Written and directed by David Creed, Sacrilege follows a group of four young women (played by Tamarin Payne, Emily Wyatt, Sian Abrahams and Naomi Willow) as they escape from their trials and tribulations for a weekend away in a country house to relax and catch up on some quality ‘girl time’. A handsome stranger invites them to take part in some local festivities whilst partaking in the smoking of some ‘erb’.
The festival begins with the priest instructing everyone to write down their fears and cast them into the fire and then proceeds to offer thanks and give praise to a Goddess made of sticks and the head of a deer.
The party then gets going with the group of friends getting into the spirit of things with the locals enjoying drink and music and feeling like they have to take their clothes off to have a good time. Despite being warned by a local ‘anti-fairy godmother’(played by Emma Spurgin Hussey)to leave before the ceremony ends, they ignore the warnings and party on into the night.
They begin to have visions of their fears and put it down to the pot they’d consumed. Things start to escalate quickly and one by one the girls encounter more and more disturbing events resulting in some unhappy endings.
This film has all the same ingredients as many other decent horror films; a house in the middle of nowhere – cut off from civilisation, pagan rituals, a group of incredibly good looking women (that inevitably spend the majority of the film not wearing much), scary locals, dark foreboding woods, a bit of gore, the odd attempt to make the viewer jump, love scenes and a wicker man… I mean a pagan goddess made of twigs and deer antlers. Unfortunately, however, in this instance the ingredients don’t produce any satisfying.
The performances are okay, but there’s not really enough material or depth of story to give the main actors a chance other than to play the one-dimensional characters the script has dictated them to be.
This is a low budget film and the special effects are adequate but obviously limited, but even if more money had been found to spend of the effects, I don’t personally think it would have helped change the end result.
Unfortunately, there is nothing new with Sacrilege, what it does has been done better so many times before. It does not scare, there’s no real sense of suspense or impending doom, the death sequences aren’t particularly gory and as a viewer I didn’t have enough attachment to any of the characters to care if, or how they met their demise. I was hoping it would somehow turn into a spoof horror film, as it would have probably had more chance of succeeding on its budget. But then again big budget comedies, just like horror films do not succeed as good films due to the budget but as a result from of a good story and the script to deliver it.
On a positive note, there is some good camera work and visuals of the scenery. The soundtrack is fine, and the background score fits the bill for a better film.
Verdict: 3/10 – I think this film is a shame. With a bit more time spent and perhaps some additional input into the script Sacrilege could have been a decent British horror film, but unfortunately it does not find the footprints of all the horror films it tries to follow and gets lost along the way.
Zoolander is back but a lot has happened since 2001! Rest assured the Ben Stiller comedy features familiar faces and a few new ones with plenty to get you excited. Read more
Zone 414 is an upcoming American science fiction thriller film written by Bryan Edward Hill and directed by Andrew Baird. The film stars Guy Pearce, Matilda Lutz, Jonathan Aris, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Olwen Fouéré, Colin Salmon, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Read more
It is the final episode of Season 1, and as expected following the somewhat calmness of last week's episode this week is about to go off the scale. Our crew Read more
Episode 5 of Zomboat! is the penultimate episode of Season 1 and it gave the audience a chance to catch their breath before the grand finale. Instead of the fast Read more
In Zomboat! Episode 4 we discover that even a shopping trip can be hazardous to your health in post-apocalyptic Birmingham. With the boat moored and apparently safe Amar (Ryan McKen) Read more
After our diversion last week our Zomboat crew begin travelling in the right direction and end up back where they first got on the boat. This also happens to be Read more
Zomboat! burst onto our screens last week and while we loved it we noted that it felt "a bit rushed with lots crammed in." As Episode 2 washed over us Read more
Debuting on ITV2 in the UK, Zomboat! is filmed in the 2.35:1 widescreen ratio of most zombie movies and answers the life long question of what would happen if you Read more
Homemade horror-comedy feature Zomblogalypse received its UK premiere at Dead Northern Film Festival - in association with Fangoria and Shudder - at City Screen York on 26th September 2021. The Read more
Tony Todd is back in an all new zombie movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBlWz-n-nec When the world is in shambles, plagued by a zombie outbreak, only the strong will survive, but just how Read more
Columbus, Tallahasse, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL6NTQhEqn4 Read more
In Zombieland 2: Double Tap, Columbus, Tallahasse, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of Read more
Zombie With A Shotgun is the feature adaptation of the popular web series of the same name. Aaron and Rachel are on the run due to the fact that Aaron is Read more
Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante, Zombie Tidal Wave aims to pick up where the Sharknado franchise left off. More serious in tone, the film plays more like the original Sharknado Read more
It's a Zombie Tsunami! From the same twisted minds behind Sharknado comes an all-new disaster: Zombie Tidal Wave starring Ian Ziering. Watch the world premiere Saturday August 17th at 9/8c Read more
11 years ago, a zombie virus killed many people, while others had their family members turned into zombies. Society is still angry, and so outside the city, a zombie fight Read more
Haiti, 1962. A man is brought back from the dead to work in the hell of sugar cane plantations. 55 years later, a Haitian teenager tells her friends her family Read more
On her first holiday without her father, Zoey attempts to create a magical Christmas for her family just like the ones Mitch used to do. Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas, an all-new Read more
Zoe Kravitz has been cast to play Catwoman/Selina Kyle in The Batman, a role she recently voiced in The Lego Batman Movie. Kravitz was also recently in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Read more
A UFO lands on Earth, unleashing a giant monster that is half lizard, half gorilla - Zillafoot! The monster rampages, decimating any military response and even awakening a strange dinosaur. Read more
More Stories
Preview- Memento (Limited Edition Bluray)
The Exorcist 50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Steelbook 4K Ultra HD)
The Bad Visitor trailer released