Directed by Robert Wynne-Simmons • Drama • With Cyril Cusack, Mary Ryan • 1982 • 106 minutes
A major rediscovery for fans of folklore, fantasy and folk horror, the long-lost Irish film THE OUTCASTS was directed by Robert Wynne-Simmons, famed for writing on BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW. THE OUTCASTS plays like an ancient ballad somehow captured on film, filled with the sorcery of earth and woods, musicians hooded in pagan straw masks and skirts, prejudice, myth, religion and yes, ghosts.
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