Mandrake is mood-first Irish indie horror with dirty fingernails, though it unravels over the course of its folktale. DoNatoBomb's review:
, resting more on quieter maternal narratives. Nevertheless, it’s a mood-first indie with dirty fingernails, best saved for fans of dreadful Irish fare such asDeirdre Mullins plays probation officer Cathy Madden, a single mother splitting custody with ex-husband police sergeant Jason . Cathy’s latest assignment is local pariah “Bloody” Mary Laidlaw , dubbed a witch after murdering her husband. Townsfolk whisper about Mary’s past while Cathy’s determined to clear her client’s name.
Parallels overlap two mothers—Mary’s looming son Thomas flanks his newly freed mother—as parental figures tempted by obscene forces to protect their kin at all costs. Neither Davison nor Harvey hides Mary’s dabbling with occult magnificence, becausecares more about comparing and contrasting do-gooding Cathy with husband-killer Mary, and how motherhood drives both their motivations. It’s a well-intended family drama with a screeching soil-grown cameo, but not one that smoothly locks together.
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