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The Canal
It is a story that seems ambiguous and controversial, as it speaks of a young man named David who was in crisis when he discovered that his wife and Alex - one of her clients - were deceiving him. Things may change quite a bit later when his colleague gave him a tape showing that his house was a place of savage killing in 1902, which could turn things upside down.
1960, Rheden, Gelderland, Netherlands
9 March 1976, UK
25 August 1973, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, UK
10 February 1987, Netherlands
1982, Northern Ireland, UK
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.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.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 ...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.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.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.August 22, 2015
A wonderfully shot, cleverly written, and subtly effective horror movie.May 05, 2015
This Dublin-set horror rehashes every haunted-house trick in the book.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]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.October 09, 2014
Over all, the action is too cryptic, and the pedestrian dialogue doesn't help.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.