Interview With The Vampire to Oddity: 10 Irish horror films for Halloween
Clockwise from left: Vivarium, Interview with the Vampire and Oddity feature among our Halloween films from Ireland
Irish filmmakers have long had a knack for delivering frights in the most inventive of ways. In recent years, a new wave of scary movie storytellers has branched out, unsettling us - and making waves internationally - through well-placed shocks, references to our ghostly past and the Irish language. Among them is a Cork filmmaker credited with making two of the best-reviewed horror films of recent years. As Halloween approaches, we look at some of the strongest new Irish horror and psychological-thriller filmmakers, where audiences can see them, and throwback to some of those who brought earlier classics.
