With the 2024 Overlook Film Festival now officially in the rearview mirror, the annual New Orleans celebration of all things horror has announced the winners of its audience and jury awards.
The festival’s top prize, the Audience Award for Feature Film, went to “Oddity,” Damian Mc Carthy’s home invasion horror flick that was a breakout from the SXSW 2024 midnight lineup.
“’Oddity’ delivers a brilliant, bespoke, and tightly entertaining string of ideas that work stronger as a collection — with even these missteps feeling like they branch from a unified center,” IndieWire’s Alison Foreman wrote in her Overlook review of the film. “Similar to Mc Carthy’s earlier ‘Caveat,’ this 98-minute treat demands to be reassessed a second time. Thank the wooden boy it’s coming to streaming: a triumphant addition to the director’s growing filmography and a standout in Shudder’s carousel of kick-ass ghost stories.”
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The festival’s top prize, the Audience Award for Feature Film, went to “Oddity,” Damian Mc Carthy’s home invasion horror flick that was a breakout from the SXSW 2024 midnight lineup.
“’Oddity’ delivers a brilliant, bespoke, and tightly entertaining string of ideas that work stronger as a collection — with even these missteps feeling like they branch from a unified center,” IndieWire’s Alison Foreman wrote in her Overlook review of the film. “Similar to Mc Carthy’s earlier ‘Caveat,’ this 98-minute treat demands to be reassessed a second time. Thank the wooden boy it’s coming to streaming: a triumphant addition to the director’s growing filmography and a standout in Shudder’s carousel of kick-ass ghost stories.”
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- 4/11/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Writer/Director Damian Mc Carthy‘s sophomore effort, Oddity, serves as a welcome extension of his feature debut, Caveat, in many ways. Aside from the brief return of at least one familiar face and a nightmare bunny, Oddity continues the filmmaker’s exploration of supernatural karma and retribution with offbeat characters and a unique vision for scares. Armed with a tighter narrative, a lighter tone, and a creepy mannequin, Mc Carthy further establishes his horror style.
Oddity begins with an intense scenario that sees a woman, Dani (You Are Not My Mother’s Carolyn Bracken), forced to decide whether to trust the desperate stranger at her door, insisting someone snuck into her empty, rural house when she wasn’t looking. Dani’s ultimate decision sets up the overarching mystery. A quick time jump ahead reveals that Dani was murdered that fateful night and that her husband, Ted (Gwilym Lee), is...
Oddity begins with an intense scenario that sees a woman, Dani (You Are Not My Mother’s Carolyn Bracken), forced to decide whether to trust the desperate stranger at her door, insisting someone snuck into her empty, rural house when she wasn’t looking. Dani’s ultimate decision sets up the overarching mystery. A quick time jump ahead reveals that Dani was murdered that fateful night and that her husband, Ted (Gwilym Lee), is...
- 3/9/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
If you’ve ever been seriously down on your luck, you’ll know that £200 a day sounds like a great bit of money. Getting it wouldn’t involve much work, Isaac (Jonathan French) is assured. It’s just for a bit of babysitting – for a young adult woman who is schizophrenic, essentially harmless but prone to getting in trouble if she’s left unattended, and vulnerable at the moment because she insists on staying in a remote house where her father committed suicide, as she’s struggling to process his death. Isaac is cautious but he can’t afford to turn it down. It’s only when he’s been driven out there that he realises the house is on an island, and he can’t swim. It’s only once he’s been rowed out there – in a boat which will return to the far shore – that he’s told that,...
- 2/24/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Ben Caplan, Jonathan French, Conor Dwane, Leila Sykes | Written and Directed by Damian Mc Carthy
n the first few minutes of writer/director, Damian Mc Carthy’s debut feature Caveat Barret offers Isaac (Jonathan French; Bravado) 200 Gbp, about $290, a day to watch over his niece Olga (Leila Sykes; Lancaster Skies). “There’s got to be more to it than that” is his reply. And indeed there is, lots more, and none of it good.
Caveat is a tense and claustrophobic film built mostly around two characters and one location. And what a location it is, a dank and decaying house on a remote island. It looks ominous, and as the film’s first seconds strongly hint, there’s a good reason for that.
