Psychological thriller Cellar Door partly inspired by story of Tuam babies

JUST as last year’s Black 47 took a dark period in our history — the Famine — and based a revenge thriller around it, Cellar Door turns to Ireland’s troubled past to form its story, writes Esther McCarthy.

The provocative psychological thriller is partly inspired by the story of the Tuam babies, and revolves around a young woman struggling for control of her motherhood while being held at a Magdalene Laundry.