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Boys from County Hell

Synopsis

For decades, the residents of Ireland’s Six Mile Hill have traded urban legends about an ancient blood-craving ghoul that sleeps beneath their land. Bad news for the locals: A father-and-son team of pipeline workers have woken it up.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2020 - Midnight - World premiere

Details

Year
2020
Type of film
Features
Running time
90 min
Director
Chris Baugh
Producer
Brendan Mullin, Yvonne Donohoe
Executive Producer
Katie Holly, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Rian Cahill, Lesley McKimm
Screenwriter
Chris Baugh
Director of Photography
Ryan Kernaghan
Production Designer
John Leslie
Principal cast
Jack Rowan, Nigel O’Neill, Louisa Harland, Michael Hough, Fra Fee, John Lynch

Genre

Horror Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, Ireland co-production

A Six Mile Hill Productions (UK), Blinder Films (IE) production with support from Media Finance Capital (UK), Northern Ireland Screen (UK), Screen Ireland (IE)

Six Mile Hill Productions

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