Westerns are making a muted comeback, albeit remixed with more popular genre tendrils, especially horror. Place of Bones (2024), for the majority of its 93 minutes is a small, independent western and remains steadfastly within those genre trappings. From a script by Richard Taylor and directed by Audrey Cummings (Ginny & Georgia), Place of Bones follows mother-daughter duo Pandora (Heather Graham) and Hester (Brielle Robillard) as they face off against a gang of outlaws while holed up in their remote ranch in 1876 Old West.

Place of Bones (2024) Plot Synopsis and Movie Summary

The movie opens with Pandora Meadows and her daughter Hester living in a remote ranch over 95 miles from the nearest town. The mother and daughter share a somewhat contentious relationship. Hester, every morning, would go up to her father’s grave to visit her and then would complete the chores while being corrected on her speech and articulation by her mother,...