Mandrake is a horror movie directed by Lynne Davison starring Deirdre Mullins.
A strange movie that has the peculiar ability of getting under one’s skin.
Premise
Cathy Madden is a probation officer, and is assigned the task of rehabilitating an infamous murderer “Bloody Mary” Mary Laidlaw, to assist her integrate into society following decades of incarceration.
“Because mandrakes contain deliriant hallucinogenic tropane alkaloids and the shape of their roots often resembles human figures, they have been associated with magic rituals throughout history, including present day contemporary pagan traditions such as Wicca and Odinism.”
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Movie Review
A movie that requires you are willing to enter. I will explain. It is not a movie that wins you over from the start, nor is it enthralling, and nice. It is a movie as damp as the landscape it is set in, a landscape that takes center-stage and configures everything, from the story to its characters and the plot.
‘Mandrake’ is not a movie that excels in photography, with elegant takes, and elaborate scenery. It is a more visceral movie that still manages to create suspense from that damp cold that gets under your skin.
It develops slowly and the story takes some time to take form, but it does come around – at its own pace. There is little delving into giving explanations of any sort, not even in the end (which is in fact the best part of the feature, by the way) as it seems the screenwriters preferred to let the plot be something of a mystery with that “magical” groove that one would find in a forest.
Our Opinion
‘Mandrake’ is a different, understated and strangely engaging horror movie.
Cast
 Deirdre Mullins / Cathy Madden |  Paul Kennedy / Jason Reid |
 Seamus O’Hara / Thomas |  Nigel O’Neill / Bill Rosewater |
 Ian Beattie / Massey |  Roisin Gallagher / Grace |
Derbhle Crotty / Mary Laidlaw
Jude Hill / Luke
Paul Mallon / Nathan McGrath
Jonny Everett / Shawn Duggan
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