Originally published September 7, 2021. Updated September 8, 2021.
Darkland Distribution has shared a poster and trailer for the British horror Shepherd, which has just been announced as part of the Official Selection at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival 2021.
Written and directed by Russell Owen, the film stars Tom Hughes as a man who takes a job as a shepherd on a weather-beaten island following the mysterious death of his wife, where he finds himself terrorised by a vengeful supernatural force; watch the trailer below…
Running from grief after the mysterious death of his wife, Eric Black takes a job as a shepherd. Trapped alone on a majestic weather-beaten island with an ominous secret. One man’s sudden, spiralling madness meets a vengeful supernatural force. What starts as the perfect wind-swept escape becomes a race to save his sanity and his life.
Shepherd arrives in UK cinemas on November 5th and features a cast that includes Tom Hughes, Kate Dickie, Gaia Weiss, and Greta Scacchi.
