An Taibhse (The Ghost) had its international première at FrightFest 2024, 24 August; first published by SciFiNow “What if Alexander follows me here?”, says young Máire Finegan (Livvy Hill) to her father Éamon (Tom Kerrisk) as they travel through darkness on a coach, their faces illuminated by the candle lanterns they are holding. This opening…
Cara had its world première at FrightFest 2024, 25 August, and is set for a digital release on 17 Feb 2025 “Is there something on your mind?”, overworked psychiatric counsellor Jane (Donna Louise Bryan) asks Cara (Ellie O’Hara), near the beginning of the film that bears Cara’s name. It has been a while since Cara…
Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism had its world première at the Overlook Film Festival 2023 Nick Kozakis’ Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism opens with text stating that it is “inspired by true events”, yet ends with a disclaimer that its characters are entirely fictitious. It is a familiar paradox in films about exorcism, which tend to play…
Evie had its world première at FrightFest 2021 Evie begins and ends at the shoreline – that liminal zone where solid land and fluid sea meet and shape each other in waves and cycles of eternal change. There, under a grey sky, young, pre-pubescent Evie Halloran (the excellent Honey Lundy, in her first rôle) is…
May first published by VODzilla.co “What’s wrong with my eye, mama?”, asks young May (Chandler Riley Hecht) in the opening line of the film that shares her name. “Doctor says it’s lazy eye,” replies her mother (Merle Kennedy), “but we’re going to make you look perfect.” Any quest for perfection is both quixotic, and filled with…