A travelling Irish mother and son rent a space in
Edinburgh’s projects. Mary and her teenage son Fergal are two witches on the
run from a couple of witch hunters. Shut mostly indoors by his mother his whole
life, Fergal’s innocence attracts one of the Scottish estate’s residents -
Petronella. The two fall into forbidden puppy love as Mary tries to protect her
son from the hunters and the other sinister presence that has followed the two,
leaving bloodbaths wherever they’ve stopped.
After a slow start things really picked up. Don’t
give up on this one.
Edinburgh was almost a cast member of the film, really
great use of the atmosphere’s personality in the movie. There’s a proper amount
of blood and guts, a tastefully executed non-nude sex scene, which was awesome
cuz you know three seconds after meeting Petronella she gonna give it up. Hanna
Stanbridge who portrays Petronella wouldn’t be most guys’ cup of tea, but I
know I’d take a big gulp. Yeee-eah.
The downside of Outcast, besides a little bit of
logic (but that’s every horror flick), is like most horror movies this is an
idea that would’ve suited better as part of an anthology. The movie is ninety-eight
minutes long, and the majority of it is worthwhile while a good twenty or
thirty minutes hacked off would’ve made it exciting. It’s also possible that the
atmosphere would’ve been as effective as it was; I think it would’ve held up.
If you decide to check it out, let it keep going and
then decide.
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