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The Canal

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David’s life is in crisis when he finds out his wife and Alex - one of her clients - have been cheating on him. On the other hand, his colleague gives him a tape which shows that his house was the setting for a brutal murder in 1902.  
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Guardian
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May 07, 2015

Writer-director Ivan Kavanagh and cinematographer Piers McGrail fashion something properly cinematic from their watery, nondescript locations: an overcast, portal-like towpath, and a dilapidated public loo ...
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TheHorrorShow
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August 22, 2015

A wonderfully shot, cleverly written, and subtly effective horror movie.
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New York Times
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October 09, 2014

Over all, the action is too cryptic, and the pedestrian dialogue doesn't help.
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The List
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May 04, 2015

Though some of the plot doesn't entirely add up, with a few ill thought-out reveals towards the end, the sinister atmosphere is enough to keep you teetering on the edge of your seat for most of the running time.
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Village Voice
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October 07, 2014

Piers McGrail's nuanced, moody cinematography brings out the best in writer-director Ivan Kavanagh's over-mannered but effectively creepy ghost story.
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Cairo360
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April 05, 2016

A truly original horror film isn't easy to come by these days... The Canal, isn't the film that's going to change that, but it does have its positives.
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Time Out
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May 05, 2015

This Dublin-set horror rehashes every haunted-house trick in the book.
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Irish Times
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May 10, 2015

The Canal, though reliant on atmospherics and superb sound design, looks and feels more than genre cinema than Kavanagh's earlier, freakier one.
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La Nación (Argentina)
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November 23, 2016

A film that at first seemed worthy of an heir to Lynch, Fincher or Polanski's cinema but ends up bordering on ridicule. [Full review in Spanish]
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Radio Times
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May 08, 2015

Making the most of its modest attributes and a wrenching central performance by TV regular and Hellboy veteran Rupert Evans, this Irish chiller lurches from unspoken eeriness to outright horror as it plots a familiar paranormal trajectory.
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Variety
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October 13, 2014

Injecting explicit imagery into an old-fashioned possession story, writer-director Ivan Kavanagh brandishes his unusual mix of styles right from the beginning.
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Film Ireland Magazine
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May 12, 2016

Rupert Evans' performance as David is alarming in the shift from unassuming and tender husband and father to demonic neurotic and delusional obsessive.
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