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Apostle

2018

Gareth Evans

Dan Stevens, Michael Sheen, Lucy Boynton, Mark Lewis Jones ...

5.3

5,673

Horror. Mystery. Thriller. Fantasy The year is 1905. Thomas Richardson travels to a remote island to rescue his sister after she’s kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult demanding a ransom for her safe return. It soon becomes clear that the cult will regret the day it baited this man, as he digs deeper and deeper into the secrets and lies upon which the commune is built.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[It] plays like an homage to 'The Wicker Man' (...) with better costumes, creepier customs, and a lot more blood (...) Tantalizingly rich in atmosphere"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Evans will likely disappoint many of the fans he has attracted here; while the film does build to some gory battles, it's hardly a thrill ride."	NEG
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"It’s a bit of a shame that this is dropping straight to Netflix (...) as this is a cinematic experience worth seeing on the big screen (...) A slow burn mystery that crescendos into madness (..) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"It’s the eagerness to deliver an exact vision that I admired about this strange, frightening work (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Haleigh Foutch Collider	"This brutal piece of British folk horror boasts the kind of crazy carnage that will have you watching through squinted eyes and squirming in your seat."	POS
United States	Britt Hayes Screen Crush	"A solid mystery-thriller (...) [It] feels almost too conventional for the man who gave us 'The Raid' (...) But it’s just basic enough for something like Netflix. Maybe that’s the point. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Jeremy Kirk First Showing	"With finely detailed production design and commendable performances across the board (...) 'Apostle' will be regarded as a memorable cinematic tale of cult horror and supernatural wickedness."	POS
United States	Rafael Motamayor IGN	"[It] owes a lot to classic folk horror films, but Evans manages to make his film feel fresh and gripping enough to satisfy even the most blood-thirsty horror fan.	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"By the time 'Apostle' arrives at its big reveal, the movie has veered off on so many tangled pathways that the ending can't resolve them all."	NEU
United Kingdom	Charles Bramesco The Guardian	"Exhilarating to watch (...) [It builds] to an operatic, hallucinatory climax that leaves our puny reason behind for a metaphysical nirvana (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Matthew Monagle Film School Rejects	"And while 'Apostle' may not be the action movie nor the conventional folk-horror audiences were expecting, it does deliver an ending drenched in fire and blood that would make fans of the original 'Wicker Man' happy."	POS

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