Frewaka is an Irish folk horror film directed and written by Aislinn Clarke, and here are all the details about the film that you need to know ahead of its upcoming release.
Synopsis
Frewaka follows home care worker Shoo, who is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman who fears the neighbors as much as she fears the Na Sídhe — sinister entities who she believes abducted her decades before. As the two develop a strangely deep connection, Shoo is consumed by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors from her own past.
About The Film
Director and writer Aislinn Clarke has this to say about the film:
I decided pretty early on that I wanted to tell a story from the perspective of two Irish women who have their own huge inherited traumas. That said, I didn’t want to perpetuate any expectation about gender norms in particular. But this is also my own experience of women in Ireland.To me, Peig feels really much like a person I know, who is kind of spiky and funny. A lot of Irish women are very polite in public but, internally, they are screaming, they are funny, irreverent and sometimes rude and it is so refreshing. I didn’t want to perpetuate the idea of a polite old woman, she’s absolutely not like that and it’s not her job to be so. The idea was to be truthful to the characters, that I can believe in them.
Emily Gotto, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Production at Shudder had this to say:
We’re honored to give Fréwaka, the first-ever Irish language horror film, an international platform on Shudder.
With this twist on a traditional haunted house, Aislinn skillfully delivers a bold, provocative, deeply emotional and menacing film that weaves folk horror within an impactful investigation of generational trauma.
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Director and Cast
The film is written and directed by Aislinn Clarke, and the cast includes Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain and Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya.
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Streaming Release Date
The film is set to be released on Shudder from April 25th, 2025.
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