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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

This is very much a standard "found footage" horror in many respects, with its subjective camera set-up, eerie setting, unexpected jolts and slam-bang pay-off. But writer/director Elliot Goldner's well-crafted feature debut wins extra points for having at its core the appealing double act of Gordon Kennedy and Robin Hill (Down Terrace). Kennedy plays a Vatican-sanctioned paranormal investigator who is sent to an isolated church in the West Country to gather evidence of an insidious presence; Hill is the tech-head who facilitates the camera traps and headcams to capture the supposed "miracle" phenomenon. It's the pair's easy-going chemistry that firmly anchors this slow-burning shocker, whose rural setting deliberately evokes The Wicker Man (a movie referenced within the narrative). Consistently witty even as things take a turn for the unnerving, this is a keen exercise in finely judged economy of style, with no stinting on disturbing atmosphere.

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Credits

Cast

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DeaconGordon Kennedy
MarkAidan McArdle
GrayRobin Hill
Father CrellickLuke Neal
Father CalvinoPatrick Godfrey
Mrs ProudleySarah Annis
Mr ProudleyMarcus Cunningham

Crew

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DirectorElliot Goldner

Details

Theatrical distributor
Metrodome
Released on
2014-03-28
Languages
English | Portuguese
Guidance
Swearing
Available on
DVD
Formats
Colour
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