Oddity

While the story of Oddity is a fascinating one, it is less the tale itself than the particular way McCarthy chooses to tell it that renders it one of the year’s best horror movies

Irish director Damian Mc Carthy shows great skill in creating uncanny atmosphere with an elegantly constructed tale that combines supernatural chills and violent revenge in the EC Comics tradition.

This "Oddity" hides mysteries that are worth delving into. [Full review in Spanish]

Mc Carthy uses the single settings of his films with sensitivity and creativity.

Coolly executed and seductively simple, “Oddity,” the second feature from Damian McCarthy, is a fun, back-to-basics supernatural thriller that cares more about making us jump than making us cringe.

Alfred Hitchcock would have been proud to put his name on this lean and unsettling thriller, and it’s a triumph for its relatively new writer-director, Ireland’s Damian McCarthy.

The sense of unease Mc Carthy creates has no equal. It's his effective filmmaking - unnerving framing, sense of claustrophobia and timing that really pays off. His playing with the expectations of the audiences provide many spine tingling moments.

'Oddity' is an old-school supplement to this year's great harvest of terror... [Full review in Spanish]

Expertly tight filmmaking that leaves you holding your breath without realizing it, backed by a winding yet gripping story that you can’t afford to miss the end to.

Even when one knows what’s coming during repeat viewings, Mc Carthy manages to consistently startle and shock. ... Oddity is the scariest movie of the year.