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Fréwaka

2024 1h 43m Horror List
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Haunted by a personal tragedy, home care worker, Shoo, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman who fears the neighbors as much as she fears the Na Sídhe -- sinister entities who she believes abducted her decades before. As the two develop a strangely deep connection, Shoo is consumed by the old woman's paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors from her own past.

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Guy Lodge Variety An expertly conducted atmospheric exercise, with a sharp, harsh understanding of closed rural communities free from any touristic Emerald Isle blarney. Aug 13, 2024 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Screen International The layering of various histories as a way of indicating how trauma can ricochet through generations is ambitiously approached, and the climax enjoyably sinister. Aug 16, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Haunted by a personal tragedy, home care worker, Shoo, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman who fears the neighbors as much as she fears the Na Sídhe -- sinister entities who she believes abducted her decades before. As the two develop a strangely deep connection, Shoo is consumed by the old woman's paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors from her own past.
Director
Aislinn Clarke
Producer
Diarmuid Lavery
Screenwriter
Aislinn Clarke
Production Co
DoubleBand Films
Genre
Horror
Original Language
Irish
Runtime
1h 43m