Fearful Mary (Kate Dickie) and her teenage son Fergal (Niall Bruton) continually move home until they settle in Scotland. Trying to make new friends, Fergal finds himself caught between the affections of his beautiful neighbour Petronella (Hannah Stanbridge) and his fiercely protective mother. However, there is another problem - the terrifying Cathal (James Nesbitt), a hunter intent on tracking them down and killing them.
- 10/24/2013
- Sky Movies
Outcast a horror/thriller will be available on DVD and Digital On Demand on February 21, 2012. Outcast promises to be a creature feature full of black magic and witchery. Check out three brand new clips from Outcast so you can decide if you want to watch it on VOD. Directed by Colm McCarthy (Endeavour) Outcast and stars James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Niall Bruton, Hanna Stanbridge, and Ciaran McNenamin.
- 2/21/2012
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Outcast a horror/thriller will be available on DVD and Digital On Demand on February 21, 2012. Outcast promises to be a creature feature full of black magic and witchery. Outcast follows Mary (Kate Dickie) harbors a dark history, but must confront her past when a hunter with magical powers is assigned to capture her and kill her son. As the terrifying cat-and-mouse game continues, locals begin to die at the hands of an unknown life force and a deadly fear takes hold. Directed by Colm McCarthy (Endeavour) Outcast and stars James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Niall Bruton, Hanna Stanbridge, and Ciaran McNenamin.
- 1/18/2012
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
And the fine folks over at Bloody Disgusting and The Collective continue their reign of DVD fire with yet another acquisition of quality indie goodness. Next on tap... the creature feature Outcast.
Look for the flick on DVD and Digital On Demand on February 21 through Vivendi Entertainment, Indomina Releasing, and Bloody Disgusting Selects.
Directed by Colm McCarthy Outcase stars James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Niall Bruton, Hanna Stanbridge, and Ciaran McNenamin.
Synopsis
The critics are clamoring for Outcast, the gripping thriller about black magic and witchery that stars James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) and James Cosmo (Braveheart). Mary (Kate Dickie, TV’s “The Pillars of the Earth”) harbors a dark history but must confront her past when a hunter with magical powers (Nesbitt) is assigned to capture her and kill her son. As the terrifying cat-and-mouse game continues, locals begin to die at the hands of an unknown life force and a deadly fear takes hold.
Look for the flick on DVD and Digital On Demand on February 21 through Vivendi Entertainment, Indomina Releasing, and Bloody Disgusting Selects.
Directed by Colm McCarthy Outcase stars James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Niall Bruton, Hanna Stanbridge, and Ciaran McNenamin.
Synopsis
The critics are clamoring for Outcast, the gripping thriller about black magic and witchery that stars James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) and James Cosmo (Braveheart). Mary (Kate Dickie, TV’s “The Pillars of the Earth”) harbors a dark history but must confront her past when a hunter with magical powers (Nesbitt) is assigned to capture her and kill her son. As the terrifying cat-and-mouse game continues, locals begin to die at the hands of an unknown life force and a deadly fear takes hold.
- 1/17/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
More video goodness has come our way in the form of two new clips from the UK chiller Outcast which is getting set to hit American shores in just a few more days. Check 'em out!
Directed by Colm McCarthy and starring James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Niall Bruton, Hanna Stanbridge, and Ciaran McNenamin, look for Outcast on VOD Tuesday, August 30th.
Synopsis
The critics are clamoring for Outcast, the gripping thriller about black magic and witchery that stars James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) and James Cosmo (Braveheart). Mary (Kate Dickie, TV’s “The Pillars of the Earth”) harbors a dark history but must confront her past when a hunter with magical powers (Nesbitt) is assigned to capture her and kill her son. As the terrifying cat-and-mouse game continues, locals begin to die at the hands of an unknown life force and a deadly fear takes hold.
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Directed by Colm McCarthy and starring James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Niall Bruton, Hanna Stanbridge, and Ciaran McNenamin, look for Outcast on VOD Tuesday, August 30th.
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The critics are clamoring for Outcast, the gripping thriller about black magic and witchery that stars James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) and James Cosmo (Braveheart). Mary (Kate Dickie, TV’s “The Pillars of the Earth”) harbors a dark history but must confront her past when a hunter with magical powers (Nesbitt) is assigned to capture her and kill her son. As the terrifying cat-and-mouse game continues, locals begin to die at the hands of an unknown life force and a deadly fear takes hold.
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- 8/26/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Just a few days ago we brought you the trailer and release news for Outcast, which is getting set to hit American shores in just a couple of weeks, and today? Today we've got a bunch of exclusive images for you! Dig 'em!
Directed by Colm McCarthy and starring James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Niall Bruton, Hanna Stanbridge, and Ciaran McNenamin, look for Outcast on VOD Tuesday, August 30th.
Synopsis
The critics are clamoring for Outcast, the gripping thriller about black magic and witchery that stars James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) and James Cosmo (Braveheart). Mary (Kate Dickie, TV’s “The Pillars of the Earth”) harbors a dark history but must confront her past when a hunter with magical powers (Nesbitt) is assigned to capture her and kill her son. As the terrifying cat-and-mouse game continues, locals begin to die at the hands of an unknown life force and a deadly fear takes hold.
