Ireland, United Kingdom · 2018
1h 16m
Director Aislinn Clarke
Starring Lalor Roddy, Ciaran Flynn, Helena Bereen, Lauren Coe
Genre Horror, Drama
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In the autumn of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.
Screen International by Fionnuala Halligan
It takes its narrative cue from the Bon Secours mother-and-baby home in Tuam, County Galway in which “significant” numbers of dead children have been discovered. Even though this is placed within a potentially-exploitative genre framework, it is still handled with sensitivity and sympathy by this latest female director to flesh out horror tropes.
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
All the well-crafted effort has unfortunately been expended on a tired and overly familiar story that never registers as anything more than a compendium of horror-film clichés.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
This smart but uneven horror movie has little interest in fun.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
Roddy and Bereen in particular give fully fleshed-out performances, playing agents of a religious institution they both disrespect in subtle and blatant ways. Clarke and company inject some old-fashioned scares into the context of a deeper moral rot.
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