
The year is 1905. Thomas Richardson travels to a remote island to rescue his sister after she's kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult demanding a ransom for her safe return. It soon becomes clear that the cult will regret the day it baited this man, as he digs deeper and deeper into the secrets and lies upon which the commune is built.... (Full plot summary below)
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The year is 1905. Thomas Richardson travels to a remote island to rescue his sister after she's kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult demanding a ransom for her safe return. It soon becomes clear that the cult will regret the day it baited this man, as he digs deeper and deeper into the secrets and lies upon which the commune is built.
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| Discussing FilmBen Rolphthe brutality Evans uses so frequently is portrayed in such a gut-wrenching way that you can't help but squeal |
| SlashfilmMarisa MirabalEvans serves up a wicked thriller with piercing visuals and a slight spin to the cult horror genre that perhaps unlike religion, I doubt viewers will want to abandon. |
| Battleship PretensionRita CannonMuch like the cult it depicts, Apostle has a lot of powerful forces at its disposal, but can't seem to marshal those forces well enough to define its goals, much less achieve them. |
| CBRJustin JonesThe first hour or so builds to a nightmare of a conclusion, but it takes a far too convoluted path to get there. |
| Bloody DisgustingMeagan NavarroEvans departs from his usual action fare to weave a gripping story centered around unique Pagan-like mythology steeped in blood and sacrifice. It's folk horror, but with a new level of brutality and viscera unlike most of its ilk. |
| Den of GeekDelia HarringtonWhile some aspects of the story practically jump out at you, most of the secrets of the island will keep you guessing well past the two-thirds mark of the film. |
| NewsweekAndrew WhalenApostle gets too bound up in the island cult it's meant to be escaping. |
| What I Watched TonightMatt HudsonWhilst it does lose its way, Apostle is still an effective and very decent mystery-horror flick. |
| GuardianCharles BramescoPolarizing yet undeniably fascinating, the bait-and-switch horror film lures its viewer into a false sense of terrified security before pouncing in an anything-goes frenzy, and Evans’s latest is a prime specimen. |
| The GateAndrew ParkerThe blood flows freely once the intensity ratchets up, but Evans never overstates his hand, with some of the film's potentially goriest moments left to the viewer's imagination. |