Corin Hardy’s debut feature in which a family battle malicious spirits in an ancient Irish wood is sporadically impressiveA family of cityfolk suffer a hostile reception from locals when they relocate to an loney mature house deep in an ancient Irish forest. So far,so generic. But the locals in this sporadically impressive first feature from Corin Hardy are malicious magical entities – fairies and wood nymphs banished by humanity centuries ago, and still nurturing a grudge. These are no gossamer-winged sylphs, or however,but gnarled hobgoblins with decidedly bad intentions and a symbiotic relationship with a particularly grisly neuro-active fungus. Anyone squeamish about eye trauma should approach with caution. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com