Lord of Misrule

Synopsis: The Holland family have lived in the village of Berrow for almost a year. Rebecca is the vicar of the local church and supports her husband Henry, a struggling author, and their 9-year-old daughter Grace. Each year, Berrow holds an autumn festival to give thanks for the harvest. The villagers dress up in outlandish costumes and a masked figure known as the Lord of Misrule leads them in casting out the evil spirit Gallowgog. This year, Grace has been chosen to the play the Harvest Angel. As dusk falls, a procession takes the villagers up to a ceremonial field where three great bonfires burn and Rebecca loses track of Grace in the throng. Fearing that she may have wandered into the woods, Rebecca searches for her in vain. Grace has disappeared.