Shudder has shared a poster and trailer for the Irish folk horror Fréwaka ahead of its arrival on the streamer next month.
Written and directed by Aislinn Clarke, the film follows Shoo (Clare Monnelly), a nursing student plagued from past trauma, who finds herself caring for an elderly patient haunted by own experiences of her time spent in a Catholic asylum.
Joining Monnelly in the cast are Bríd Ní Neachtain and Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya. Check out the trailer below…
Nursing student Shoo takes a placement in a remote Irish village to care for Peig a reclusive, elderly woman who lives in fear, haunted by her experiences in a Catholic asylum… only to find her own troubled past catching up with her.
Fréwaka arrives on Shudder on April 25th.
