{"id":252827,"date":"2026-01-23T02:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/252827\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T02:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:48:09","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.newsbeep.com\/il\/252827\/","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 The Morrigan.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish horror film will be released on Digital February 3 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>Saffron Burrows (Deep Blue Sea), James Cosmo (Braveheart), Emily Flain, Art Parkinson (\u201cGame of Thrones\u201d), and Toby Stephens (Die Another Day) star.<\/p>\n<p>Colum Eastwood 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><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.newsbeep.com\/il\/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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