We Have Always Lived in the Castle

18-year-old Mary Katherine "Merricat" Blackwood lives in isolation on the family estate with her older sister Constance and their ailing uncle Julian. Constance has not left the house in the six years since she was tried and acquitted of the poisoning death of her parents. Every Tuesday, Merricat must go to the village to do the shopping, where she is harassed by the villagers, who believe Constance has gotten away with murder. Merricat practices her own brand of protective magic by burying articles of power in the grounds around her home to keep evil forces at bay.