Oddity Interview: Your Next Creepy Horror Obsession Is The Wooden Man

Sure, we’ve seen our fair share of horror movies with haunted objects in them, like in The Conjuring franchise, but filmmaker Damian Mc Carthy is carving out a unique and very special place for himself in that sub-genre via an especially deft hand when crafting them, one that gives his movies an unmatched and highly refreshing texture and elegance.
Mc Carthy’s second feature film as a director is Oddity. It stars Carolyn Bracken as Darcy, a psychic and collector of cursed objects. A year after her twin sister, Dani (Bracken), is brutally murdered, Darcy opts to visit the scene of the crime - a home Dani’s husband (Gwilym Lee) now shares with his new girlfriend, Yana (Caroline Menton). With the help of an eerie wooden mannequin, Darcy sets out to uncover the truth about Dani’s death.
While in Austin for Oddity’s world premiere at the SXSW film festival, Bracken, Lee, and Mc Carthy all visited the Collider Interview studio to discuss their experience bringing the story to screen.
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[@Lilboozibert]

This movie was so good! So beautiful, creative, creepy.

[@thefilmsofjohngreenwood9380]

This is a beautifully crafted horror movie. Besides being effectively creepy, it is also extremely stylish. Every shot is beautifully composed (there is a kind of Italian sensibility to some of the shots). And talking of Italian, the character of blind Darcy reminded me a bit of Emily in The Beyond. The cast were superb, especially Carolyn Bracken who was absolutely bewitching. There was also a bit of an old school vibe, the scene in the cursed antiques shop reminded me of an Amicus movie. Damian McCarthy is a fierce new talent and this is a brilliantly original horror movie and is my best film of the year so far.

[@NotMyGumDropButtons.444]

This movie redefined creepy. Well acted well shot. I really enjoyed it.

[@devinegravity57]

Consider how low budget and a few casts that were involved in the movie, but I believe there is quite an amazing team behind the cameras making all this possible. Very good movie indeed

[@SYC710]

Just finished watching the movie. Been a long time did not see any good horror films. But this one really was a good one. I liked it. The storyline, acting, cinematography everything was good enough but they could add a few more horror scenes in it. I thought that was the only thing that left behind.