Directed by Colm McCarthy and starring James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Niall Bruton, Hanna Stanbridge, and Ciaran McNenamin, look for Outcast on VOD Tuesday, August 30th.
Synopsis
The critics are clamoring for Outcast, the gripping thriller about black magic and witchery that stars James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) and James Cosmo (Braveheart). Mary (Kate Dickie, TV’s “The Pillars of the Earth”) harbors a dark history but must confront her past when a hunter with magical powers (Nesbitt) is assigned to capture her and kill her son. As the terrifying cat-and-mouse game continues, locals begin to die at the hands of an unknown life force and a deadly fear takes hold.
- 8/16/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Scotland-based monster flick 'Outcast' will finally make its debut in the Us. Having already enjoyed a DVD release here in the UK last January the Colm McCarthy helmed feature will arrive stateside, courtesy of Indomina Releasing, on VOD this coming 30 August. 'Outcast' stars Hanna Stanbridge, James Cosmo, Niall Bruton, Kate Dickie, James Nesbitt ('Cold Feet'), Karen Gillan ('Doctor Who') and Ciaran McMenamin ('Primeval')....
- 8/11/2011
- Horror Asylum
It's been a long while since last we reported anything about the Irish creature feature Outcast, but today news has come speeding at us like a truck, and we now have a release date, an official U.S. trailer and even a clip! Talk about fast, huh?
Directed by Colm McCarthy and starring James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Niall Bruton, Hanna Stanbridge, and Ciaran McNenamin, look for Outcast on VOD Tuesday, August 30th.
Synopsis
The critics are clamoring for Outcast, the gripping thriller about black magic and witchery that stars James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) and James Cosmo (Braveheart). Ain’t It Cool News calls it “an excellent film” to be seen “at all costs,” and Eight Rooks of TwitchFilm.com proclaims it “a genuinely menacing piece of horror.” Mary (Kate Dickie, TV’s “The Pillars of the Earth”) harbors a dark history, but must confront her past when a hunter with...
Directed by Colm McCarthy and starring James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Niall Bruton, Hanna Stanbridge, and Ciaran McNenamin, look for Outcast on VOD Tuesday, August 30th.
Synopsis
The critics are clamoring for Outcast, the gripping thriller about black magic and witchery that stars James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) and James Cosmo (Braveheart). Ain’t It Cool News calls it “an excellent film” to be seen “at all costs,” and Eight Rooks of TwitchFilm.com proclaims it “a genuinely menacing piece of horror.” Mary (Kate Dickie, TV’s “The Pillars of the Earth”) harbors a dark history, but must confront her past when a hunter with...
- 8/10/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
A great basic rule that filmmakers need to follow is to at least try and keep things interesting for the first 20 minutes so that our attention doesn’t begin to wander. Writer/Director Colm McCarthy obviously doesn’t agree because Outcast has one of the slowest and most uninteresting opening sequences I’ve seen in a while. In fact to call the film slow would be quite a massive understatement. It’s obvious that McCarthy was going for some sort of social drama fantasy horror hybrid but the film never materialises into anything worthwhile.
When the story finally kicks in we meet Mary and her son Fergal who move to a scummy estate in Scotland and are obviously running from someone or something. Mary paints strange images on the walls for protection and forbids her son to cop off with a Romany girl next door called Petronella. Meanwhile two mysterious...
When the story finally kicks in we meet Mary and her son Fergal who move to a scummy estate in Scotland and are obviously running from someone or something. Mary paints strange images on the walls for protection and forbids her son to cop off with a Romany girl next door called Petronella. Meanwhile two mysterious...
- 1/16/2011
- by Alex Wagner
- FilmShaft.com
Scottish-set horror “Outcast” marks the feature debut of noted television helmer Colm McCarthy, known for his work on popular British series “Spooks”, “The Tudors” and “Murphy’s Law”. Mixing Celtic mysticism and rundown council estates, the film is a monster movie with a social conscience, making a bold stab at providing believable, grounded chills. Headlined by the up and coming Niall Bruton and Hanna Stanbridge, the film has a supporting cast of recognisable Brit talent including James Nesbitt (soon to be seen in “The Hobbit”), Karen Gillan (currently on screens in “Doctor Who”), James Cosmo (“Sons Of Anarchy”), Kate Dickie (“Somers Town”) and Christine Tremarco (“Waterloo Road”). Having proved popular at the London FrightFest in 2010, the film now arrives on DVD via Momentum Pictures. The film takes place on a dilapidated council estate outside Edinburgh, where Irish travellers Mary (Kate Dickie) and her young son Fergal (Niall Bruton) set up home,...
- 1/15/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
This coming Monday, 17th January, will see the UK DVD release of debut director Colm McCarthy’s Scottish/Irish folklore tale Outcast. To get you ready to jig, we’ve got a few new clips along with two copies to give away to a pair of lucky UK readers courtesy of the fine folks at Momentum Pictures.
Synopsis:
Boasting a strong cast of established British and Irish acting talent that includes James Nesbitt (Five Minutes of Heaven; Murphy’s Law), Therese Bradley (The Bill; Miles Away), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who), James Cosmo (Sons of Anarchy), Kate Dickie (Somers Town; Red Road) and Christine Tremarco (Waterloo Road) along with up-and-coming newcomers Niall Bruton and Hanna Stanbridge (Lip Service), the film has been described as “a monster movie, a murder mystery, and a Polanski-style tale of strange emotional ties that gradually unravel in several unpleasant ways” (FearNet.com) and as “a bold,...
