¡QUÉ HORROR! 2016
Candidate #2
THE HALLOW
(January 2015)
Hallow be their name,
And blessed be their claim.
Hallow be their name,
And blessed be their claim.
If you who trespass put
down roots,
Then Hallow be your
name.
A
couple, their baby, and faithful family dog Iggy find themselves in the
desolate wilds of the Irish woods, where they inadvertently run afoul of the
Hallow, described by Garda Davey (Michael Smiley) as “… The good people.
Fairies, banshees, baby stealers,” “… a conquered people, forever in hiding,
driven from their sacred lands by man with iron and fire.”
The
love and respect director/co-writer Corin Hardy has for the creature effects
wizardry of FX icons Ray Harryhausen, Dick Smith, and Stan Winston is apparent
from the practical manner in which Hardy brings the Hallow to the screen; dis
da old school!
And
if that’s not enough of a recommendation, there are also appearances from
familiar genre faces like Smiley and Michael McElhatton (Roose Bolton, yo!), as
a scowly, broody, vaguely threatening local.
Parting
Shot: Before Hardy brought us his impressive feature debut in The Hallow, he also directed a number of
short films and a whole slew of music videos, including one for The Horrors’ “She
is the New Thing,” and another for Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know,” which
features what could very well be cutesy, music-friendly versions of the Hallow.
Incidentally,
Hardy is currently attached to The Crow
reboot, so I’m all sorts of excited to see what he can bring to that.
(The Hallow OS courtesy of aintitcool.com.)
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