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What emerges is thoughtful and deeply humane, whilst retaining that sense of otherness essential to folkloric tales.

Haziness and lack of bite and depth eventually lead to the film's downfall.

A proper little indie with a lot of heart and inspiration

Lace Crater shows no more respect for genre than it does for the (meta)physics of ghost sex, and this is one of its strengths.

This film really touches you, in a way that isn't anywhere near as mawkish as that may sound.

Keating is a master of building up atmosphere and is much more interested in that than in conventional plot mechanics.

Director Parker excels at misdirection but risks losing audience interest in the process.

A sort of naturalistic, unsentimental Brief Encounter.

Gene Jones makes one of the most enigmatic and appalling cult leaders you'll ever see.

The plot may be clear and the tonal shifts from comedy to erotica and horror impressively handled but the character motivations are frustratingly fuzzy.

The movie hits some nasty sweet spots but also falls foul of numerous genre cliches, both old and new.

For better and worse the majority of the action is dominated by Step Up 3D wonder-woman Sharni Vinson, an impressive physical presence as Erin but not exactly the world's greatest actress.