Synopsis:
Boasting a strong cast of established British and Irish acting talent that includes James Nesbitt (Five Minutes of Heaven; Murphy’s Law), Therese Bradley (The Bill; Miles Away), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who), James Cosmo (Sons of Anarchy), Kate Dickie (Somers Town; Red Road) and Christine Tremarco (Waterloo Road) along with up-and-coming newcomers Niall Bruton and Hanna Stanbridge (Lip Service), the film has been described as “a monster movie, a murder mystery, and a Polanski-style tale of strange emotional ties that gradually unravel in several unpleasant ways” (FearNet.com) and as “a bold,...
- 1/13/2011
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
When I think Scottish monster movies I think 'Dog Soldiers' or perhaps a Loch Ness movie, but now my mind will be guided instead to Colm McCarthy's 'Outcast'. TV director McCarthy (whose previous credits include 'Spooks' and 'Hustle') co-penned this monstrous story that stars Hanna Stanbridge, Niall Bruton, Kate Dickie, James Nesbitt ('Jekyll', 'Cold Feet'), Karen Gillan ('Doctor Who's Amy Pond) and Ciaran McMenamin ('Primeval'), and it arrives on DVD here in the UK on 17 January 2011, courtesy of Momentum Pictures. Below you can check out a batch of stills, the UK DVD box art and the trailer from the flick to wet your appetite for Scotch terror!...
- 12/23/2010
- Horror Asylum
Check out the new trailer and images for Colm McCarthy's Outcast which will be hitting UK store shelves on January 17th. The film stars James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, James Cosmo, Niall Bruton & Hannah Stanbridge. Let us know what y'all think!
Synopsis: "The tale of two lovers, Petronella and Fergal, whose home town is being terrorised by a monstrous beast which is killing off the locals and striking fear into the hearts of the rest of the inhabitants. Meanwhile two mysterious travellers from Ireland arrive on the scene with their strange rituals and magic who, together with Fergal's mother resolve to rid the town of the beast once and for all."
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Synopsis: "The tale of two lovers, Petronella and Fergal, whose home town is being terrorised by a monstrous beast which is killing off the locals and striking fear into the hearts of the rest of the inhabitants. Meanwhile two mysterious travellers from Ireland arrive on the scene with their strange rituals and magic who, together with Fergal's mother resolve to rid the town of the beast once and for all."
Visit the official Outcast website...
- 12/23/2010
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
“The Best British Horror Film Since The Descent.” (Four Stars) – Eye For Film. Outcast, the debut feature from director Colm McCarthy (Spooks; The Tudors; Murphy’s Law), is an “intelligent, engaging, and unexpectedly creepy” (FearNet.com) contemporary supernatural horror film steeped in ancient Celtic occult, mythology and mysticism. Boasting a strong cast of established British and Irish acting talent that includes James Nesbitt (Five Minutes Of Heaven; Murphy’s Law), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who), James Cosmo (Sons Of Anarchy), Kate Dickie (Somers Town; Red Road) and Christine Tremarco (Waterloo Road), along with up-and-coming newcomers Niall Bruton and Hanna Stanbridge (Lip Service), the film has been described as “a monster movie, a murder mystery, and a Polanski-style tale of strange emotional ties that gradually unravel in several unpleasant ways” (FearNet.com) and as “a bold, ambitious first feature… a genuinely menacing piece of horror” (Twitch). On the run from a deadly...
- 12/15/2010
- by admin
- Horror News
Somewhere (15)
(Sofia Coppola, 2010, Us) Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius. 98 mins
Let's see: a poor little lost girl; a distant, powerful father figure; artsy observations on wealth and fame – Coppola's hardly hurling herself out of her comfort zone. But there's just enough to make it work, with Dorff's disengaged movie star struggling to bond with his daughter, get a life and check out of Hotel California. It's an almost structureless essay on how celebrity is wasted on the famous.
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (PG)
(Michael Apted, 2010, Us) Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes. 113 mins
The seafaring odyssey was always the series' most cinematic proposition, and if you can get over the stagey acting and religious homilies, it's a solid kids' adventure.
The Tourist (12A)
(Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2010, Us/Fra) Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany. 103 mins
With its handsome leads, Venetian locations and wrong-man intrigues,...
(Sofia Coppola, 2010, Us) Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius. 98 mins
Let's see: a poor little lost girl; a distant, powerful father figure; artsy observations on wealth and fame – Coppola's hardly hurling herself out of her comfort zone. But there's just enough to make it work, with Dorff's disengaged movie star struggling to bond with his daughter, get a life and check out of Hotel California. It's an almost structureless essay on how celebrity is wasted on the famous.
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (PG)
(Michael Apted, 2010, Us) Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes. 113 mins
The seafaring odyssey was always the series' most cinematic proposition, and if you can get over the stagey acting and religious homilies, it's a solid kids' adventure.
The Tourist (12A)
(Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2010, Us/Fra) Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany. 103 mins
With its handsome leads, Venetian locations and wrong-man intrigues,...
