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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 | |
| 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
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Independent film The Canal smartly produces a slow-paced psychological horror that interesting imagines a new take on the haunting genre.
Ivan Kavanagh is the brainchild behind this original and brilliantly conceived film. The Canal is more atmospheric than most horror films currently being produced and very psychological with a horrific twist. The slow paced groundwork is eerie and unsettling but expertly done. The characters and smart and savvy in trying discern reality from imagination, or worse, supernatural occurrences.
The beginning scenes of The Canal are deliberately jumpy, adding to the confusion and anxiety the main character David experiences. A bit more clarity would have helped the film viewers experience the intended disorientation while avoiding pure confusion. I personally think the film was just a tad too slow in the beginning and Kavanagh will lose impatient movie watchers unsure of whether the investment will be worth it.
Without spoiling the ending, I thoroughly enjoyed it and it had me squirming and gasping. The Canal is a slow burn, with Kavanagh pacing the film so audience members are psychologically bewildered to savor the conclusive reveal.
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