Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
A man who suspects his wife is cheating on him begins having nightmarish visions of an evil presence that he believes inhabits his house.
The Canal is a competent Irish psychological horror that blends domestic paranoia with supernatural dread. Its cinematography stands out, using archival footage and unsettling visual textures to create a genuinely oppressive atmosphere. The plot is serviceable but leans on familiar haunted-by-past-evil territory without doing much new with it. Acting is solid if unremarkable, with Rupert Evans carrying the lead adequately. The ending attempts ambiguity between psychological breakdown and genuine supernatural horror, a choice that feels somewhat expected for the genre rather than revelatory.