- 12/11/2010
- by The guide
- The Guardian - Film News
Spooks director Colm McCarthy makes the leap to the big screen with the Brit horror, Outcast. Is it a successful transition? Here’s James’ review
Inside the press pack there's a quote that proudly claims that Outcast is "The Most Original Horror Movie Since Let The Right One In!" While I'd dispute its claims at originality, at least it doesn't claim that Outcast is in any shape or form good because, sadly, it isn't.
A laboured and po-faced affair, Colm McCarthy's debut feature is a far from impressive piece of work, which seems to have little or no grasp of what type of movie it aspires to be. Is it a Guillermo del Toro-style fusion of ancient folklore with the modern world? Is it a kitchen sink drama with a supernatural edge? Is it a classic ‘beast on the loose' story? Is it a chase movie? The answer...
Inside the press pack there's a quote that proudly claims that Outcast is "The Most Original Horror Movie Since Let The Right One In!" While I'd dispute its claims at originality, at least it doesn't claim that Outcast is in any shape or form good because, sadly, it isn't.
A laboured and po-faced affair, Colm McCarthy's debut feature is a far from impressive piece of work, which seems to have little or no grasp of what type of movie it aspires to be. Is it a Guillermo del Toro-style fusion of ancient folklore with the modern world? Is it a kitchen sink drama with a supernatural edge? Is it a classic ‘beast on the loose' story? Is it a chase movie? The answer...
- 12/9/2010
- Den of Geek
Ken Loach meets Leprechaun (with a smattering of Ginger Snaps) in coming of age Celtic mythology-based urban horror yarn, Outcast.
Irish traveller Mary (Kate Dickie) has formed a close-knit relationship with her 15 year-old son Fergal (Niall Bruton) after having spent most of their lives on the run from the boy’s father Cathal (James Nesbitt), a dangerous and driven man who dabbles in the occult to attempt to locate his offspring. His teenage son is the result of a brief union between the two, and as Mary hails from a tribe of ‘shape shifters’ called Shi, who (for some reason or another) represent a danger to Cathal’s people, his son must be eliminated.
Setting up temporary accommodation in an old, high-rise in Edinburgh, Fergal finds himself drawn to his young, spirited neighbour Petronella (Hannah Stanbridge) who offers him his first glimpse of love, much to disapproval of his overprotective and domineering mother.
Irish traveller Mary (Kate Dickie) has formed a close-knit relationship with her 15 year-old son Fergal (Niall Bruton) after having spent most of their lives on the run from the boy’s father Cathal (James Nesbitt), a dangerous and driven man who dabbles in the occult to attempt to locate his offspring. His teenage son is the result of a brief union between the two, and as Mary hails from a tribe of ‘shape shifters’ called Shi, who (for some reason or another) represent a danger to Cathal’s people, his son must be eliminated.
Setting up temporary accommodation in an old, high-rise in Edinburgh, Fergal finds himself drawn to his young, spirited neighbour Petronella (Hannah Stanbridge) who offers him his first glimpse of love, much to disapproval of his overprotective and domineering mother.
- 12/7/2010
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Combining elements of Gaelic mythology, cult belief systems and witchcraft, Outcast focuses on stories of the “Shi” and “Shape shifters”. With plenty of nudity and emphasis on "forbidden fruit", Outcast is at times suitably uncomfortable viewing, playing on traditional links between sexuality and the occult. As a feature debut by the McCarthy brothers, the low-budget mythical horror Outcast showcases plenty of new talent and suggests the beginning of a promising film career for this sibling union.
Set in Scotland and Ireland and based on the McCarthys' own council-estate experiences, Outcast creates an atmosphere of mystery and suspense from the outset in its jerky diagonal camera work, amplified bird flight and eerie opening music with blood-drenched credits. Dark lighting and unusual Edinburgh landscapes of tower blocks, graffiti, hanging bird corpses and a travellers' park help to set this mood.
A filthy and bearded James Nesbitt accepting "the proposal" to "use the...
Set in Scotland and Ireland and based on the McCarthys' own council-estate experiences, Outcast creates an atmosphere of mystery and suspense from the outset in its jerky diagonal camera work, amplified bird flight and eerie opening music with blood-drenched credits. Dark lighting and unusual Edinburgh landscapes of tower blocks, graffiti, hanging bird corpses and a travellers' park help to set this mood.
A filthy and bearded James Nesbitt accepting "the proposal" to "use the...
- 11/30/2010
- Shadowlocked
Combining elements of Gaelic mythology, cult belief systems and witchcraft, Outcast focuses on stories of the “Shi” and “Shape shifters”. With plenty of nudity and emphasis on "forbidden fruit", Outcast is at times suitably uncomfortable viewing, playing on traditional links between sexuality and the occult. As a feature debut by the McCarthy brothers, the low-budget mythical horror Outcast showcases plenty of new talent and suggests the beginning of a promising film career for this sibling union.
Set in Scotland and Ireland and based on the McCarthys' own council-estate experiences, Outcast creates an atmosphere of mystery and suspense from the outset in its jerky diagonal camera work, amplified bird flight and eerie opening music with blood-drenched credits. Dark lighting and unusual Edinburgh landscapes of tower blocks, graffiti, hanging bird corpses and a travellers' park help to set this mood.
A filthy and bearded James Nesbitt accepting "the proposal" to "use the...
