Director: John Farrelly Starring: Livvy Hill, Tom Kerrisk, Anthony Murphy Running Time: 92 minutes “Ná bíodh eagla” is the advice whispered to Máire in the darkness and despair of John Farrelly’s An Taibhse, ‘don’t be afraid’, easier said than done when hardships and horrors are so heavily on you. Billed as the first horror feature film…
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Primary Cinema presents The Changeling Face of Irish Horror
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish Horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. One of Ireland’s premiere video essayists, Gavin of Primary Cinema has been providing excellent insights into filmmaking and film…
Director John Farrelly talks the spirits driving An Taibhse
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish Horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. You wait forever for a horror film as Gaeilge and then two come along at once. While…
How to Horrorthon: Darcie Faccio talks us through the IFI Festival
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish Horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. Film festival programmes tend to be tied to a locale, especially in Ireland. Our calendar celebrates the films of…
‘Sure, if you didn’t laugh, you’d cry!’: Ireland’s new wave of Horror-Comedy
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish Horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. Genre crossovers have been attempted to varying success throughout film history. Sometimes, a screenwriter or director’s experimentation…
The Mommy Issues of Irish Horror
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish Horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. Ireland is haunted. Not by the spirits of its infamous writers walking the halls of Trinity Library,…
Samhain seasons of cinema at the IFI and Light House Cinema
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. Spooky season has arrived and with it cinemas across the fair city of film have announced their…