The Isle (2019) [NR]

Featuring:
Conleth Hill, Alex Hassell, Fisayo Akinade

Written by:
Matthew Butler-Hart
Tori Butler-Hart

Directed by:
Matthew Butler-Hart


Release Date:
February 8, 2019

Original Title:
The Isle

Genres:
Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Production Companies:
Cleves Media
Fizz and Ginger Films

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 96

Their song will haunt you

1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' survival story has only just started as they uncover the strange past of the once vibrant island.

Set in 1841 on a remote island off the west coast of Scotland, a heavy storm causes a merchant ship to sink. The film opens with its three survivors rowing through a thick early morning mist, lost and disorientated. The fog begins to clear and The Isle appears before them. Abandoned except for four sole residents, an old harbor man, a farmer, his niece and a young mad woman, the isle is anything but welcoming. These people clearly haven't seen anyone from the outside world for some time and their reluctance to help the sailors back to the mainland is evident. Once rested, the three men are desperate to return home but the promised boat never appears. One of the sailors starts to question what happened on the island and why the people abandoned it so quickly. Through his investigation he discovers that every year around the same date a tragedy at sea would occur and young men from the island would perish. When his two shipmates meet with fatal accidents, the myth of a ghostly siren haunting the island leads him to try and uncover the truth while he battles to save his own life and escape the clutches of the island.

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Rankings and Honors

The Isle (2019) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 4.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes 67%
Awards Won: 5 wins & 8 nominations

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