Set in Scotland and Ireland and based on the McCarthys' own council-estate experiences, Outcast creates an atmosphere of mystery and suspense from the outset in its jerky diagonal camera work, amplified bird flight and eerie opening music with blood-drenched credits. Dark lighting and unusual Edinburgh landscapes of tower blocks, graffiti, hanging bird corpses and a travellers' park help to set this mood.
A filthy and bearded James Nesbitt accepting "the proposal" to "use the...
- 11/30/2010
- Shadowlocked
Combining elements of Gaelic mythology, cult belief systems and witchcraft, Outcast focuses on stories of the “Shi” and “Shape shifters”. With plenty of nudity and emphasis on "forbidden fruit", Outcast is at times suitably uncomfortable viewing, playing on traditional links between sexuality and the occult. As a feature debut by the McCarthy brothers, the low-budget mythical horror Outcast showcases plenty of new talent and suggests the beginning of a promising film career for this sibling union.
Set in Scotland and Ireland and based on the McCarthys' own council-estate experiences, Outcast creates an atmosphere of mystery and suspense from the outset in its jerky diagonal camera work, amplified bird flight and eerie opening music with blood-drenched credits. Dark lighting and unusual Edinburgh landscapes of tower blocks, graffiti, hanging bird corpses and a travellers' park help to set this mood.
A filthy and bearded James Nesbitt accepting "the proposal" to "use the...
Set in Scotland and Ireland and based on the McCarthys' own council-estate experiences, Outcast creates an atmosphere of mystery and suspense from the outset in its jerky diagonal camera work, amplified bird flight and eerie opening music with blood-drenched credits. Dark lighting and unusual Edinburgh landscapes of tower blocks, graffiti, hanging bird corpses and a travellers' park help to set this mood.
A filthy and bearded James Nesbitt accepting "the proposal" to "use the...
- 11/30/2010
- Shadowlocked
Combining elements of Gaelic mythology, cult belief systems and witchcraft, Outcast focuses on stories of the “Shi” and “Shape shifters”. With plenty of nudity and emphasis on "forbidden fruit", Outcast is at times suitably uncomfortable viewing, playing on traditional links between sexuality and the occult. As a feature debut by the McCarthy brothers, the low-budget mythical horror Outcast showcases plenty of new talent and suggests the beginning of a promising film career for this sibling union.
Set in Scotland and Ireland and based on the McCarthys' own council-estate experiences, Outcast creates an atmosphere of mystery and suspense from the outset in its jerky diagonal camera work, amplified bird flight and eerie opening music with blood-drenched credits. Dark lighting and unusual Edinburgh landscapes of tower blocks, graffiti, hanging bird corpses and a travellers' park help to set this mood.
A filthy and bearded James Nesbitt accepting "the proposal" to "use the...
Set in Scotland and Ireland and based on the McCarthys' own council-estate experiences, Outcast creates an atmosphere of mystery and suspense from the outset in its jerky diagonal camera work, amplified bird flight and eerie opening music with blood-drenched credits. Dark lighting and unusual Edinburgh landscapes of tower blocks, graffiti, hanging bird corpses and a travellers' park help to set this mood.
A filthy and bearded James Nesbitt accepting "the proposal" to "use the...
- 11/30/2010
- Shadowlocked
It appears that there isn't week that goes by where Indomina Releasing isn't adding one more title to their 2011 slate. After signing up their first Euro horror title The Pack, (this was literally hours ago), they've now added their second -- from a nation not commonly known for the genre. Colm McCarthy, who was a television director by trade, saw his Scottish import debut play at this year's SXSW, and from there Outcast, would go onto travel the fantasy fest circuit. We'll be seeing this in 2011. Gist: Starring Bloody Sunday's James Nesbitt and Red Road's Kate Dickie, when Mary (Dickie) and her teenage son, Fergal (Niall Bruton), move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear that they live their lives on the run, hiding from someone or something, terrified of being found. Trying to avoid making new friends or connections wherever they go, Fergal finds himself...
- 11/5/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Indomina Releasing - which recently acquired The Pack - has also picked up all North American rights to the Scottish horror film Outcast . The film stars James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie and Niall Bruton, was directed by Colm McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Tom McCarthy. Taking place in modern day Edinburgh, Scotland, Outcast unmasks an ancient Celtic society, where black magic exists. Mary (Kate Dickie), a witch with extraordinary strength, is on the run as she tries to protect her son, Fergal (Niall Bruton), from a dangerous hunter (James Nesbitt) assigned to kill them to hide the truth of their past.
- 11/5/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Colm McCarthy's Outcast is a low-budget British genre production that manages to be visually attractive, relatively naturalistic and features some wonderfully deft plotting which, while relatively predictable, still carries a refreshing level of moral ambiguity. It treats its fantasy milieu (cribbing from legends of the Sidhe, the ancient race of Gaelic folklore) as Serious Business yet it never appears particularly melodramatic or campy, which is a minor triumph all by itself.
Part thriller, part horror, part psychodrama, Outcast is far from perfect, but it's the kind of debut that could have fallen horribly flat and McCarthy deserves to be applauded for holding it all together.
Kate Dickie and Niall Bruton play Mary and Fergal, a mother and son arriving at a run-down housing estate where it becomes apparent they're in hiding from people who want to do them both harm. Liam (Ciarán McMenamin) and Cathal (James Nesbitt) are the hunters on their trail,...
