Irish film Isolation is horror about cows

Isolation

Director: Billy O’Brien

Cast: John Lynch, Sean Harris, Crispin Letts, Ruth Negga

Cert: 16

An off-beast Irish film which should give the local meat industry a touch of the vapours … it’s a horror story about cows!

Mad cows in the truest sense since they are the product of biological experiments that go horribly wrong on an isolated farm.

What helps the film keep its head – and udders – above water is the playing of the cast, delightfully playing it straight.

It’s a sort-of tribute to that curious genre of horror movies that has brought us, over the decades, mutant tomatoes, killer rabbits and lurching bushes. It’s not perfect, but it’s a brave attempt.

Star Rating: 3/5