A Dark Song

Sophia Howard rents an isolated house in the countryside, paying extra so that no one asks questions. Her only company there is Joseph Solomon, an occultist she has hired to guide her through an elaborate ritual meant to let her speak with her dead son. He initially refuses, then agrees once he learns what she has lost. The rite demands that the pair seal themselves inside the house for months and see it through, whatever happens. A Dark Song is a 2016 British and Irish horror mystery directed and written by Liam Gavin, and produced by David Collins, Tim Dennison and Cormac Fox. Catherine Walker plays Sophia, Steve Oram plays Joseph, and Mark Huberman, Susan Loughnane, Nathan Vos and Martina Nunvarova appear in supporting roles.

The film runs 100 minutes. On IMDb it holds 6.2 out of 10 from roughly 25,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.3 out of 10 from about 600 votes, so audiences are broadly positive but not enthusiastic. A critics' rating of 7.3 out of 10 from 44 reviews places professional assessments noticeably above viewer scores.