After Rose is dismissed to shovel the driveway, Kat murders both nuns. After breakfast, the nuns receive a phone call informing them that Kat's parents have indeed died. This entity informs her of her parents' impending death, and instructs her to kill everyone. Joan is revealed to be a fake name the real Joan was a woman she killed to steal her ID.ĭuring the days leading up to winter break, Kat is in contact with an entity depicted alternately as a horned shadow and a gravelly voice on the phone. Joan recognizes Rose's name and retreats to the bathroom, where she suppresses laughter. Bill tells Joan that he picked her up because she reminded him of his deceased daughter, revealed to be Rose - the next day will be the ninth anniversary of Rose's death, on which her parents visit Bramford every year. A flashback shows her being shot by a policeman. They stop at a motel and Joan showers, revealing a scar on her shoulder. A friendly older man named Bill offers her a ride with him and his wife Linda to Bramford, which is near the town where she claims to be headed. Gordon arrives with a policeman as they enter the nun's cabin, a bloodstain is seen on the wall, and the men react with shock to something offscreen.Ī young woman, Joan, arrives at a bus stop after escaping a mental institution. After receiving an alarming phone call, the nuns order Rose to shovel the driveway "down to the earth" for the abrupt return of the headmaster Gordon. The next morning, Rose and a sickly-looking Kat join the nuns for breakfast, where Kat behaves erratically, vomits, and curses at the nuns. After Rose leaves, Kat's body starts convulsing and contorting in her bed. She presses for an explanation of the strange behavior, but Kat speaks cryptically and claims her parents are dead, disturbing Rose. Hours later, Rose returns and finds Kat in the boiler room, repeatedly prostrating herself before the boiler. The girls are left alone in the academy overnight, and Rose departs with her boyfriend to inform him of the pregnancy. Kat has a premonitory dream of her parents dying in a car crash and is unable to reach them by phone. Suspecting she may be pregnant, Rose has lied to her parents about the vacation dates to buy time. Kat, a freshman, and Rose, a senior student, are left behind. In February, students at the prestigious Bramford Academy, a Catholic boarding school in upstate New York, are about to be picked up by their parents for a week-long break. The first two, "Rose" and "Joan", intercut between each other throughout the bulk of the film, before a third timeline, "Kat", is introduced and comprises the film's climax. The film received positive reviews, with particular praise for Roberts, Shipka, and Boynton's performances. It was released theatrically in the United States on March 31, 2017, by A24. The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival before it was released through video-on-demand on February 16, 2017, by DirecTV Cinema. The film stars Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, Lauren Holly, and James Remar. The Blackcoat's Daughter (also known as February) is a 2015 supernatural psychological horror film written and directed by Osgood Perkins.
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