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# Movie Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)
- URL: https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/movie-review-we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle-2018/
- Published: 2020-12-26T21:30:43.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-03T15:55:26.000Z
- Author: Carla Pettigrew
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1738597973835, #Import 2025-02-03 15:53

[Link to Letterboxd review](https://letterboxd.com/claradox/film/we-have-always-lived-in-the-castle/), which is fully quoted below. 5 stars

Mild spoilers.

“The sound of their hate is another kind of fire moving through the bones of our house.”

Shirley Jackson was a genius.

Taissa Farmiga’s ability to completely transform herself, mannerisms to appearance, continues to mesmerize me.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f5/6df583d7-3da2-455c-b104-e0c5ab8c796a/content/images/2025/02/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f10c6b388-4186-4ec0-803d-045cb87620e3_474x316-jpeg.jpg)

Taissa as Merrikat

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f5/6df583d7-3da2-455c-b104-e0c5ab8c796a/content/images/2025/02/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f2650c50a-2e8b-4974-a95c-0397e8e4eb43_474x266-jpeg.jpg)

[We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (Penguin Orange Edition)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143129547)

[We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with this gorgeous cover below)](https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143039976)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/6d/f5/6df583d7-3da2-455c-b104-e0c5ab8c796a/content/images/2025/02/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2ff9dd7b60-273c-47e0-9f6c-5d7134c2160e_134x196.png)

Or choose Bernadette Dunne’s transcendent narration as your free book when you [try Audible for free through my link](https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source%5Fcode=PDTGBPD060314004R). If you are already a member, here’s [the direct link](https://amzn.to/3wYaPpK). She also narrated Shirley’s Jackson’s sublime [The Haunting of Hill House](https://amzn.to/2UE9B5Z).

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