Dreadful script and cack-handed direction renders film unintelligible despite strong cast.
Writer/director Colm McCarthy’s vision seems to have been lost in the midst of entrails, muddled mythology and incomplete plot points.
Red Road's Dickie excels in this gritty slice of urban horror.
Thoroughly grim but original and commendable.
The impressive seriousness of purpose is only occasionally undermined by the endless animal sacrifice and copious masturbation.
It feels like the story ends just when it’s really starting to cook, but this is an original, engrossing exploration of ancient black magic against a backdrop of endless grey.
The blood, pain and strange sexual transactions between humans and demons make the current Twilight series look insipid.
Blending folklore, sorcery, and a budget that looks as though it barely bust the £100 mark, Outcast tries hard but ends up simply trying the patience.
This murky Edinburgh-set occult horror doesn't have much in the way of genuine scares, but its ambitious if uneven hybrid of grim social realism and flat-out monster movie theatrics conjures up a commendably brooding atmosphere.
Karen Gillan--From the Tardis to tackling monsters
Interview: Hanna Stanbridge, actress
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