Regression is released in cinemas on Friday October 9.

Regression, the thriller which sees actress Emma Watson playing a traumatized teen, is out in cinemas on Friday October 9.

But how good is the new movie?

Here is everything you need to know about Regression.

What is it about?

Regression (15) is set in 1990 and in the God-fearing town of Hoyek, Minnesota.

Mechanic John Gray (David Dencik) makes a nervous confession to police chief Cleveland (Peter MacNeill) that he sexually abused his 17-year-old daughter Angela (Emma Watson) during a satanic ritual. Gray claims to have no clear recollection of the incident, which irritates lead detective Bruce Kenner (Ethan Hawke), who wants to close the case in a timely fashion.

With the help of a psychologist, he relives the incident and implicates a police officer as his partner in crime.

But when other townsfolk begin to remember years-old abuse, a terrifying possibility occurs to Kenner – that a satanic cult has been operating secretly not only in Minnesota, but elsewhere, for generations.

Who is in it?

Harry Potter star Emma Watson plays traumatized teen Angela Gray, Before Sunset’s Ethan Hawke plays lead detective Bruce Kenner.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ David Thewlis plays British psychoanalyst Dr Kenneth Raines, Diary of a Wimpy Kids’ Devon Bostick plays Angela’s brother Roy and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’s David Dencik plays Angela’s father John.

Is it worth a watch?

Oscar-winning Chilean filmmaker, Alejandro Amenabar is well versed in teasing out nerve-jangling horror in communities under the yoke of religion, having previously chilled spines with his ghost story The Others starring Nicole Kidman.

Emma Watson takes a small step away from her signature role as goody-two-shoes Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series by portraying a sexual abuse victim, whose tearful confession sets the plot’s creaking wheels in motion. Her accent isn’t flawless but then neither is Ethan Hawke’s portrayal of the crusading cop who vows to protect her.

He mumbles his flaccid lines with minimum effort, mirroring our lack of interest in the investigation.

Infuriating contrivances and police incompetence withhold simple yet vital information until the closing 10 minutes in order to engineer what passes meekly for a final reckoning.

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​Source: USA Today