{"id":713825,"date":"2026-01-22T20:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/713825\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:45:12","slug":"the-morrigan-trailer-deep-blue-sea-star-saffron-burrows-faces-an-ancient-evil-in-folk-horror-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/713825\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Morrigan&#8217; Trailer &#8211; &#8216;Deep Blue Sea&#8217; Star Saffron Burrows Faces an Ancient Evil in Folk Horror Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the mists of legends, a vengeful war goddess emerges in the trailer for <strong>The Morrigan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish horror film will be released on Digital <strong>February 3<\/strong> via Bloody Disgusting\u2019s parent company, Cineverse.<\/p>\n<p>It follows an archaeologist specializing in Gaelic mythology who travels with her rebellious teenage daughter to a remote region of Ireland. The two are forced to fight for their lives as a vengeful pagan war goddess known as The Morrigan is released from her tomb.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saffron Burrows<\/strong> (Deep Blue Sea), <strong>James Cosmo<\/strong> (Braveheart), <strong>Emily Flain<\/strong>,<strong> Art Parkinson<\/strong> (\u201cGame of Thrones\u201d), and <strong>Toby Stephens<\/strong> (Die Another Day) star.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colum Eastwood<\/strong> writes and directs, expanding on his 2015 short of the same name. Ashley Holberry and Gavin Cosmo Mehrtens of Cowboy Cosmonaut produce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis film is deeply personal to me, drawing on the stories and landscapes I grew up with,\u201d says Eastwood. \u201cSeeing The Morrigan find a home with Cineverse is incredibly gratifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AMP will be representing the film for international sales at the European Film Market in Berlin next month.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3930450\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/movie\/3930449\/the-morrigan-trailer-deep-blue-sea-star-saffron-burrows-faces-an-ancient-evil-in-folk-horror-film\/attachment\/morrigan-poster\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/morrigan-poster.jpg?fit=880%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"880,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"morrigan-poster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/morrigan-poster.jpg?fit=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloody-disgusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/morrigan-poster.jpg?fit=704%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3930450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/morrigan-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"1076\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From the mists of legends, a vengeful war goddess emerges in the trailer for The Morrigan. 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