Sorcery and loss meld in stunning debut

Anton Bitel picks five of the best – and freakiest – in this year’s LFF Cult strand.

Gross-out Franco-Belgian cannibalism, and a hypnotic Wales-set horror

A grieving mother and a bullying occultist face their demons in 'A Dark Song,' a black magic thriller from first-time director Liam Gavin.

Ambiguity soon segues into full-blown weirdness in Liam Gavin’s impressive debut feature

“A Dark Song” is an Irish horror film with a modest name that suggests a momentary swerve into blackness rather than the committedly bleak, untrustworthy...

Steven Oram stars in this occult-themed psycho-thriller that veers on the arty side of horror.

This intense debut feature from the Irish director Liam Gavin, with its spare style, is a marriage of acting and atmosphere.

This intense debut feature from the Irish director Liam Gavin, with its spare style, is a marriage of acting and atmosphere.

Sophia (a steel-sharp Catherine Walker) wants to get in touch with her guardian angel — mostly because she failed to be one for her son — so she contac...