The Hallow

The Hallow
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCorin Hardy
Written by
  • Corin Hardy
  • Felipe Marino
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMartijn Van Broekhuizen
Edited byNick Emerson
Music byJames Gosling
Production
companies
Distributed byEntertainment One
Release dates
  • 25 January 2015 (2015-01-25) (Sundance)
  • 10 July 2015 (2015-07-10) (United Kingdom)
Running time
97 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

The Hallow (originally titled The Woods) is a 2015 supernatural horror film directed by Corin Hardy, written by Hardy and Felipe Marino, and starring Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, and Michael Smiley. It is a British-Irish co-production filmed in Ireland. It premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on 25 January 2015.

In the film a conservationist and his family visit an isolated village in Ireland, because he wants to explore a nearby forest. Local legend suggests that the forest is inhabited by hostile fairies, and the family is soon attacked by these fairies.