Supernatural folk horror The Morrigan release date announced

THE MORRIGAN, the supernatural horror-thriller about the vengeful spirit of a shapeshifting mythical queen released from an ancient tomb, is unleashed on digital platforms in the UK and Ireland on 29th June from Thunderbird Releasing. 

A successful archaeologist but absentee mother travels to Ireland to excavate a centuries-old tomb. But within the site lurks a danger hidden from mankind for centuries. Once it is unleashed, she must battle to save her rebellious teenage daughter from possession by a vengeful Pagan War Goddess, the Morrigan.

THE MORRIGAN, which premiered at last year’s Galway Film Festival, is written and directed by Colum Eastwood – named as one of Screen International UK’s Stars of Tomorrow in 2020. The film’s striking pre-credit sequence, set in ancient Pagan Ireland, sets the tone for the fiery, bloody and chilling mayhem to follow. With a superb cast including Saffron Burrows (Baghead, Deep Blue Sea) as the archaeologist who breaks the seal on an ancient tomb, and unleashes something that should have stayed buried, Toby Stephens (Severance), James Cosmo (The Hole In The Ground, Braveheart), Emily Flain (Marcella), Art Parkinson (Game of Thrones) and Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Bright Star), THE MORRIGAN features a nerve-jangling score by James Everett (Bad Day For The Cut). 

THE MORRIGAN, based on Eastwood’s award-winning short film, is a fantastic addition to the ever-popular folk horror genre, joining the ranks of supernatural Irish chillers The Hole in the Ground, directed by Lee Cronin; Corin Hardy’s The Hallow; and Damian McCarthy’s box office hit Hokum, and Eastwood looks set to join those directors as another purveyor of gruesome and unnerving horror.

Boasting superbly atmospheric cinematography shot on location in Northern Ireland and steeped in Celtic folklore, this is essential viewing for fans of supernatural horror. If you enjoyed Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, get ready for Colum Eastwood’s THE MORRIGAN!

THE MORRIGAN is available on Digital from 29th June in the UK and Ireland.

Watch the trailer for THE MORRIGAN below –