This Irish/Scottish occult film is trying to imply a mysticism much larger than the film, but as often occurs, they do so by intentionally confusing the audience. And then there's a directorial mistake that gives away part of the big mystery early in the film. Still, the story is sound and it would make a solid rental.
Outcast
2010, 93 minutes, directed by Colm McCarthy
I'll note what I think was the big mistake in a comment.
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Read on for a vague spoiler.
The character of the beast is introduced early, but the big mystery of the film is the beast's identity. Is the beast one of the characters or a non-yet introduced third party?
Unfortunately the director chose to use a sterotypical pose in scenes that portray the beast transforming in some way - the humped over back spasms from behind shot. This clearly gave away that one key person was not the beast, due to the lack of a noticeable tattoo. That pretty much gave it away to me, making the rest of the film totally predictable.
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