Written by Luke Barnes
Summary
The film follows a Welsh dinner party in which everyone in attendance dies by the end of the film at the hands of a mysterious being.
Though the premise is nothing new there is something so unsettling about this film that makes it good. There is an off-kilter uncanniness that accompanies this film wherein nothing is quite like it seems and everything is filled with clues and hidden meanings, in many ways to truly get everything out of this film you should watch it several times over.
I enjoyed the rural folk horror and thought it did interesting things with a message of environmentalism and not disturbing the natural world. I found the film more uneasy than scary however, there is nothing from this film that stayed with me after watching.
The acting is all quite good. I think Annes Elwy was strong as the lead and played both sweet and sinister well. Most of the characters in this film balance out fairly standard greed and lust issues with far darker under the surface evils to great effect.
Overall, a strong folk horror film that is well worth a watch even if you have to read subtitles.
Pros.
Elwy
The folk horror
The uncanniness to it all
The twist
Cons.
Not particularly scary
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