Citadel
After Tommy Cowley's wife was died by a hooded ruthless team, he always is obsessed. A kind priest helps him to prevent that heartless team from capturing his lovely daughter.
24 May 1948, Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
8 May 1987, Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, UK
1953, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
31 July 1986, Zaria, Nigeria
September 30, 2013
A familiar story of sinister creature frights and psychological horror gets a little boost from a gloomy mood of urban decay and isolation.
December 06, 2012
This is a basic story, simply and directly told by Irish writer-director Ciaran Foy.
November 15, 2012
A bare-bones man-against-his-worst-fears white knuckler, shot through deep, menacing shadows.
July 15, 2013
The film's pretty repugnant if taken as social commentary, but plays with contemporary fears and anxieties incredibly effectively.
August 24, 2015
Another quietly effective horror story from the Emerald Isle.
July 09, 2013
Despite its defiantly un-PC 'fear-a-hoodie' message, the film nails its urban setting, filling every frame with a richly sustained sense of despair, decay and dread.
November 16, 2012
It's all rather nausea-inducing and a bit frightening - not the film (I can only wish) but its subtextual message.
August 21, 2015
Citadel slowly-but-surely squanders a promising opening to become a rather interminable thriller that feels endless even at 84 minutes.
July 12, 2013
[A] confused, mostly clunky, but occasionally involving, low-budget horror/thriller ...
November 15, 2012
While Foy's efforts to create his own distinct modern urban mythos are ambitious, the result isn't entirely satisfying.
July 12, 2013
Despite being innovatively directed and punchily edited, as a genre piece this is lacking in depth and genuine dread.
November 15, 2012
"Citadel" attempts to transform mundane anxieties into the stuff of a horror film. But the initial tension of the premise dissipates like a slow leak.