Before we can unravel the house’s mysteries however we have to get through some rather implausible bits of plotting. Isaac is just out of the hospital,...
n the first few minutes of writer/director, Damian Mc Carthy’s debut feature Caveat Barret offers Isaac (Jonathan French; Bravado) 200 Gbp, about $290, a day to watch over his niece Olga (Leila Sykes; Lancaster Skies). “There’s got to be more to it than that” is his reply. And indeed there is, lots more, and none of it good.
Caveat is a tense and claustrophobic film built mostly around two characters and one location. And what a location it is, a dank and decaying house on a remote island. It looks ominous, and as the film’s first seconds strongly hint, there’s a good reason for that.
Before we can unravel the house’s mysteries however we have to get through some rather implausible bits of plotting. Isaac is just out of the hospital,...
- 2/22/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Sometimes the best way to defeat the life-threatening danger in the present is to overcome the long buried, traumatic memories of the past. That’s certainly the case for actor Jonathan French’s protagonist of Isaac in the new horror film, ‘Caveat.’ His frightening journey to protect his life will be revealed when the drama’s released on […]
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- 11/10/2021
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
“full of claustrophobic dread and psychological mystery” – Bloody-Disgusting
Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to the horror film, Caveat fromShudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Rlje Films will release CAVEATon VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on November 16, 2021.
Now you can win the Win the Blu-ray of Caveat. We Are Movie Geeks has two to give away. Just leave a comment below telling us what your favorite scary movie that starts with the letter ‘C’ is (I’d say Carnival Of Souls. It’s so easy!)
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Written and directed by Damian Mc Carthy in his feature directorial debut, Caveat stars Ben Caplan (“Band of Brothers...
Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to the horror film, Caveat fromShudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Rlje Films will release CAVEATon VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on November 16, 2021.
Now you can win the Win the Blu-ray of Caveat. We Are Movie Geeks has two to give away. Just leave a comment below telling us what your favorite scary movie that starts with the letter ‘C’ is (I’d say Carnival Of Souls. It’s so easy!)
1. You Must Be A US Resident. Prize Will Only Be Shipped To US Addresses. No P.O. Boxes. No Duplicate Addresses.
2. Winner Will Be Chosen From All Qualifying Entries. No Purchase Necessary
Written and directed by Damian Mc Carthy in his feature directorial debut, Caveat stars Ben Caplan (“Band of Brothers...
- 11/9/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Caveat is the feature debut of Irish writer and director Damian McCarthy and stars Ben Caplan (Call the Midwife), Jonathan French (A Soldier’s Voice), and Leila Sykes (Missing Something). In Caveat, a solitary drifter accepts a job to look after his landlord’s niece for a few days in an isolated country house on a remote island. The simple gig takes a disturbing turn when he learns that he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements and keeps corners of the home out of his reach. Alone and with no escape, the young girl becomes erratic, mysteries of the house are revealed, and a horrific game is afoot.
On paper, Caveat has all the elements of a great horror piece. A remote house, a murder plot, a possible haunting, and a Saw-esque element of helplessnes – all of the ingredients are there. Unfortunately, despite having all the right stuff,...
On paper, Caveat has all the elements of a great horror piece. A remote house, a murder plot, a possible haunting, and a Saw-esque element of helplessnes – all of the ingredients are there. Unfortunately, despite having all the right stuff,...
- 6/15/2021
- by Caitlin Kennedy
- DailyDead
Stars: Ben Caplan, Jonathan French, Conor Dwane, Leila Sykes | Written and Directed by Damian Mc Carthy
In the first few minutes of writer/director, Damian Mc Carthy’s debut feature Caveat Barret offers Isaac (Jonathan French; Bravado) 200 Gbp, about $290, a day to watch over his niece Olga (Leila Sykes; Lancaster Skies). “There’s got to be more to it than that” is his reply. And indeed there is, lots more, and none of it good.
Caveat is a tense and claustrophobic film built mostly around two characters and one location. And what a location it is, a dank and decaying house on a remote island. It looks ominous, and as the film’s first seconds strongly hint, there’s a good reason for that.
Before we can unravel the house’s mysteries however we have to get through some rather implausible bits of plotting. Isaac is just out of the hospital,...
