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Title: The Canal (2014)
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| Rupert Evans | ... | David | |
| Antonia Campbell-Hughes | ... | Claire (as Antonia Campbell Hughes) | |
| Hannah Hoekstra | ... | Alice | |
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Kelly Byrne | ... | Sophie |
| Steve Oram | ... | McNamara | |
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Calum Heath | ... | Billy Williams |
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Anneke Blok | ... | Marie |
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Paddy Curran | ... | William Jackson (as Padraig Curran) |
| Carl Shaaban | ... | Alex | |
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Alicja Ayres | ... | Margaret Jackson |
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Nick Devlin | ... | Coroner |
| Serena Brabazon | ... | Estate Agent | |
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Myles Horgan | ... | Lawyer |
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Conor Horgan | ... | Steven |
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Natalie Radmall-Quirke | ... | Child Welfare Officer (as Natalie Radmall Quirke) |
Film archivist David (Rupert Evans) has been having a rough time lately, as he suspects that his wife Alice (Hannah Hoekstra) has been cheating on him with Alex (Carl Shaaban), one of her work clients. This stress is compounded when David's work partner Claire (Antonia Campbell-Hughes) gives him a reel of to-be-archived footage that shows that his house was the setting for a brutal murder in 1902. Becoming progressively more unsettled and unhinged, David begins to believe that a spectral presence is in his house and ends up following his wife to a nearby canal, where he discovers that she is indeed having an affair with Alex. When Alice goes missing shortly afterwards, David contacts the police- only to become the prime suspect in her disappearance. As the police grow more convinced that David has murdered his wife, he struggles to find proof of his growing suspicion that something otherworldly was instead responsible. Written by via Wikipedia
THE CANAL is yet another faceless instalment in a never-ending run of cheap haunted house type movies in which ordinary families are scared out of their minds by apparitions and the like. You know exactly how these films will play out before they start: lots of dark sets, attempts at suspense, brooding atmosphere and the like, and not a whole lot of substance.
The entirely unsympathetic Rupert Evans (HELLBOY) is a poor choice of lead, playing an uninspiring guy who moves into a murder house with his wife and young child. Eventually the family are caught up in a series of sinister events, and THE CANAL is always ready to play up the psychological angle of the hauntings, to make you wonder if the events are really happening or if they're just in the main character's head. As if we really care. The film also contains the most blatant rip-off of RING that I've yet to see.