The story of a young woman with a dark past filled with trauma, deceit, and secrecy that just won’t die attracted a lot of readers in 2017. Now, The Marsh King’s Daughter, the adaptation of Karen Dionne’s best-selling book is finally here. The film’s protagonist, Helena, seems to be leading a normal life but what most people don’t know about her is that her father is the infamous Marsh King, a man who kept her mother and herself imprisoned in the wilderness for years. She is able to keep this dark part of her past at bay until her father escapes from prison, and she will soon have to find a strength in herself she did not know was there and vanquish the man who tried to own her. Starring Daisy Ridley who led the Star Wars sequel trilogy as Rey Skywalker and Ben Mendelsohn, the Australian actor famous for his roles on TV shows like Bloodline and movies like Captain Marvel, this new adaptation brinsg the thrills every fan of the novel hopes for. For anybody who can’t wait to see this nail-biting flick, here’s everything we know about how, when, and where, you can watch this suspenseful adaptation.
Editor’s Note: This piece was updated on November 26, 2023.
A woman seeks revenge against the man who kidnapped her mother.
Release Date November 3, 2023
Director Neil Burger
Cast Ben Mendelsohn, Daisy Ridley, Gil Birmingham, Brooklynn Prince
Rating R
Runtime 108 minutes
Main Genre Drama
Genres Crime, Drama, Mystery
Production Company Black Bear Pictures, Anonymous Content
Is ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ Available on VOD?
Yes, The Marsh King’s Daughter is now available to purchase and rent on demand. You can use the links below to find the film on the platform of your choice.
Where Will ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ Stream?
The Marsh King’s Daughter will eventually be available to stream on Starz which is where all of Lionsgate’s films are currently available to stream after their theatrical releases and exclusive VOD windows. Recently, The Blackening was made available on the service, four months after its theatrical release, so that leads us to believe that The Marsh King’s Daughter will likely be available on the service sometime in January 2024.
Lionsgate recently signed a deal with The Roku Channel and Peacock which will give the streamers the right to show their films after their theatrical run. However, it is unknown when The Marsh King’s Daughter will be available on the service. You can get a Peacock membership for $4.99 a month, or you can get a free Roku Channel subscription by paying for a Roku device
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When Will ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ Be on Blu-ray & DVD?
The Marsh King’s Daughter will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 2, 2024. You can click the link below to pre-order the film on Amazon.
Pre-Order on Amazon
When Did ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ Come Out?
After multiple changes to its initial release date, The Marsh King’s Daughter was finally released on November 3. Previously meant to be released by STXfilms, the film was shopped to several different distributors after the company’s financial dissolution. Finally, The Marsh King’s Daughter landed at Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions who announced they would be jointly distributing the film across the United States. After delaying its release date of October 6 to avoid competition with Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, the film finally settled on the November date.
Is ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ Still in Theaters?
No, The Marsh King’s Daughter is no longer playing in theaters, so unfortunately, if you wanted to see this adaptation on the big-screen, you are out of luck.
‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ Trailer
The trailer for The Marsh King’s Daughter was released on August 23. Years after escaping her violent past, Helena is living an idyllic and peaceful life with a doting husband and a sweet young daughter. But when the cops arrive at her house one day, her perfect life is shattered. Not only will she have to tell her husband the real truth about her childhood, she will have to do whatever it takes to protect her family in whatever way she can. With her evil and deranged father on the loose, Helena will have to confront the father she thought she knew and the man he has become.
More Movies Like ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ That You Can Stream Right Now
To help you out while you wait for your local theater to screen this thriller adaptation, check out these three other films that examine strained family relationships and when love can become criminal.
Room (2015)
In one of the best Oscar-winning performances of the past decade, Brie Larson proved to audiences around the world that she was one of the best actresses of her generation. In Room, Larson plays a young woman known only as Ma, who after being kidnapped and held captive by a strange man as a teenager, is forced to raise her young son in a confined room. Told through the eyes of her son Jack we see how she does everything in her power to protect him from their harsh reality and surround him with enough love and strength to survive.
Stream on Max
Elle (2016)
Director Paul Verhoeven may be most famous to American audiences for his blockbuster 80s and 90s films like Robocop and Basic Instinct, but his best work is the disturbing thriller, Elle. Starring legendary French actress Isabelle Huppert in the lead role, the film begins when Michele, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her own home by an unknown assailant. Thanks to her dark family past, she decides not to go to the police and instead embarks on a dangerous and misguided game of cat and mouse with her stalker.
Rent on Prime Video
Dogtooth (2009)
Today, Yorgos Lanthimos is world-renowned for his work on movies like The Favourite and more recently, Poor Things, but back in 2009 he pushed storytelling to its limit in his most disturbing film, Dogtooth. The movie centers on an isolated Greek family in which three teenagers are forced to stay in their house and are constantly told by their father that almost everything in the outside world including that house cats are extremely dangerous. Because of this, the young adults become increasingly odd, violent, and downright unhinged. It’s no wonder this is the film that earned Lanthimos his first Oscar nomination.
Stream on Kanopy
