MONSTERZERO NJ’S IRISH HORRORS TO WATCH ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY 2023!
The annual celebration of all that’s Irish is upon us! As St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is here, those with horror in our Irish hearts 💚 can have plenty to watch with their corned beef and carnage! So, here is a list of Irish made…or themed…horror flicks to send shivers down your shillelagh!
(Click on the titles below to get to our reviews of the films covered here at the Movie Madhouse!)
MONSTERZERO NJ’S IRISH HORRORS TO WATCH ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY 2021!
The annual celebration of all that’s Irish is upon us! As St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is here, those with horror in our Irish hearts 💚 can have plenty to watch with their corned beef and carnage! So, here is a list of Irish made…or themed…horror flicks to send shivers down your shillelagh!
(Click on the titles below to get to our reviews of the films covered here at the Movie Madhouse!)
MONSTERZERO NJ’S IRISH HORRORS TO WATCH ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY!
The celebrating of all that’s Irish is upon us! As St. Patrick’s Day is here, those with horror in our Irish hearts can have plenty to watch with their corned beef and carnage! So, here is a list of Irish made or themed horror flicks to send shivers down your shillelagh!
(Click on the titles below to get to our reviews of the titles covered here at the Movie Madhouse!)
MONSTERZERO NJ’S 15 IRISH HORRORS TO WATCH ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY!
The celebrating of all that’s Irish is almost upon us! As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, those with horror in our Irish hearts can have plenty to watch with their corned beef and carnage! Here is a list of Irish horror flicks…OK, #15 isn’t an Irish made flick, but you know I couldn’t leave that one out…to send shivers down your shillelagh!
(Click on the titles below to get to our reviews of the titles covered here at the Movie Madhouse!)
MONSTERZERO NJ’S 15 IRISH HORRORS TO WATCH ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY!
The celebrating of all that’s Irish is almost upon us! As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, those with horror in our Irish hearts can have plenty to watch with their corned beef and carnage! Here is a list of Irish horror flicks…OK, #15 isn’t Irish, but you know I couldn’t leave that one out…to send shivers down your shillelagh!
(Click on the titles below to get to our reviews of the titles covered here at the Movie Madhouse!)
During this day of celebrating the Irish, those with horror in our Irish hearts can have plenty to watch with their corned beef and carnage! Here is a list of twelve recent Irish horror flicks…OK, #12 isn’t Irish or recent, but you know I couldn’t leave that one out…to send shivers down your shillelagh!
(Click on the titles below to get to our reviews of the titles covered here at the Movie Madhouse!)
During this day of corned beef, cabbage and green beer, those with horror in our Irish hearts can have plenty to watch with their Shepherd’s Pie and favorite pints! Here is a list of ten recent Irish horror flicks…OK, #10 isn’t Irish or recent, but you know I couldn’t leave that one out…to send shivers down your shillelagh!
(Click on the titles below to get to our reviews of the titles covered here at the Movie Madhouse!)
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Irish made horror takes place in a small Scottish police station where newly assigned Constable Rachel Haggie (Pollyanna McIntosh) is starting her night with a bang. On her way to work she arrests a youth (Brian Vernel) for a hit and run where the victim mysteriously disappears. Once at the station, she finds the cells slowly filling up and some not so welcoming behavior from her fellow and commanding officers. Things get even more tense as the mysterious stranger from the hit and run (Liam Cunningham) arrives at the station and appears to have intimate knowledge of everyone’s darkest secrets. Now, as the evening crawls toward the midnight hour, a reckoning comes to this place and there is bloody hell to pay…literally.
As directed by Brian O’Malley this is a spooky, intense and, sometimes, brutally violent horror/thriller about bad people getting what’s coming to them. We know from the moment we see Cunningham’s “Six” (so named for the cell he’s put in, as he has the fingerprints of a deadman) apparently rise from the sea, that a man followed by blackbirds, and with a little black book of names, is not here on vacation. We’ve seen David Cairns’ and Fiona Watson’s story before, from Twilight Zone episodes to High Plains Drifter, but it’s the way O’Malley tells the story, though, with stark visuals and a brooding atmosphere, that makes it work very well, despite the familiar story of the lone stranger coming to exact otherworldly justice. “Six” gets into peoples heads and we get to see the dark deeds of both cop and detainee alike and soon the walls of the small police station are spattered in blood and there may be no one left to tell what has happened in the backwater town. Sure, it gets a little borderline over-the-top in the last act, but O’Malley keeps it intense and fast moving and keeps the blood and gore flowing and thus, keeps us fairly riveted till his dark tale is over. The last scene does oversell, with some talky dialogue, what we’ve already figured out, but after a tense and spooky 90 minutes we can cut the filmmakers some slack. There is also some lush and atmospheric cinematography by Piers Mc Grail and a very moody and appropriately spooky score by Steve Lynch to add to the film’s overall effectiveness.
As for O’Malley’s cast…Game Of Thrones and Dog Soldiers vet Cunningham cuts a dark and mysterious figure. His “Six” has a quite intensity and a calm demeanor that makes him far more effective than had he played it over-the-top. McIntosh is a strong heroine and while we do guess where things are headed for her, she’s still a solid character to get behind. In support there is Douglas Russell as the station Sergeant with his own hidden sins. We have Hanna Stanbridge and Bryan Larkin as two officers who are having an affair with each other and with abusing suspects. Brian Vernal, Niall Greig Fulton and Jonathan Watson round out, as the cell occupants who may have committed far darker crimes than the officers realize. A solid cast that makes things work well.
I liked this movie. It was intense and bloody and kept moving at a quick enough pace to keep one from thinking too much about the familiar story. There was a spooky score and some great visuals to assist with the film’s atmosphere. Sure, we’ve seen the whole avenging dark angel thing in countless other films, but the film knows it and doesn’t insult us by trying to pretend we haven’t. It’s not perfect. We can easily figure out what’s coming, but there are still some surprises and some effectively shocking moments to keep things darkly afloat. An entertaining and chilling Irish horror that shows director O’Malley has some skills worth keeping an eye on.
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