
The latest in a new wave of impressive Irish horror films, this has a devilishly simple set-up - a woman in a hospital bed versus an unknown evil - and steadily ratchets the tension until it is almost unbearable.
Horror film heroine par excellence Shauna Macdonald really shines here as Dana, proving a formidable on-screen presence despite spending the majority of the running time being trapped in her hospital bed; while superstar comedian Ross Noble returns to horror genre after his turn in Stitches, providing some much needed comic relief as a nurse’s aid.
Blending elements of Paranormal Activity, and the hospital-set Halloween 2, with a ghoulish creature that wouldn’t look out of place in The Descent (the horror classic starring Macdonald) debut director Dennis Bartok delivers an ingenious, throat-grabbing chiller that provides so many jolts it should come with a general anaesthetic.
NAILS is released to select UK and Irish cinemas 16th June.
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