew Scott with Paul Mescal in a ghost story combined with a queer romance
ABCAs traditional ghost stories have fallen out of fashion, the vengeful spirits of old have rebranded. The delicate romance that soon emerges is counterpoised by another momentous encounter: When Adam journeys to his childhood home in south London, seeking inspiration, he inexplicably finds his parents waiting for him. He's older than his parents ever got to be, allowing for them to connect as grown adults, yet Adam gradually regresses into a childlike state as the film unravels everything left unsaid. The scenes where Adam visits his old house were shot at Haigh's childhood home in the south of London. For all its similarities to his previous work — Weekend's transcendent apartment hook-up; the crystalline dead body that haunts 45 Years — All of Us Strangers sees Haigh's reserved visual sensibility blossom.