In the first few minutes of writer/director, Damian Mc Carthy’s debut feature Caveat Barret offers Isaac (Jonathan French; Bravado) 200 Gbp, about $290, a day to watch over his niece Olga (Leila Sykes; Lancaster Skies). “There’s got to be more to it than that” is his reply. And indeed there is, lots more, and none of it good.
Caveat is a tense and claustrophobic film built mostly around two characters and one location. And what a location it is, a dank and decaying house on a remote island. It looks ominous, and as the film’s first seconds strongly hint, there’s a good reason for that.
Before we can unravel the house’s mysteries however we have to get through some rather implausible bits of plotting. Isaac is just out of the hospital,...
- 6/8/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Many a horror film has to get its audience past the critical “now why would you do that” moment, where the plot’s continuation hinges on the protagonist making a brazenly terrible decision — entering that obviously doomed location, taking in that plainly psychotic stranger, failing to kill their tormentor when the opportunity presents itself — as the viewer yells at them do the opposite.
“Caveat,” a creatively cash-strapped debut from Irish writer-director Damian Mc Carthy, wisely gets its own such moment over with in the first 10 minutes, but it’s a doozy. Amnesia-afflicted drifter Isaac (fine newcomer Jonathan French) is enlisted by shady stranger Barrett (Ben Caplan) to look after his psychologically disturbed niece Olga (Leila Sykes) in a decrepit house on a deserted rural island following her father’s recent suicide. If that weren’t tempting enough, Isaac also has to be harnessed and chained to a post in the...
“Caveat,” a creatively cash-strapped debut from Irish writer-director Damian Mc Carthy, wisely gets its own such moment over with in the first 10 minutes, but it’s a doozy. Amnesia-afflicted drifter Isaac (fine newcomer Jonathan French) is enlisted by shady stranger Barrett (Ben Caplan) to look after his psychologically disturbed niece Olga (Leila Sykes) in a decrepit house on a deserted rural island following her father’s recent suicide. If that weren’t tempting enough, Isaac also has to be harnessed and chained to a post in the...
- 6/2/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Here’s a free bit of life advice: If someone offers you money to babysit their disturbed adult niece in the remote County Cork house where her father recently killed himself, don’t take it. Isaac (memorable newcomer Jonathan French) knows there has to be a catch, but paying gigs are few and far between for an institutionalized drifter who suffers from memory loss, and his potential employer Moe (Ben Caplan) claims to be an old friend. It’s worth noting that he doesn’t claim to be a very good one.
As we already suspect — and as Isaac learns the hard way — the title of Irish filmmaker Damian Mc Carthy’s “Caveat” wryly undersells the dangers at hand. The first red flag is the house is located on the middle of its own tiny island in the middle of nowhere. Even more alarming: Isaac reveals that he doesn’t know how to swim.
As we already suspect — and as Isaac learns the hard way — the title of Irish filmmaker Damian Mc Carthy’s “Caveat” wryly undersells the dangers at hand. The first red flag is the house is located on the middle of its own tiny island in the middle of nowhere. Even more alarming: Isaac reveals that he doesn’t know how to swim.
- 6/2/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Isaac (Jonathan French) doesn’t remember Barret (Ben Caplan), but Barret assures him they are friends. He even visited him at the hospital only to discover Isaac had no recollection of ever having met him before. I guess you have two choices when suffering from partial memory loss: you either decide to trust nobody or accept the help of strangers who say they aren’t strangers at all. Isaac is the latte—albeit skeptical. Whether that skepticism is towards Barret himself or the job he’s offering, however, is yet to be revealed. Maybe his “friend” truly does want to help and a babysitting job paying two hundred quid a day definitely would. So why does Barret leave certain integral details about the gig out? What’s the catch?
Films like Caveat are interesting because they make you wonder what was going through the writer-director’s mind when conjuring their premise.
Films like Caveat are interesting because they make you wonder what was going through the writer-director’s mind when conjuring their premise.
- 5/31/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
In Caveat, Lone drifter Isaac accepts a job to look after his landlord’s niece, Olga, for a few days in an isolated house on a remote island. It seems like easy money, but there’s a catch: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms. Once Olga’s uncle, Barrett leaves the two of them alone, a game of cat and mouse ensues as Olga displays increasingly erratic behavior as a trapped Isaac makes a series of horrific discoveries in the house. Here’s the trailer:
The feature debut from Irish writer/director Damian Mc Carthy, Caveat stars Ben Caplan, Jonathan French (A Soldier’s Voice), and Leila Sykes (Missing Something).
