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Mandrake

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Mandrake follows probation officer Cathy Madden, who is given the task of rehabilitating notorious killer 'Bloody' Mary Laidlaw back into society after twenty years in jail. Cathy has always believed that every client deserves a shot at redemption, but her beliefs are firmly tested when two children disappear near Mary's farm.
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Noel Murray Los Angeles Times 11/11/2022
A fairly cerebral genre hybrid that still connects on a gut level. Go to Full Review
Eve Tushnet Patheos 12/16/2022
By the end I was on board, and could see how the mandrake fits the movie’s themes of bloody birth, something broken and desperate and amoral within maternity, but I’m circling around ways of saying, “This didn’t quite work for me, and I’m not sure why.” Go to Full Review
Hasitha Fernando Flickering Myth 12/16/2022
An atmospheric chiller par excellence, Mandrake is an engrossing horror drama propelled by commendable performances that delivers on the goods. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 12/09/2022
B
Disturbing indie Irish folk horror pic. Go to Full Review
Joel Fisher Battle Royale With Cheese 12/02/2022
There is also the bewildering sense that the audience has either been lied to or misled in some way because it seems to rely on torture porn and weird rituals so that it can appease the horror crowd. Also, less said about the ending the better. Go to Full Review
Jon Mendelsohn CBR 11/18/2022
There are some extremely memorable sequences, but they feel unearned by the end since nothing ever seems to come full circle. Go to Full Review
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Cristian s @cristiansj Dec 11 Horrible. Lenta, historia pedorra llena de sin sentidos y muy aburrida. See more Ricardo d Sep 2 Nossa muito ruim. Tentei me adequar ao clima e tempo do filme, mas não deu. Não levou a nenhum lugar, sem explicação, se linha temporal, sem fim. See more Chris T May 5 This movie is an unwatchable disaster—plotless, poorly acted, and painfully amateurish. It’s an insult to cinema and should be avoided at all costs. Save your time and money! See more Avindu G 06/14/2023 Great collective performances of the Mandrake's cast sets the movie's standard high. Great dialogues not even the slightest overdoing. It's a unique story with an equally unique northern Irish setup. The remoteness and it's culture is fitting very well with the damp gloomy woods of witches. Cinematography is excellent intensifying the this folk horror story. Great visuals rich with the cold misty colour of the surroundings. Mandrake is a story involving a infamous criminal out of prison and a demon figure roaming marshland so that's a pretty good mix and it's all about people who become naive due to great expectations. See more Hugo S @Hugo_Shudder 02/20/2023 A probation officer is given the task of rehabilitating a murderer. The interaction between both women gets confrontational after the dissapearence of two children. "Mandrake" is a crime drama that relies on Irish folkclore to embody an element of horror. The second half is particularly dark and wicked! See more Thom G 12/14/2022 Mandrake defies expectations enough to help maintain attention, leaves enough unanswered mysteries to keep one thinking actively, and has enough creepiness to make it a decent horror film. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Mandrake follows probation officer Cathy Madden, who is given the task of rehabilitating notorious killer 'Bloody' Mary Laidlaw back into society after twenty years in jail. Cathy has always believed that every client deserves a shot at redemption, but her beliefs are firmly tested when two children disappear near Mary's farm.
Director
Lynne Davison
Producer
Marie-Therese Mackle
Screenwriter
Matt Harvey
Production Co
Village Films
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 10, 2022
Runtime
1h 25m
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