Chronically agoraphobic since the day his wife was murdered, Tommy Cowley finds himself terrorized by a gang of syringe-wielding feral children, who are intent on taking his baby daughter. Upon discovering the nightmarish truth surrounding these hooded children, he learns that to be free of his fears, he must finally face the demons of his past and enter the one place he fears the most - the abandoned tower block, known as the Citadel.
Acting
Barnard's full-body terror—his hands literally shake for 85 minutes.
Direction
Foy shot in actual condemned Glasgow tower blocks.
Sound
Children's whispered taunts designed to trigger specific phobias.
Director
Ciarán Foy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Foy based this on his own childhood mugging in a Glasgow scheme; he developed PTSD and couldn't leave his flat for months.
The feral kids' hoodies were intentionally designed to evoke both contemporary 'chav' panic and medieval plague doctors.
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