Wednesday, June 5, 2024

'For Those in Peril' (2013) – Paul Wright.

A sensitive, childlike young man (George Mackay) is the sole survivor of a tragedy at sea. Upon his dazed return, the superstious inhabitants of this remote Scottish fishing village become increasingly hostile towards him, convinced he was responsible for the incident. Cruelly ostracized, his unerring belief that his brother didn't perish at sea compulsively pushes him ever deeper into obsession and one final mad desperate act of salvation. This beautifully bleak, folk horror-inflected drama benefits enormously from the sublime cast's natural, unaffected performances, and gifted writer/director Paul Wright strikingly proves himself a more than capable helmsman. Having an undeniably haunting quality, 'For Those in Peril' is steeped in an oblique mysticism that I strongly connected with, and the wyrd, Lovecraftian climax is quite delicious! 

 


 

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