The Canal 2014 Watch Free in HD

Rupert Evans

9 March 1976, UK

Antonia Campbell-Hughes

1982, Northern Ireland, UK

Hannah Hoekstra

10 February 1987, Netherlands

Kelly Byrne

Steve Oram

25 August 1973, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, UK

Calum Heath

Anneke Blok

1960, Rheden, Gelderland, Netherlands

Natalie Radmall-Quirke

New York Times

Over all, the action is too cryptic, and the pedestrian dialogue doesn't help.

October 09, 2014

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Guardian

Writer-director Ivan Kavanagh and cinematographer Piers McGrail fashion something properly cinematic from their watery, nondescript locations: an overcast, portal-like towpath, and a dilapidated public loo ...

May 07, 2015

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Cairo360

A truly original horror film isn't easy to come by these days... The Canal, isn't the film that's going to change that, but it does have its positives.

April 05, 2016

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Variety

Injecting explicit imagery into an old-fashioned possession story, writer-director Ivan Kavanagh brandishes his unusual mix of styles right from the beginning.

October 13, 2014

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Radio Times

Making the most of its modest attributes and a wrenching central performance by TV regular and Hellboy veteran Rupert Evans, this Irish chiller lurches from unspoken eeriness to outright horror as it plots a familiar paranormal trajectory.

May 08, 2015

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Film Ireland Magazine

Rupert Evans' performance as David is alarming in the shift from unassuming and tender husband and father to demonic neurotic and delusional obsessive.

May 12, 2016

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Irish Times

The Canal, though reliant on atmospherics and superb sound design, looks and feels more than genre cinema than Kavanagh's earlier, freakier one.

May 10, 2015

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Village Voice

Piers McGrail's nuanced, moody cinematography brings out the best in writer-director Ivan Kavanagh's over-mannered but effectively creepy ghost story.

October 07, 2014

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La Nación (Argentina)

A film that at first seemed worthy of an heir to Lynch, Fincher or Polanski's cinema but ends up bordering on ridicule. [Full review in Spanish]

November 23, 2016

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The List

Though some of the plot doesn't entirely add up, with a few ill thought-out reveals towards the end, the sinister atmosphere is enough to keep you teetering on the edge of your seat for most of the running time.

May 04, 2015

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TheHorrorShow

A wonderfully shot, cleverly written, and subtly effective horror movie.

August 22, 2015

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Time Out

This Dublin-set horror rehashes every haunted-house trick in the book.

May 05, 2015

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