“Sacrifice” is a contrived thriller that aims — and summarily misses — at being a kind of “Rosemary’s Baby” meets “The Wicker Man.”

This thriller, directed by Peter A. Dowling and set in the Shetland Islands, relies overly on worn devices that are too often employed by the genre.

This thriller, directed by Peter A. Dowling and set in the Shetland Islands, relies overly on worn devices that are too often employed by the genre.

Sacrifice only lacks a Tommy Wiseau or Neil Breen-esque lead performance to contextualize everything as misdirected vanity.