In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
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Credits: TheMovieDb.

Film Cast:

• Thomas Richardson: Dan Stevens
• Malcolm Howe: Michael Sheen
• Andrea: Lucy Boynton
• Quinn: Mark Lewis Jones
• Jeremy: Bill Milner
• Ffion: Kristine Frøseth
• Frank: Paul Higgins
• Charles: Richard Elfyn
• Elaine: Catrin Aaron
• Lonely Passenger: John Weldon
• Suspicious Passenger: Ross O’Hennessy
• Man #1: Gareth Pierce
• Man #2: Rhys Meredith
• Man #3: John Norton
• Bell Ringer: Ioan Hefin
• Innkeeper: Rhian Morgan
• Townsman: Owain Gwynn
• Her: Sharon Morgan
• The Grinder: Sebastian McCheyne
• Bar Keeper: Gareth John Bale
• Jennifer: Elen Rhys
• Townsmen Guard: Spencer Booth
• Townsmen Guard: Toby Brierley
• Townsmen Guard: Alekss Dudins
• Townsmen Guard: Michael Gleeson
• Townsmen Guard: Paul James
• Townsmen Guard: Craig Jenkins
• Townsmen Guard: Lex Lamprey
• Townsmen Guard: Daryl Matthews
• Townsmen Guard: Stuart McNeil
• Townsmen Guard: Dan Ward
• Townsmen Guard: Rhys Wilton
• Doctor: Fergus Dignam
• New Arrival (uncredited): Helena Dennis
• Sinead (uncredited): Annes Elwy
• Harry’s Guard (uncredited): Juke Hardy
• Samantha Howe (uncredited): Samantha E. Hunt
• New Arrival (uncredited): Pino Maiello
• New Arrival (uncredited): Phillip Roy

Film Crew:

