Fréwaka (2025)

Name: Fréwaka (2025)
Director: Aislinn Clarke
Released: 2025-04-25
Duration: 103 min

kroenen · Mar 19, 2025

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Title: Fréwaka (2025)

Genre: Horror

Director: Aislinn Clarke

Cast: Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Alexandra Bustryzhickaya, Clare Barrett, Charlotte Bradley, Tara Breathnach, Grace Collender, Peadar Cox, Jim Cunningham, Dorothy Duffy, Marcus Lamb, Mícheál Óg Lane, Liv O'Donoghue, Olga Wehrly

Release: 2025-04-25

Runtime: 103

Plot: Care worker Shoo, who is haunted by a personal tragedy, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman, who fears both her neighbours and the Na Sídhe – sinister folkloric entities she believes abducted her decades before.

kroenen · Mar 19, 2025

Dr.Retarded · Mar 19, 2025

Ehhhhhh..... Looks pretty generic.

I'm kind of getting tired of the female protagonist stuck in a supernatural situation out in Europe with some dark family past or whatever.

I don't mind a female protagonist for a decent horror movie as long as the story is good, but it seems that a lot of these films always have a woman at the forefront. Maybe that's because they're supposed to be more vulnerable so it becomes more scary, I don't know.

These movies just start running together though.

Vuuxo · Mar 19, 2025

If it's done by AMC+ I just pretty much write it off. They have TWD and it's 40 less than mediocre spin offs and then trash.

Void · Mar 20, 2025

Dr.Retarded said:
Ehhhhhh..... Looks pretty generic.

I'm kind of getting tired of the female protagonist stuck in a supernatural situation out in Europe with some dark family past or whatever.

I don't mind a female protagonist for a decent horror movie as long as the story is good, but it seems that a lot of these films always have a woman at the forefront. Maybe that's because they're supposed to be more vulnerable so it becomes more scary, I don't know.

These movies just start running together though.

The character is called The Final Girl for a reason.

Final Girl - TV Tropes

The simplest definition of this is "the last character left alive to confront the killer" in a Slasher Movie. The character in question tends to follow a certain set of characteristics. The most obvious one is being (almost) Always Female (Men …

tvtropes.org

tl;dr viewers won't accept a man experiencing sheer terror at the climax of the movie like they will with a woman, which would undercut the suspense and purpose of it in the first place.

Obviously there is more to it, and people often want to claim a feminist agenda or other motives, but that's the biggest reason given when someone that matters really thinks about it.

EDIT: There is even a movie called that. Not to be confused with The Final Girl of the same year.

The Final Girls (2015) ⭐ 6.5 | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

1h 31m | 14A

www.imdb.com

Dr.Retarded · Mar 20, 2025

Void said:
The character is called The Final Girl for a reason.

Final Girl - TV Tropes

The simplest definition of this is "the last character left alive to confront the killer" in a Slasher Movie. The character in question tends to follow a certain set of characteristics. The most obvious one is being (almost) Always Female (Men …

tvtropes.org

tl;dr viewers won't accept a man experiencing sheer terror at the climax of the movie like they will with a woman, which would undercut the suspense and purpose of it in the first place.

Obviously there is more to it, and people often want to claim a feminist agenda or other motives, but that's the biggest reason given when someone that matters really thinks about it.

EDIT: There is even a movie called that. Not to be confused with The Final Girl of the same year.

The Final Girls (2015) ⭐ 6.5 | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

1h 31m | 14A

www.imdb.com

Sorry, but not sorry. I'm American and didn't know what that was the translation, it just ooks like a pretty bland movie. This coming from someone who actually enjoys a lot of European independent horror films and even the good Korean stuff.

Movie just looks forgettable.

I also understand the trope of the final girl. After all it's been a thing in decades of horror films, and like you pointed out they even made it into a movie.

Void · Mar 20, 2025

Dr.Retarded said:
Sorry, but not sorry. I'm American and didn't know what that was the translation, it just ooks like a pretty bland movie. This coming from someone who actually enjoys a lot of European independent horror films and even the good Korean stuff.

Movie just looks forgettable.

