Mandrake

Scuffling probation officer Cathy Madden (Deidre Mullins) wearily took on the case of "Bloody" Mary Laidlaw (Derbhle Crotty)-paroled after doing 30 years for her husband's murder, and returned to a rural community unhappy to see her. With two local kids vanishing immediately after, Cathy looks to establish Mary's innocence... only to find that the most heinous of the town's whispers may ring with unholy truth. Folk-horror opus from Ireland co-stars Paul Kennedy, Seamus O'Hara, and Jude Hill. 85 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.