• Stunt Coordinator: Peter Pedrero
• Stunt Double: Lucy Allen
• ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves
• Stunt Coordinator: Lee Sheward
• Other: Jude Poyer
• Electrician: Matt Wilson
• Storyboard Artist: Chris Forster
• Other: Gareth Evans
• Director of Photography: Matt Flannery
• Executive Producer: Nick Spicer
• Producer: Aram Tertzakian
• Stunt Double: Marcus Shakesheff
• Executive Producer: Nate Bolotin
• Producer: Ed Talfan
• Sound Designer: Aria Prayogi
• Sound Designer: Fajar Yuskemal
• Digital Compositor: Jonathan Harris
• Driver: Jamie Smith
• Stunts: Leon Sua
• Stand In: Stuart Matthews
• Costume Supervisor: Amy Clarke
• Stunts: Russell MacLeod
• Stunts: David Cheung
• Sound Effects Editor: Simon Gershon
• Still Photographer: Warren Orchard
• Camera Operator: Martin Stephens
• Casting: Louise Cross
• ADR Editor: Stuart McCowan
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Paul McFadden
• ADR Mixer: Derrek Jones
• Costume Design: Jane Spicer
• Additional Grip: Bobby Williams
• Line Producer: Meinir Stoutt
• Libra Head Technician: Darren Bailey
• Music Supervisor: Iain Cooke
• Visual Effects Producer: Peter Rogers
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Christian Lett
• Best Boy Electric: Andy Gardner
• Makeup Artist: Juliet Ireland
• Assistant Grip: Sion Woodman
• Stunt Driver: Mike Wilson
• Special Effects Supervisor: Tom Harris
• Sound Effects Editor: Jon Salmon-Joyce
• Key Grip: Dai Hopkins
• Catering: Harry Smith
• Stunts: Ian Kay
• Other: Andrei Nazarenko
• Floor Runner: Natalia Alexeeva
• Third Assistant Director: Alex Williams
• Sound Assistant: Matt Jones
• Gaffer: Peter Chester
• Stunt Double: James O’Daly
• Foley Editor: Nathan Palmer
• Post Production Accountant: Sam Scowcroft
• Electrician: Simon Tanner
• Electrician: Mark Day
• Stunt Coordinator: Seon Rogers
• Compositor: Nic Hodgkinson
• Set Decoration: Sue Jackson-Potter
• Prosthetic Designer: Conal Palmer
• Second Assistant Director: Arizona Eastwood
• Animal Wrangler: Dylan Jones
• 3D Generalist: Jonathan Wannyn
• Stunt Double: Elaine Ford
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Andi Novianto
• First Assistant “A” Camera: Wahyudi Fouriestia
• Digital Compositor: Ines Boneca
• Matte Painter: Dimitri Delacovias
• Digital Imaging Technician: Phil Humphries
• Art Direction: Carwyn Evans
• Supervising Art Director: Ceinwen Wilkinson
• Production Design: Tom Pearce
• Production Manager: Anna Evans
• Second Assistant “B” Camera: Max Friswell
• Other: Callum Macdermott
• Makeup Artist: Inma Azorin
• Special Effects Assistant: Joe White
• Electrician: Andrew Williams
• Visual Effects Technical Director: Joe Thornley
• Location Manager: Tom Guy
• Location Manager: Gareth Skelding
• Boom Operator: Joe Malone
• Music Arranger: Victoria Ashfield
• Music Supervisor: Samuel Barnes
• Music Arranger: Benjamin Talbott
• Colorist: Matt Mullins
• Art Direction: Dave Tremlett
• Electrician: Anthony Prendergast
• Electrician: Gareth Sheldon
• Special Effects Coordinator: Will Howden
• Armorer: Steve Cawood
• Foley Mixer: Jamie Talbutt
• Stunts: Chris Waite
• Music Producer: John Hardy
• First Assistant “B” Camera: Jonathan Vidgen
• Propmaker: David Petersen
• Props: Tom Belton
• CG Artist: Santeri Holm
• Compositor: Paul Vorsman
• Stunt Double: Rubie Planson
• Stunts: Pablo Casillas
• Makeup Designer: Claire Williams
• First Assistant Camera: Charlie Cowper
• Special Effects Assistant: Emily Fisher
• Props: Craig Stoutt
• Production Secretary: Ruby Jennick
• Floor Runner: Kieran Hayhow
• Unit Manager: Rhys Griffiths
• Location Assistant: Gareth Roberts
• Standby Art Director: Cai Dyfan
• Property Master: Paul Aitken
• On Set Dresser: Martin Broadbent
• Script Supervisor: Ceri Evans-Cooper
• Set Decoration Buyer: Helen O’Leary
• Assistant Grip: Elliot Sebestyen Regan
• Compositor: Anthony Williams
• Visual Effects Technical Director: Daniel Wood
• Electrician: Bob Milton
• Post Production Assistant: Derwena Burt
• Makeup Supervisor: Kate Roberts
• Production Coordinator: Lyndzi Doyle
• 3D Generalist: Rupert Thorpe
• Lighting Artist: Jamie R. Stewart
• Additional Editor: Sarah Jones
• “B” Camera Operator: Paul Andrew
• Visual Effects Production Assistant: Ponco Trilaksono
• Musician: Prima Muchlisin
• Makeup Artist: Sarah Davies
• Digital Imaging Technician: Danu Prasodo
• Visual Effects Production Manager: Lucy Lawson-Duckett
• Visual Effects Art Director: Llyr Williams
• Compositor: Alasdair Wynn
• First Assistant Director: Lloyd Elis
• Second Assistant Director: Barry Phillips
• Stand In: Matt Rohman
• Stunt Double: Andy Taylor
• Other: Gibson Remick
• Other: Craig Miller
• Draughtsman: Dafydd Sion Jones Davies
