Isolation

Isolation (2005)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 35% of users liked it
    (2,691 ratings)

An experiment in bovine genetic modification goes horrifically wrong in writer/director Billy O'Brien's debut feature, Isolation. John Lynch stars as Dan a cattle farmer on the remote Irish countryside, whose ex, Orla (Essie Davis of the Matrix films), a veterinarian, has convinced him to… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Billy O'Brien
Genres
Horror
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Mar 17, 2006 Wide
First Look Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Joe Leydon, Variety

    Novice writer-director Billy O'Brien brings a seriousness of purpose and a modicum of showmanship to the task of serving generic B-movie cheese in Isolation

  • Steve Biodrowski, ESplatter

    Working from a rather inauspicious premise ... writer-director Billy O'Brien conjures a remarkable genre achievement: a somber, sad, and absolutely convincing film that is also genuinely terrifying.

  • Anton Bitel, Film4

    even the disc's menus are creepy.

  • Anton Bitel, Film4

    Isolation is a claustrophobic, increasingly icky chiller that is just as horrifying for its underlying ideas as for the more visceral shocks that it presents on screen.

  • Staci Layne Wilson, About.com

    Taking itself far too seriously and nearly devoid of suspense, Isolation gets kudos for a nice try... but I can't recommend it.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    Isolation is everything that a low budget horror/thriller should be. It is atmospheric, it is intense, it is mysterious and it is original. Although it may seem ridiculous it never feels unbelievable. It's very well acted by a competent cast, never over the top and is very… More

  • Randy T


    A bloody confluence of <i>Alien</i> and <i>Old McDonald Had A Farm</i>.

  • Cynthia S


    A decent Irish chiller clearly inspired by "Its Alive" and "Alien". I enjoyed the earlier stages more. Isolation here lives up to its name -- the dilapidated and perpetually dark cattle farm, the cows in gruesome distress, and messy bloody trauma scenes. Alas, for… More

  • Dean !


    A very low budget horror set in Ireland on a farm. Very much like the Thing but on a much smaller scale. Great for a low budget indie film. Slow to start but the second half of the film is quite creepy.

  • A.D. V


    Good old-fashioned monster film from Ireland (with nods to Alien and The Thing) about man's continued meddeling with mother nature--this time cows and wind up with a genetic mutation that looks like something out of the imaginaton of HP Lovecraft as it has no discernable shape or… More

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