Part thriller, part horror, part psychodrama, Outcast is far from perfect, but it's the kind of debut that could have fallen horribly flat and McCarthy deserves to be applauded for holding it all together.
Kate Dickie and Niall Bruton play Mary and Fergal, a mother and son arriving at a run-down housing estate where it becomes apparent they're in hiding from people who want to do them both harm. Liam (Ciarán McMenamin) and Cathal (James Nesbitt) are the hunters on their trail,...
- 9/2/2010
- Screen Anarchy
We have added the first trailer and two posters for Vertigo Films upcoming British/Irish horror thriller Outcast starring Kate Dickie (Mary), Niall Bruton (Fergal), James Nesbitt (Cathal), Karen Gillan (Ally) and James Cosmo (Laird).
A gripping, intimate, shockingly visceral portrait of the sidhe – Celtic fairy people – whose wild magic is steeped in blood, pain and ritual and director Colm McCarthy captures it all in his monster movie, murder mystery and Polanski-style tale of strange emotional ties.
Outcast Poster
When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear that they live their lives on the run, hiding from someone or something, terrified of being found. Trying to avoid making new friends or connections wherever they go, Fergal finds himself caught between the affections of his beautiful and feisty neighbour and his fiercely protective mother who will stop at nothing to protect her precious son.
A gripping, intimate, shockingly visceral portrait of the sidhe – Celtic fairy people – whose wild magic is steeped in blood, pain and ritual and director Colm McCarthy captures it all in his monster movie, murder mystery and Polanski-style tale of strange emotional ties.
Outcast Poster
When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear that they live their lives on the run, hiding from someone or something, terrified of being found. Trying to avoid making new friends or connections wherever they go, Fergal finds himself caught between the affections of his beautiful and feisty neighbour and his fiercely protective mother who will stop at nothing to protect her precious son.
- 8/9/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Here's a creepy trailer for a grey day: Outcast, the new horror from writer/director Colm McCarthy. Riffing on Celtic mythology and with the familiar tang of a Northern Irish accent here and there*, it's an unusual twist on a monster story.The set-up has Mary (Red Road's Katie Dickie) and her son Fergal (Niall Bruton) on the run from a mysterious hunter (James Nesbitt). Mary sets strict rules in place to protect her son from something, but when he meets Petronella (Hannah Stanbridge) he starts to break those rules and, we're guessing, all Tír na nÓg breaks loose**. The film's due out later this autumn, unless you're going to see it at Frightfest at the end of August, and by the looks of this one should be proper scary. And not just because him from the Yellow Pages ads has a terrifying beard either.*See? We're not all terrorists!
- 8/4/2010
- EmpireOnline
[With Irish effort Outcast making its first Canadian appearance we re-visit our previous review of the film.]
Shot through with flashes of outright brilliance, Colm McCarthy's Outcast is a film that never quite figures out what it wants to be. Is this the story of Fergal, the roving Irish teen of unusual parentage struggling to hold on to the first romantic relationship he has ever experienced? Or is this the story of Mary, Fergal's wild and wildly protective mother? A woman steeped in lore and history Mary fears that her son may take a wrong turn and may unleash something terrible in the process. Or is this the story of Cathal, the man with a dark history tracking down both mother and child, intending to kill them both? Because the film never decides which it wants to be it ends up being a curious and sometimes clumsy amalgamation of all three, an unfortunate situation that prevents it from reaching the heights that are so nearly in its grasp.
Shot through with flashes of outright brilliance, Colm McCarthy's Outcast is a film that never quite figures out what it wants to be. Is this the story of Fergal, the roving Irish teen of unusual parentage struggling to hold on to the first romantic relationship he has ever experienced? Or is this the story of Mary, Fergal's wild and wildly protective mother? A woman steeped in lore and history Mary fears that her son may take a wrong turn and may unleash something terrible in the process. Or is this the story of Cathal, the man with a dark history tracking down both mother and child, intending to kill them both? Because the film never decides which it wants to be it ends up being a curious and sometimes clumsy amalgamation of all three, an unfortunate situation that prevents it from reaching the heights that are so nearly in its grasp.
- 7/11/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The UK's most amazing horror film festival Film4 FrightFest has released what could very well be another one of the best horror line-ups we've seen ever for its latest show taking place from Thursday the 26th of August to Monday the 30th of August, brimming with films we've been salivating over Stateside!
From the Press Release
This year there are eight British films in the main programme (another record) including Monsters, Gareth Edwards’ sensational post-Apocalyptic debut, The Ford Brothers’ Cannes-hyped African Zombie flick The Dead and Johannes Roberts F – in which a school gets a lesson in horror! Other home-grown titles are Dead Cert (East-End gangsters meet Eastern European vampires), Isle Of Dogs (nasty gangland horror), Paul Andrew Williams’ harrowing Cherry Tree Lane and werewolf thriller 13Hrs. Plus, Jake West will be presenting his in-depth documentary Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship And Videotape, which will be followed by a Q & A panel discussion.
From the Press Release
This year there are eight British films in the main programme (another record) including Monsters, Gareth Edwards’ sensational post-Apocalyptic debut, The Ford Brothers’ Cannes-hyped African Zombie flick The Dead and Johannes Roberts F – in which a school gets a lesson in horror! Other home-grown titles are Dead Cert (East-End gangsters meet Eastern European vampires), Isle Of Dogs (nasty gangland horror), Paul Andrew Williams’ harrowing Cherry Tree Lane and werewolf thriller 13Hrs. Plus, Jake West will be presenting his in-depth documentary Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship And Videotape, which will be followed by a Q & A panel discussion.