• On Set Dresser: Eirwyn Thomas
• Standby Property Master: Trystan Howell
• Assistant Property Master: Angharad Gwynant
• Props: Glyn Langham
• Props: Rory Armstrong
• Propmaker: Byron Llewellyn Braddick
• Propmaker: Tanwen Polly Wilkinson
• Construction Foreman: Huw Pearce
• Props: Jayne Davies
• Greensman: Huw “Eddie” Mulcock
• Greensman: Simon Chamberlain
• Art Department Trainee: Jack Trewin
• Propmaker: Emma Jones
• Propmaker: Mervyn Wallace
• Propmaker: Toby Petersen
• Clearances Coordinator: Debbie Banbury
• Second Assistant “A” Camera: Gethin Williams
• Camera Trainee: Dan Patounas
• Camera Trainee: Cai Stephens
• Production Sound Mixer: Jon Thomas
• Boom Operator: Patrick O’Boyle
• Gaffer: Mark Hutchins
• Rigging Gaffer: Steve Guy
• Electrician: Andrew Green
• Electrician: Rory Grey
• Key Grip: John Robinson
• Grip: Sean Cronin
• Assistant Grip: Matt Hains
• Standby Rigger: Colin Toms
• Standby Rigger: Ellis Wyn Jones
• Costume Standby: Beth Johnson
• Costume Standby: Andi Mear
• Wardrobe Master: Jessica Currie
• Textile Artist: Liv Mutton
• Textile Artist: Rosie Flood
• Makeup Artist: Laura Beard
• Makeup Artist: Franziska Roesslhuber
• Makeup Trainee: Katy Brown
• Assistant Production Coordinator: Charlotte Cox
• Producer’s Assistant: Lottie Butcher
• Production Runner: Gwion Ynyr Roberts
• Floor Runner: Charles Campbell
• Floor Runner: James King
• Floor Runner: Catrin Lloyd Thomas
• Floor Runner: Elisa John
• Production Accountant: Laurence Parker
• First Assistant Accountant: Debi Griffiths
• Second Assistant Accountant: Kate Barber Williams
• Post Production Accountant: Rose Wasdell
• Location Assistant: Alex Moore
• Special Effects Supervisor: Jim Beagley
• Special Effects Technician: Elliot Cook
• Special Effects Technician: Peter Wier
• Special Effects Coordinator: Sarah Frazer
• Special Effects Assistant: Tom Locke
• Special Effects Assistant: Oliver Darwin
• Transportation Captain: Paul Davies
• Driver: David Map
• Driver: David Bona
• Driver: Mark Murray
• Other: Arthur J. Gallagher
• Other: Anwen Griffiths
• Other: Nick Mahara
• Set Medic: Elin Eaton
• Other: Robert Gurney
• Other: Andy Howes
• Production Manager: Branwen Evans
• Third Assistant Director: Rhun Llewellyn
• Third Assistant Director: Chris Thomas
• Floor Runner: Simone Holst Jensen
• Floor Runner: James Lee
• Continuity: Leon Williams
• First Assistant Camera: Shirley Schumacher
• First Assistant Camera: Elhein de Wet
• Second Assistant Camera: Katy Kardasz
• Second Assistant Camera: Kristian Roosmalen
• Camera Trainee: Aaron Champion
• Camera Trainee: Ben Linehan
• Camera Trainee: Conor Travis-Hunter
• Data Wrangler: Niall Todd
• Sound Mixer: Richard Brooks
• Sound Mixer: Gareth Meirion Thomas
• Boom Operator: Mark Elson
• Electrician: Llyr Evans
• Additional Grip: Jac Hopkins
• Assistant Grip: Gruff Roberts
• Assistant Grip: Bob Hatcher
• Lighting Technician: James Folly
• Lighting Technician: Neil Folly
• Standby Art Director: Silas Williams
• Props: Ryan Milton
• Post Production Supervisor: John Myers
• Other: Laura Perrin
• ADR Mixer: Maxine Potvin
• Digital Compositor: Lamone Waraweki
• Digital Compositor: Sugeng Shohib
• Digital Compositor: Arif Rismawan
• Digital Compositor: Puji Riyanto
• Matte Painter: Samsani Budianto
• Matte Painter: Dewi Risma Hardani
• Matte Painter: Andika Heriawan
• Matte Painter: Yani Setia Utami
• Rotoscoping Artist: Muhana
• Rotoscoping Artist: Wibawanto
• Rotoscoping Artist: Didik Triyuana
• Rotoscoping Artist: Arianto Susilo
• Rotoscoping Artist: Dodi Hermawan
• Rotoscoping Artist: Sandi Susilo
• Rotoscoping Artist: Elly Nazar
• Rotoscoping Artist: Arif Hilman
• Visual Effects Producer: Rachel Webb
• 3D Generalist: Dan Newlands
• 3D Generalist: Clement Poulain
• CG Artist: Adrian Hanslien
• Visual Effects Technical Director: Alejandro “Pazuzu” Echeverry
• Matchmove Supervisor: Will Phillips
• Matte Painter: David Swift
• Compositor: Daniel Mendez
• Compositor: Alesja Surubkina
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Molly Stracy
• Systems Administrators & Support: Fadzwa “Toffee” Mushawasha
• Vocals: Wandiati Yorania Souisa
• Vocals: Dea Rosa
• Vocals: Felicia Ellora
• Vocals: Aloysia Wisye Bwariat
• Vocals: Jeremiah Purwoto
• Vocals: Antonius Halawa
• Vocals: David Hartono Chendra
• Vocals: Melky A. Dethan
• Vocals: Abdul Malik Syadri
• Vocals: Aditya Pratama
• Musician: Fafan Isfandiar
• Musician: Danny Artyasantyo Ligias Baskoro
• Musician: Eko Yuliantoro
• Musician: Andy Amrullah
• Musician: Janu Hari Nugroho
• Musician: Ahmad Ramadhan
• Musician: Rd. Bagus Retoridka
• Musician: Dwi Ari Ramlan
• Musician: Dani Kurnia Ramadhan
• Musician: Nanda Wastu Arma Putra
• Musician: Adinugroho

