Shot in picturesque West Ireland, Corin Hardy's The Hallow navigates the fine line between fairy tales, horror, and reality. The film follows the story of a young couple (with a baby, of course) that moves to the countryside, only to accidentally incur the wrath of the seemingly innocent woodland creatures. In an interview with Comicbook.com, the director explained his inspiration for the film:
"I love fairy tales. I used to read them as a child. I love monsters and creatures and wanted to do a movie that had some element of that in it, but I didnt want to repeat. So it was like, what about actually telling a fairy tale story, but trying to put it in a grounded reality? Im a big fan of a lot of 70s movies like Straw Dogs or Deliverance or Rosemarys Baby or Dont Look Now, and The Thing and Jaws and Alien are my favorite films, and Evil Dead, so its sort of like, how can I tell a fairy tale that isnt for children, isnt magical or gothic, but is also exciting within our reality?"
As long as this isn't a repeat of M. Night Shyamalan's Lady In The Water, it's all good.