A tense, slow-building cat-and-mouse thriller set in the Irish countryside, Caveat’s stunning atmospheric visuals and unforgettable ending come together to make a bold debut for Mc Carthy and a compelling...
The feature debut from Irish writer/director Damian Mc Carthy, Caveat stars Ben Caplan, Jonathan French (A Soldier’s Voice), and Leila Sykes (Missing Something).
A tense, slow-building cat-and-mouse thriller set in the Irish countryside, Caveat’s stunning atmospheric visuals and unforgettable ending come together to make a bold debut for Mc Carthy and a compelling...
- 5/29/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Watch the Trailer for Caveat: "In Caveat, Lone drifter Isaac accepts a job to look after his landlord's niece, Olga, for a few days in an isolated house on a remote island. It seems like easy money, but there’s a catch: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms. Once Olga's uncle, Barrett leaves the two of them alone, a game of cat and mouse ensues as Olga displays increasingly erratic behavior as a trapped Isaac makes a series of horrific discoveries in the house.
The feature debut from Irish writer/director Damian Mc Carthy, Caveat stars Ben Caplan, Jonathan French (A Soldier's Voice), and Leila Sykes (Missing Something).
A tense, slow-building cat-and-mouse thriller set in the Irish countryside, Caveat’s stunning atmospheric visuals and unforgettable ending come together to make a bold debut for Mc Carthy and a compelling new...
The feature debut from Irish writer/director Damian Mc Carthy, Caveat stars Ben Caplan, Jonathan French (A Soldier's Voice), and Leila Sykes (Missing Something).
A tense, slow-building cat-and-mouse thriller set in the Irish countryside, Caveat’s stunning atmospheric visuals and unforgettable ending come together to make a bold debut for Mc Carthy and a compelling new...
- 5/24/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
"Do you think he's going to let you leave there?" Shudder has released an official trailer for a strange Irish dark mystery thriller titled Caveat, which first premiered at the IndieCork Film Festival in Ireland last fall. It begins streaming on Shudder in a few weeks. How's this for a terrifying premise: A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island. Uhh. "A tense, slow-building cat-and-mouse thriller set in the Irish countryside, Caveat’s stunning atmospheric visuals and unforgettable ending come together to make a bold debut for Mc Carthy and a compelling new entry to the psychological horror genre." Starring Jonathan French, Leila Sykes, and Ben Caplan. That weird dead rabbit puppet drummer doll thing is creepy as hell, my goodness. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Damian Mc Carthy's Caveat,...
- 5/23/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
As part of Shudder's "Summer of Chills," they'll be adding Jakob's Wife, Kandisha, Caveat and other horror premieres to their horror streaming service, including George A. Romero's The Amusement Park! We have the official trailer for Romero's long-lost film below, along with a look at the full "Summer of Chills" lineup:
"New York, NY – May 6, 2021 – Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streamer for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today its “Summer of Chills” slate of twelve new original and exclusive films for June, July and August, including the anticipated debut of landmark horror director George A. Romero’s legendary “lost” film The Amusement Park on Tuesday, June 8. The robust summer lineup kicks off with Caveat, an eerie, slow-building, cat-and-mouse thriller, and continues with such marquee films as The Boy Behind the Door, Justin Powell and David Charbonier’s directorial debut; Jakob’s Wife, starring horror icon Barbara Crampton; and Kandisha,...
"New York, NY – May 6, 2021 – Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streamer for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today its “Summer of Chills” slate of twelve new original and exclusive films for June, July and August, including the anticipated debut of landmark horror director George A. Romero’s legendary “lost” film The Amusement Park on Tuesday, June 8. The robust summer lineup kicks off with Caveat, an eerie, slow-building, cat-and-mouse thriller, and continues with such marquee films as The Boy Behind the Door, Justin Powell and David Charbonier’s directorial debut; Jakob’s Wife, starring horror icon Barbara Crampton; and Kandisha,...