Movie Reviews:

• John Smith: This movie is anti-Christian. Look at the inverted cross in the name itself. It has an agenda – it’s not just a movie. Do not watch it, do not let your close ones watch it either.

  There are many more other good horror flicks out there who can do it without demonising religion (and not any or all religion, it specifically targets Christians).

• Gimly: I think far too many movies that go for a similar vibe to _Apostle_ aren’t willing to take that very important step into actually embracing your supernatural/fantasy/gothic elements. _Apostle_ on the other hand, goes full hog saying “fuck that”, and in turn I’m saying “Please sir, may I have some more.”

  _Final rating:★★★½ – I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._

• Wuchak: ***Mysterious first half devolves into muddled half-baked horror cheese***

  A man in 1905 Wales (Dan Stevens) goes undercover as a member of a weirdo cult to save his captive sister on an isolated island.

  “Apostle” (2018) has a similar plot to “The Wicker Man” (1973/2006) and a setting akin to “The Village” (2004) and “The Ritual” (2017), but it’s the least of these.

  The first half is a decent set-up; a little dull, but nice and mysterious with a fantastic setting and village set. Unfortunately, the second half devolves into half-baked horror cheese with a couple of random torture scenes to supposedly keep things “exciting.”

  I was shocked at how bad the second half was — bad flow, no finesse, ill-conceived, lack of consistency, too ambiguous — just lousy wannabe-horror filmmaking. It’s like the director needed 20 more minutes to properly tell the story, but was pressured to keep the movie as close to 2 hours as he could and so clumsily forced the footage in the second half together.

  Nevertheless, the movie’s provocative upon reflection, particularly its commentary on human-made hybrid religions and the potential for corruption and abuse thereof. Think Jeroboam’s syncretic religion when the northern kingdom of Israel broke from Judah; he concocted two golden calf idols and appointed illegitimate “priests.” It was influenced by Judaism and featured some of its trappings, but left out the most important part (God).

  The film runs 2 hours, 10 minutes and was shot in Wales. I would like to see a “Director’s Cut” that runs at least 2.5 hours with all the expository footage that was unfortunately left on the cutting room floor.

  GRADE: C (First half B- / Second half D)