- 7/2/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The complete lineup for the 2010 edition of the Film4 Frightfest has just been announced and, as usual, it is a quality selection of the best in horror film from the UK and around the world. The program splits into two programs - the main lineup and sidebar Discovery program - and you'll find both below!
Programme = Screen 1
Thursday Aug 26
6.30pm Hatchet II (World Premiere)
FrightFest continues its strong relationship with Adam Green by hosting the world premiere of the sequel to his 2006 slasher sensation. Picking up right where the splatter-tastic original ended, Marybeth escapes the clutches of the deformed, swamp-dwelling iconic killer Victor Crowley. After learning the truth about her family's connection to the hatchet-wielding madman, Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact the bloodiest revenge against the bayou butcher. Delivering unapologetically unrestrained gushers of gore,...
Programme = Screen 1
Thursday Aug 26
6.30pm Hatchet II (World Premiere)
FrightFest continues its strong relationship with Adam Green by hosting the world premiere of the sequel to his 2006 slasher sensation. Picking up right where the splatter-tastic original ended, Marybeth escapes the clutches of the deformed, swamp-dwelling iconic killer Victor Crowley. After learning the truth about her family's connection to the hatchet-wielding madman, Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact the bloodiest revenge against the bayou butcher. Delivering unapologetically unrestrained gushers of gore,...
- 7/2/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Irish feature films 'Outcast', 'Foxes' and 'Nothing Personal' have been selected for official screening at the 64th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Three Irish shorts are also included in this year's lineup. 'Outcast', written and directed by Colm McCarthy (Single Handed), receives its UK premiere in the Night Moves strand of the festival. The horror feature is a UK/Ireland co-production is set on an Edinburgh council estate, with scenes filmed on location in Galway, Ireland, during April 2009. The film stars Ian Whyte, Niall Bruton, Hanna Stanbridge, Kate Dickie and James Nesbitt.
- 6/2/2010
- IFTN
Year: 2009
Directors: Colm McCarthy
Writers: Colm McCarthy / Tom McCarthy
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: rochefort
Rating: 7 out of 10
Fergal (Niall Bruton) and his highly protective mother Mary (Kate Dickie) are constantly on the run, moving from one low-rent U.K. estate to the next, all while being hunted by the ruthless Cathal (James Nesbitt). They're all practicers of witchcraft, Mary using her arcane skills to throw the hunters off the trail, Cathal single-mindedly driven to find them both in the hopes of achieving a higher degree of warlock's power. As Cathal gets closer by the day, Fergal becomes involved with Petronella (Hanna Stanbridge), an earthy projects girl who falls for him immediately. But their young love is threatened not only by Cathal's imminent arrival and Mary's harsh resistance to an unstable female presence in Fergal's life, but also by the strange creature that has appeared in the estate and...
Directors: Colm McCarthy
Writers: Colm McCarthy / Tom McCarthy
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: rochefort
Rating: 7 out of 10
Fergal (Niall Bruton) and his highly protective mother Mary (Kate Dickie) are constantly on the run, moving from one low-rent U.K. estate to the next, all while being hunted by the ruthless Cathal (James Nesbitt). They're all practicers of witchcraft, Mary using her arcane skills to throw the hunters off the trail, Cathal single-mindedly driven to find them both in the hopes of achieving a higher degree of warlock's power. As Cathal gets closer by the day, Fergal becomes involved with Petronella (Hanna Stanbridge), an earthy projects girl who falls for him immediately. But their young love is threatened not only by Cathal's imminent arrival and Mary's harsh resistance to an unstable female presence in Fergal's life, but also by the strange creature that has appeared in the estate and...
- 3/31/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Scottish filmmaker Colm McCarthy blew into Austin's SXSW festival for less than 48 hours to premiere his modern-day folklore-horror flick Outcast, a mysterious tale of dark magic and beasts set against the backdrop of Edinburgh's gloomy council estates. As the director told FEARnet, the story about a woman (Kate Dickie) and her son (Niall Bruton) on the lam from a dangerous pursuer (Highlander's James Cosmo) has very specific roots in the mythology-laden childhood he shared with his brother and co-screenwriter, Tom McCarthy. We spoke further with McCarthy about Outcast and its place within the filmmaking traditions of social realism and horror, his nostalgia for the days before torture porn, his genre...
- 3/19/2010
- FEARnet
Shot through with flashes of outright brilliance, Colm McCarthy's Outcast is a film that never quite figures out what it wants to be. Is this the story of Fergal, the roving Irish teen of unusual parentage struggling to hold on to the first romantic relationship he has ever experienced? Or is this the story of Mary, Fergal's wild and wildly protective mother? A woman steeped in lore and history Mary fears that her son may take a wrong turn and may unleash something terrible in the process. Or is this the story of Cathal, the man with a dark history tracking down both mother and child, intending to kill them both? Because the film never decides which it wants to be it ends up being a curious and sometimes clumsy amalgamation of all three, an unfortunate situation that prevents it from reaching the heights that are so nearly in its grasp.
