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Stars: Grant Vlahovic, Alexander J. Baxter, Josefin Jönsson Tysén, Tracey Roath, Jay Martens, Roy Campsall | Written by Alexander J. Baxter, Jay Martens | Directed by Alexander J. Baxter, Leigah Keewatin, Jessica Moutra

Jikirag opens with text telling us that we are in the year 1263Ad and a band of refugees from a plague has made a settlement in the middle of a forgotten forest. Nature granted them refuge on the vow that they take no more from the land than they needed. But now years have passed and their hunger has outstripped their vow.

Shapur and Ewan (Alexander J. Baxter; The Man in the High Castle) are searching the forest for Shapur’s son. They find the boy’s body but something else finds them and they return to the settlement badly wounded. The next day Alis ventures into the woods and after having a vision seem to become possessed.

Seeking...

"We struck an oath. Why has she abandoned the words." Vertical Entertainment has revealed an official US trailer for an indie horror film from Canada titled Jikirag, the feature directorial debut of the film's three directors. This "Pagan folk horror" film is getting a US release in September, though it hasn't shown up at any fests. A pagan village, founded on the bones of both innocent and foul, is deeply rooted within the heart of an ancient Eden. When a balance of flesh and soil decays, the last surviving village elder battles madness and the macabre to save her people from not only themselves but the monstrous judgment that burrows up from below. Starring Tracey Roath, Alexander J Baxter, Roy Campsall, Josefin Jönsson Tysén, Jenna Hill, and Corey Woods. Unfortunately this doesn't look great - underlit cinematography, campy dialogue, convoluted threats. No wonder all the festivals rejected this - we should all probably skip it,...