The trailer and poster for Nick Murphy's The Awakening have gone online.  I caught the film last year at the Toronto Film Festival, and thought it was a damn fine piece of gothic horror.  The story takes place in England shortly after World War I, and centers on a hoax-buster (Rebecca Hall) who is called in to investigate the recent death of a student at an all-boys boarding school.  When she gets there, she discovers that there might be something truly supernatural going on around her.  Part of what makes The Awakening great is the atmosphere and pacing, and the trailer foregoes that in favor of creepy photographs, hands on doorknobs, and other clichéd imagery that does Murphy's film a disservice.  The trailer doesn't outright spoil anything in the movie, but it does take a lot of moments from the third act, so consider yourself warned.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer and poster.  The film also stars Dominic West and Imelda Staunton.  The Awakening opens August 17th.

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Here's the official synopsis for The Awakening:

Set in London in 1919, Florence Cathcart (REBECCA HALL), author of the popular book "Seeing Through Ghosts," has devoted her career to exposing claims of the supernatural as nothing but hoaxes. Haunted by the recent death of her fiance, she is approached by Robert Mallory (DOMINIC WEST) to investigate the recent death of a student at the all-boys boarding school where he teaches. When students at the school report sightings of the young boy's ghost, she decides to take on the case. Initially, the mystery surrounding the ghost appears nothing more than a schoolboy prank, but as Florence continues to investigate events at the school, she begins to believe that her reliance on science may not be enough to explain the strange phenomenon going on around her.