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Sacrifice (2020 film)

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Sacrifice
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Directed by
  • Andy Collier
  • Tor Mian
Screenplay by
  • Andy Collier
  • Tor Mian
Produced by
  • Sean Knoop
  • Tor Mian
  • Ross Scaife
Starring
Release date
  • October 22, 2020 (2020-10-22)(Frightfest)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Sacrifice is a 2020 horror film. Based on the short story "Men of the Cloth" by Paul Kane, [1] the film is a Lovecraftian horror. [1] [2]

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Plot

A woman washes blood stains and leaves her house with her son.

After many years, the son returns from America as an young man to the same house on a Norwegian Island with his pregnant wife. During a bar fight, the young man is revealed to be Isaac Jorstad, son of Johan Jorstad.

Local sheriff, Renate visits Isaac and reveals that 25 years ago Johan was murdered by Isaac's mother. Isaac reveals that his mother is dead and Isaac inherited the house through a will. While having dinner at Renate's house, Isaac and his wife meet Astrid, Renate's daughter and discuss about local customs and the local myth called The Slumbering One.

Isaac's wife starts to get weird dreams and Isaac joins a local water based cult ceremony / ritual by reciting a pledge to The Slumbering One. After an argument with his wife, Isaac has a brief conversation with Astrid who was swimming in the sea naked.

After a conversation with a Realtor, Isaac wants to stay in the house but Isaac's wife wants to sell the house and go back to America. Isaac drinks at the bar and has a brief conversation with Gunnar. Isaac's wife continues to get nightmares. Gunnar gives tools and equipments to Isaac who wishes to build a Tupilaq for Johan. Gunnar predicates that Isaac's unborn child is a boy. After an argument with Isaac, Isaac's wife knocks Isaac unconscious to escape the island.

The ferryman refuses to take Isaac's wife to the mainland and also reveals that he helped Isaac's mother 25 years ago. Isaac's wife, Emma goes to Renate's house for help but Emma is surprised to find Isaac at Renate's house. Emma falls unconscious after unknowingly drinking water that Renate drugged.

Emma wakes up tied to an altar surrounded by cultists. Isaac raises a sword to stab Emma but Renate and the other cultists take Isaac captive. Renate reveals Isaac was meant to be sacrificed 25 years ago. As Emma watches in horror, Renate cuts Isaac's head off with a sword. The sowrd is thrown into the sea, Astrid places Isaac's head inside a Tupilaq and Isaac's body is set on fire. The Slumbering One accepts the sacrifice by returning the sword to the cultists.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the 2020 London FrightFest Film Festival. [3] It was later released as video on demand on 9 February 2021 [4] and on Blu-ray on 23 February 2021. [5]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes surveyed 16 critics and, categorizing the reviews as positive or negative, assessed 10 as positive and five as negative for a 63% rating. Among the reviews, it determined an average rating of 6.1/10. [6] The Guardian gave the film 3/5 stars and said it had "a 1970s giallo vibe." [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Collins, Clark. "Watch horror icon Barbara Crampton in Lovecraftian Sacrifice trailer". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. ↑ White, Jeanette (1 February 2021). "Sacrifice Star Barbara Crampton Talks Cults and Lovecraftian Nostalgia". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Wheat, Phil (22 October 2020). "Frightfest 2020: 'Sacrifice' Review". Nerdly.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Millican, Josh (23 February 2021). "DREAD's Lovecraftian Shocker SACRIFICE Starring Barbara Crampton is Now Available to Own on Blu-ray!". Dread Central . Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Squires, John (11 January 2021). "Barbara Crampton Calls to Cthulhu in New Lovecraftian Horror Movie 'Sacrifice' [Trailer]". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Sacrifice (2021)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. ↑ Felperin, Leslie (10 March 2021). "Sacrifice review – pagan fjords of misrule". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 May 2021.


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