- 3/13/2010
- Screen Anarchy
SXFantastic! SXSW 2010 presents Fantastic Fest at Midnight!
Austin, Texas - February 4, 2010 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has announced the complete features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 12 – 20, 2010 in Austin, Texas.
Over the course of nine days, 119 features will screen at the festival, with 55 of those having their world premieres at SXSW 2010.
For the second year in a row, Fantastic Fest has selected a slate of midnight features as part of the official SXSW Lineup. You can see these films and more with a SXSW film badge. SXSW film badges are on sale at www.sxsw.com/attend.
Mind-bending international Midnighters, hand-selected by Fantastic Fest.
Films screening in Sx Fantastic are:
Higanjima (Japan/Korea)
(International Festival Premiere)
Director: Tae-Kyun Kim.
Screenwriter: Tetsuya Ôishi
Two years after losing contact, Akira discovers that his long-lost brother may be found on
Higanjima Island. He may also find an army of blood-sucking vampires.
Austin, Texas - February 4, 2010 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has announced the complete features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 12 – 20, 2010 in Austin, Texas.
Over the course of nine days, 119 features will screen at the festival, with 55 of those having their world premieres at SXSW 2010.
For the second year in a row, Fantastic Fest has selected a slate of midnight features as part of the official SXSW Lineup. You can see these films and more with a SXSW film badge. SXSW film badges are on sale at www.sxsw.com/attend.
Mind-bending international Midnighters, hand-selected by Fantastic Fest.
Films screening in Sx Fantastic are:
Higanjima (Japan/Korea)
(International Festival Premiere)
Director: Tae-Kyun Kim.
Screenwriter: Tetsuya Ôishi
Two years after losing contact, Akira discovers that his long-lost brother may be found on
Higanjima Island. He may also find an army of blood-sucking vampires.
- 2/4/2010
- by zack
- OriginalAlamo.com
I was so excited at seeing the SXSW line up last night that I completely forgot to post it and started searching the interwebs for cool content to go with it. Oops. Yes, I wish I was there but alas, it wasn’t mean to be (though don’t despair. We’ll be bringing you wicked awesome coverage).
But enough rambling, you want to know what’s all playing. Well, for a start there’s the much anticipated McGruber (trailer), the Duplass’ semi-mainstream comedy Cyrus, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs (trailer, review), Daniel Stamm’s horror flick Cotton and that’s on top of the previously announced titles which include Electra Luxx (Carla Gugino as a pregnant porn star? Bring. It. On.) and Kick-Ass (trailer). That’s already a great line-up but dear me, some of the other titles are pretty awesome too.
There’s Clay Liford scifi drama Earthling (trailer...
But enough rambling, you want to know what’s all playing. Well, for a start there’s the much anticipated McGruber (trailer), the Duplass’ semi-mainstream comedy Cyrus, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs (trailer, review), Daniel Stamm’s horror flick Cotton and that’s on top of the previously announced titles which include Electra Luxx (Carla Gugino as a pregnant porn star? Bring. It. On.) and Kick-Ass (trailer). That’s already a great line-up but dear me, some of the other titles are pretty awesome too.
There’s Clay Liford scifi drama Earthling (trailer...
- 2/4/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Next month the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival will be in full swing down in awesome Austin, Texas, and we've got a look at what horror flicks will be sending super-sized chills down the spines of festival goers.
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the complete features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 12–20, 2010, in Austin, Texas. Over the course of nine days, 119 features will screen at the festival, with 55 of those having their world premieres at SXSW 2010. These films were selected from a record 1,572 film submissions composed of 1,206 U.S. and 366 international feature-length films.
Midnighters series: Scary, funny, sexy, controversial – provocative after-dark features for night owls and the terminally curious.
Amer (Belgium)
"Ana is confronted to Body and Desire at three key moments of her life."
Directors: Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. Screenwriter: Bruno Forzani
Cast: Bianca Maria D’Amato,...
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the complete features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 12–20, 2010, in Austin, Texas. Over the course of nine days, 119 features will screen at the festival, with 55 of those having their world premieres at SXSW 2010. These films were selected from a record 1,572 film submissions composed of 1,206 U.S. and 366 international feature-length films.
Midnighters series: Scary, funny, sexy, controversial – provocative after-dark features for night owls and the terminally curious.
Amer (Belgium)
"Ana is confronted to Body and Desire at three key moments of her life."
Directors: Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. Screenwriter: Bruno Forzani
Cast: Bianca Maria D’Amato,...
- 2/4/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Filming will wrap in Galway this weekend on Fantastic Film's supernatural thriller 'Outcast'. The feature, directed by Colm McCarthy (Single – Handed), stars James Nesbitt (Five Minutes of Heaven), Katie Dicke (Red Road), Ciaran McMenamin (The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce) and Niall Bruton (Uncle Bills Barrel). Set a council estate in Edinburgh, 'Outcast' intertwines ritual and magic with the doomed relationship between Petronella a Scottish/Romany girl (Dicke) and Fergal her mysterious Irish traveller boyfriend (Bruton). Scripted by Colm and Tom McCarthy, the film is being lensed by Darren Tiernan (The Honeymooners). This also marks the feature film debut for Colm McCarthy whose television credits include 'The Tudors', 'Single – Handed', The Big Bow Wow' and 'Murphy's Law.'...
- 4/9/2009
- IFTN
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