A film about a young woman who has an abortion and is subsequently haunted by the souls of unborn babies might sound off-putting to most people - a crude approach to a sensitive subject and, depending on where you stand on the issue, either stating the obvious or crude propaganda. That's how The Perished has been billed, to its detriment, but the reality is more complex. It's still not a great film, but it's more nuanced than it has been given credit for.
Courtney McKeon is on good form as Sarah, the young woman at the centre of the tale. She used condoms with boyfriend Shane (Fiach Kunz) but got unlucky. When she tries to tell Shane he interrupts her before she can get to the point, telling her that he thinks they ought to take a break from their relationship. Her strictly religious mother Elaine (Noelle Clarke) disowns her.
Courtney McKeon is on good form as Sarah, the young woman at the centre of the tale. She used condoms with boyfriend Shane (Fiach Kunz) but got unlucky. When she tries to tell Shane he interrupts her before she can get to the point, telling her that he thinks they ought to take a break from their relationship. Her strictly religious mother Elaine (Noelle Clarke) disowns her.
- 9/29/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Courtney McKeon, Fiach Kunz, Paul Fitzgerald, Noelle Clarke | Written and Directed by Paddy Murphy
Paddy Murphy (The Three Don’ts) writes and directs The Perished, an Irish supernatural horror flick with a dark and shiver-inducing synopsis which see’s a young woman named Sarah, struggling with the trauma of having an abortion and being broken up with by her boyfriend and shunned by her religious family, who moves into an old house in the country to try to recover. Little does she know that the house is in fact the site of a mass baby grave. The haunting begins as the spirits of the very young unwanted dead seek a mother. Just reading what this film was about before pressing play made me curious, a little worried and slightly uneasy. I mean… this is horror, so that can’t be a bad feeling to have.
The performances from the...
Paddy Murphy (The Three Don’ts) writes and directs The Perished, an Irish supernatural horror flick with a dark and shiver-inducing synopsis which see’s a young woman named Sarah, struggling with the trauma of having an abortion and being broken up with by her boyfriend and shunned by her religious family, who moves into an old house in the country to try to recover. Little does she know that the house is in fact the site of a mass baby grave. The haunting begins as the spirits of the very young unwanted dead seek a mother. Just reading what this film was about before pressing play made me curious, a little worried and slightly uneasy. I mean… this is horror, so that can’t be a bad feeling to have.
The performances from the...
- 8/26/2019
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
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