# The Surrender

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{{Short description|2025 film directed by Julia Max}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = The Surrender
| image          = File:Film poster for The Surrender.jpg
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = Julia Max
| writer         = Julia Max
| producer       = 
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [Colby Minifie](/source/Colby_Minifie)
* [Kate Burton](/source/Kate_Burton_(actress))
}}
| cinematography = 
| editing        = 
| music          = 
| studio         = 
| distributor    = [Shudder](/source/Shudder_(streaming_service))
| released       = {{Film date|2025|03|09}}
| runtime        = 96 minutes
| country        = Canada
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''The Surrender''''' is a 2025 Canadian [supernatural horror film](/source/supernatural_horror_film) written and directed by Julia Max, starring [Colby Minifie](/source/Colby_Minifie) and [Kate Burton](/source/Kate_Burton_(actress)).

==Premise==
Robert, a family patriarch, is ill and bedridden, and is looked after by his wife Barbara and daughter Megan. After Robert dies, Barbara enlists the help of a mysterious figure to bring Robert [back to life](/source/resurrection) by means of an occult ritual.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Earl |first1=William |title=Julia Max Was Told to Cut Down the Family Drama in 'The Surrender.' She Ignored the Notes and Created a Ferocious Horror Debut |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/julia-max-the-surrender-horror-movie-family-darkness-1236408545/ |work=Variety |date=23 May 2025}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [Colby Minifie](/source/Colby_Minifie) as Megan
**  Alaina Pollack as Young Megan
* [Kate Burton](/source/Kate_Burton_(actress)) as Barbara
** [Chelsea Alden](/source/Chelsea_Alden) as Young Barbara
* [Vaughn Armstrong](/source/Vaughn_Armstrong) as Robert
** [Pete Ploszek](/source/Pete_Ploszek) as Young Robert
* Riley Rose Critchlow as Lacey
* Mia Ellis as Nikki
* [Neil Sandilands](/source/Neil_Sandilands) as The Man

==Release==
''The Surrender'' was released in the United States on March 9, 2025 at the [South by Southwest Film & TV Festival](/source/2025_South_by_Southwest_Film_%26_TV_Festival).<ref>https://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/films/2206372</ref>

==Reception==
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|85||40|consensus=Extracting a maximum amount of creepy mood from a simple setup while reaching surprising poignancy as a mother-daughter story, ''The Surrender'' is a victorious feature debut from writer-director Julia Max.|access-date=September 20, 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Surrender |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_surrender |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=September 20, 2025}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|66|5|access-date=September 20, 2025}}<ref>{{Cite Metacritic |title=The Surrender |id=the-surrender |type=movie |access-date=September 20, 2025}}</ref>

Simon Abrams, writing for ''[RogerEbert.com](/source/RogerEbert.com)'', gave the movie 3 stars out of 4, praising the performances and calling it "an eerie and accomplished gut-muncher that also happens to have grief and mother-daughter trauma on its mind."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Surrender review |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-surrender-shudder-horror-movie-review-2025 |website=RogerEbert.com |access-date=September 20, 2025}}</ref> Shaina Weatherhead, writing for ''[Collider](/source/Collider_(website))'', said that the film is "unafraid to take risks" and "ultimately delivers a fraught family drama replete with gag-inducing [body horror](/source/body_horror) and a whole lot of blood."<ref>{{cite web |title='The Surrender' Review |url=https://collider.com/the-surrender-review/ |website=Collider |access-date=September 20, 2025}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|33270263|The Surrender}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|the_surrender|The Surrender}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Surrender, The}}
Category:2025 films
Category:2025 Canadian films
Category:2025 horror films
Category:2025 English-language films
Category:2020s supernatural horror films
Category:Canadian supernatural horror films
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:English-language horror films
Category:Films about the afterlife
Category:Films about death
Category:Films about parent–child relationships
Category:Films about resurrection
Category:Shudder (streaming service) original programming

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