Review of Outcast (2010) by Luciano G — 05 Mar 2011

Weird, cheap but strangely compelling....The special effects scenes work really well, the cinematography does a good job of grounding everything in recognisable reality, with palpable run-down atmosphere.

The character seeth as much as the setting, Kate Dickie is most powerful as Mary, high strung, unsettling in the clammy closeness of her concerns for Fergal and convincingly.... Niall Bruton is effective as Fergal, a quiet and haunted fellow with a certain inner grace, Hanna Stanbridge stands out as an earthy and foul mouthed but irresistibly attractive fellow tenant with the hots for Fergal, good contrast to the wilder goings on, while James Nesbitt is great as a grimly determined, ambitious and shifty hunter.

.....Gore and effects are used sparingly but to good effect.... In overall,"Outcast " is a really solid and interesting slice of gritty urban supernatural horror.....