- 5/6/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Shudder announced yesterday that Damian Mc Carthy’s feature debut Caveat will be released in all their territories on June 3rd. That covers the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand if you've lost count. Lone drifter Isaac (Jonathan French) accepts a job to look after his landlord's niece, Olga (Leila Sykes), for a few days in an isolated house on a remote island. It seems like easy money, but there’s a catch: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms. Once Olga's uncle, Barrett (Ben Caplan) leaves the two of them alone, a game of cat and mouse ensues as Olga displays increasingly erratic behavior as a trapped Isaac makes a series of horrific...
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- 5/5/2021
- Screen Anarchy
It has been announced that Damian Mc Carthy's feature debut, Caveat, will be released on June 3rd on Shudder in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand:
"Shudder, the premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, is delighted to announce that Damian Mc Carthy’s feature debut, the unnerving cat and mouse thriller Caveat, will be released exclusively on Shudder on June 3, 2021. Filmed in Cork, Ireland, Caveat is Mc Carthy’s feature debut following a string of successful short horror films.
Lone drifter Isaac (Jonathan French) accepts a job to look after his landlord's niece, Olga (Leila Sykes), for a few days in an isolated house on a remote island. It seems like easy money, but there’s a catch: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms.
Once Olga's uncle, Barrett (Ben Caplan) leaves the two of them alone,...
"Shudder, the premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, is delighted to announce that Damian Mc Carthy’s feature debut, the unnerving cat and mouse thriller Caveat, will be released exclusively on Shudder on June 3, 2021. Filmed in Cork, Ireland, Caveat is Mc Carthy’s feature debut following a string of successful short horror films.
Lone drifter Isaac (Jonathan French) accepts a job to look after his landlord's niece, Olga (Leila Sykes), for a few days in an isolated house on a remote island. It seems like easy money, but there’s a catch: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms.
Once Olga's uncle, Barrett (Ben Caplan) leaves the two of them alone,...
- 5/4/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
In today's Horror Highlights: the motion trailer for the upcoming Dracula graphic novel, details on the acquisitions of Caveat and Bloody Hell, and an interview for Noise in the Middle!
New Motion Trailer for Legendary Comics' Dracula starring Bela Lugosi Graphic Novel: "Bram Stoker. Bela Lugosi. Two names forever bound by Dracula. And for the first time ever, Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece is being united with the definitive screen Dracula, Bela Lugosi, in Legendary Comics' all new graphic novel!
In the late 19th Century, Dracula, an ancient Transylvanian vampire, moves to England to find fresh blood and spread his evil contagion. There, he encounters two women, Lucy and Mina, who become the targets of his dark obsession. Aided by a group of brave men, Professor Van Helsing arrives on the scene to take on the Vampire Prince in the ultimate battle between the forces of light and dark!"
Creative...
New Motion Trailer for Legendary Comics' Dracula starring Bela Lugosi Graphic Novel: "Bram Stoker. Bela Lugosi. Two names forever bound by Dracula. And for the first time ever, Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece is being united with the definitive screen Dracula, Bela Lugosi, in Legendary Comics' all new graphic novel!
In the late 19th Century, Dracula, an ancient Transylvanian vampire, moves to England to find fresh blood and spread his evil contagion. There, he encounters two women, Lucy and Mina, who become the targets of his dark obsession. Aided by a group of brave men, Professor Van Helsing arrives on the scene to take on the Vampire Prince in the ultimate battle between the forces of light and dark!"
Creative...
- 10/28/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Dark Sky plans US theatrical release in early 2021.
Mpi Media Group has acquired worldwide sales right to Irish director Damian McCarthy’s Frightfest selection Caveat and will introduce the film to buyers at the virtual AFM next month.
Mpi’s US genre arm Dark Sky Films has acquired all US rights to the film, which besides the London festival also screened recently at Screamfest in Los Angeles.
McCarthy’s feature directorial debut takes place on a remote island where a man with partial memory loss accepts a job to take care of his landlord’s troubled niece.
The man must...
Mpi Media Group has acquired worldwide sales right to Irish director Damian McCarthy’s Frightfest selection Caveat and will introduce the film to buyers at the virtual AFM next month.
Mpi’s US genre arm Dark Sky Films has acquired all US rights to the film, which besides the London festival also screened recently at Screamfest in Los Angeles.
McCarthy’s feature directorial debut takes place on a remote island where a man with partial memory loss accepts a job to take care of his landlord’s troubled niece.
The man must...
- 10/27/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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