An Irish-Swedish co-production with locations in rural Donegal and studio-work in southern Sweden, Wake Wood is an atmospheric horror movie about grief and its consequences. A pharmacist (Eva Birthistle) and a veterinarian (Aidan Gillen), grieving after the death of their eight-year-old daughter who's been killed by a mad dog, move to an idyllic area of the countryside, where the husband joins the practice of an avuncular, middle-age vet (Timothy Spall). But beneath the innocent, All Creatures Great and Small surface there lurks a devilish cult involving bloody rituals and the temporary resurrection of the dead. The film cleverly brings together WW Jacobs's celebrated short story The Monkey's Paw with The Wicker Man, and it's both touching and scary.