{"id":458,"date":"2022-04-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/?p=458"},"modified":"2022-04-07T10:01:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T10:01:13","slug":"celtic-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/04\/08\/celtic-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WARNING: <\/span><\/strong> This Article Contains Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This originally started out as a British Horror article but it was gradually becoming English-heavy. So, I have decided to separate the English from their Celtic neighbours and present you with both a beloved film of mine and those that are completely new to me \u2013 but that\u2019s what this journey is about right? Discovering new films together and making opinions\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nails<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I\u2019m just going to start off by saying that Dana\u2019s demise is a little extreme! I get that Nails has had to wait 20-30 years to get his hands on her but damn! Does he really need to smash her against walls repeatedly? Maybe it\u2019s an effect of being dead because it\u2019s really out of character from the way they described him killing the young girls when he was alive. Now that that\u2019s out of the way, the rest of the film drags slightly in places. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I jumped a little bit with the banging on the wall and the opening of the cupboard but I think they started to take the jump scares a little too far. Less is more people, just saying. Also, I\u2019m pretty let down (if what Nails shows Dana is true) by the fact that it turned out her husband was genuinely having an affair. I know it\u2019s not exactly important to the story, but it would have been nice for not to have been right about it at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White Settlers<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I do not understand this film! I don\u2019t mean in the sense of its so clever I don\u2019t understand it, I mean that it feels like there\u2019s so much missing that I can\u2019t make sense of it. Maybe you\u2019re supposed to make your own assumptions on why these piggy men have decided to attack our protagonists, Sarah and Ed, based off what we are told by the estate agent at the beginning of the film because even with 10 minutes left, nothing is explained! For me that is a real let down because it could have been so much better. Other home invasion horrors are much more intense and the motivation is easily worked out without any explanation but this, in the end, comes across really rushed. In the last two minutes it is revealed that clearly these people had something to do with the old man that had died there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saint Maud<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                For the majority of the run time, this film will make you feel more uncomfortable that scared and you may sit there wondering, like I did, how does that fit in the horror genre. Honestly, wait till the end. It made me sit up and take notice because it did not go the way I expected. I\u2019ve never watched a film that shot boiling tomato soup in such a way that I actually struggled to watch. Maybe that was a reaction following the scene before of Maud sat covered in blood but still! Tomato soup shouldn\u2019t make you feel like that. I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s the way the film was written all the way or Morfydd Clark (who played Maud) – I found her a little creepy and rather insane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let Us Prey<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I want to start by saying I found Liam Cunningham\u2019s character of Six pretty terrifying at first, but in the end he actually turns out to be the good guy! There\u2019s a moment where the shadow of his hand creeps into the cell of the man next to him and I\u2019m certain I felt my heart rate go up, fearing the eventual conclusion of that scene. The opening of this film, clips of barbed wire dripping with blood, sets up for an onslaught of violence \u2013 and it does not disappoint! There are so many moments that you\u2019ll probably be staring at the screen thinking \u201cwhat the f***\u201d (I literally said it out loud). I have already decided that this is one for the DVD collection and I don\u2019t say that very often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                The only thing is, I\u2019m a little bit confused by the ending. Are we supposed to think that Rachel, played by Pollyanna MacIntosh, is also a fallen angel? (there\u2019s a speech that Six gives that I get that feeling about him\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dog Soldiers<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                As soon as I was reminded that this film was Scottish, I felt like I couldn\u2019t write this article without it! I have loved this film from the first time I watched it and it\u2019s possibly one of the best werewolf films I\u2019ve seen. The use of colour to show the change in vision, the subtly of some of the deaths along with the timing of humour and the jump scares (especially at the beginning) are what really make this film what it is. Well, as well as the downright violence that ensues during the final showdown between man and werewolf. There\u2019s a moment where you can actually feel the change in the tempo of the film. I won\u2019t say what moment that is because I want you to watch it and feel it organically instead of purposefully watching and waiting for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dark Signal<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I\u2019m not going to say this is a bad film because, in all honesty, I get what the whole premise is. I just found it pretty dull until the big reveal at the end. You encounter a film named Dark Signal <\/em>and from the opening you expect this intense ghost story. However, for me, the use of Sarah\u2019s \u2018malevolent\u2019 spirit takes more of a back seat compared to the story of the Wedlock Killer. I\u2019m not going to spoil the ending for you because I am glad that it ended the way it did because I love a twist that you don\u2019t see coming. When it comes down to it, I have mixed feelings about this film \u2013 maybe it being reasonably dull at first was to set you up for a clever ending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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