I also understand the trope of the final girl. After all it's been a thing in decades of horror films, and like you pointed out they even made it into a movie.

Wait, I never said that's the translation! I was just saying that it is a trope for a reason is all, as I wasn't sure if you knew about it (clearly you do). I have no fucking clue what the title means.

Dr.Retarded · Mar 20, 2025

Void said:
Wait, I never said that's the translation! I was just saying that it is a trope for a reason is all, as I wasn't sure if you knew about it (clearly you do). I have no fucking clue what the title means.

Haha, no worries. After all, I'm retarded....

Attog · Mar 20, 2025

Synopsis makes me think of two fairly recent(ish) movies and I enjoyed both of them -- Midsommar and The Ritual.

kroenen · Mar 20, 2025

Dr.Retarded said:
Sorry, but not sorry. I'm American and didn't know what that was the translation

Void said:
Wait, I never said that's the translation! I was just saying that it is a trope for a reason is all, as I wasn't sure if you knew about it (clearly you do). I have no fucking clue what the title means.

Fréwaka is not a real Irish (Gaeilge) word but seems to be a phonetic adaptation of Fréamhacha for international audiences. It might have been chosen because it is easier for non-Irish speakers to read and pronounce. So, for the Irish release, they used the authentic Irish word Fréamhacha, which translates to 'roots.'

Attog · Mar 20, 2025

kroenen said:
Fréwaka is not a real Irish (Gaeilge) word but seems to be a phonetic adaptation of Fréamhacha for international audiences. It might have been chosen because it is easier for non-Irish speakers to read and pronounce. So, for the Irish release, they used the authentic Irish word Fréamhacha, which translates to 'roots.'

kroenen · Apr 25, 2025

Out on Shudder and torrents.

Chanur · Sunday at 12:56 AM

Vuuxo said:
If it's done by AMC+ I just pretty much write it off. They have TWD and it's 40 less than mediocre spin offs and then trash.

You are missing out on some good flicks if you skip the Shudder originals.

Burns · Sunday at 1:32 AM

Chanur said:
You are missing out on some good flicks if you skip the Shudder originals.

Looking on the list of Shudder Originals I don't see anything I even recognize, let alone talked well of here.

I also wrote off AMC and haven't watched anything (other than Better Call Saul) they have made after finding TWD too ridiculous to keep watching (around season 4). Also, the midseason break bullshit continually pissed me off, so that didn't help.

Chanur · Sunday at 1:53 AM

Burns said:
Looking on the list of Shudder Originals I don't see anything I even recognize, let alone talked well of here.

I also wrote off AMC and haven't watched anything they have made since the Don't Dead, Open Inside midseason break bullshit that AMC started with TWD.

Just listing things I saw and enjoyed

Blood Quantum - awesome
The Beach House- lovecraftian
Impetigore
Host -think this even won some awards
Spiral
Scare Me - awesome
The Cleansing Hour
The Mortuary Collection
Viscous Fun -actually a really fun movie
Christmas Bloody Christmas
Advent Calendar- was fine nothing special
Influencer - pretty solid
VHS film series - good
When Evil Lurks - best horror movie of 2023, fucking terrifying
Late Night With the Devil
Infested - really good creature feature
In a Violent Nature -awesome if you like OG slashers
Oddity -One of the best horror movies of last year
Superdeep - awesome Sci Fi horror

Burns · Sunday at 2:25 AM

Chanur said:
Just listing things I saw and enjoyed

Blood Quantum - awesome
The Beach House- lovecraftian
Impetigore
Host -think this even won some awards
Spiral
Scare Me - awesome
The Cleansing Hour
The Mortuary Collection
Viscous Fun -actually a really fun movie
Christmas Bloody Christmas
Advent Calendar- was fine nothing special
Influencer - pretty solid
VHS film series - good
When Evil Lurks - best horror movie of 2023, fucking terrifying
Late Night With the Devil
Infested - really good creature feature
In a Violent Nature -awesome if you like OG slashers
Oddity -One of the best horror movies of last year
Superdeep - awesome Sci Fi horror

I don't much like horror movies or TV shows unless they are exceptional; generally when they lean into the suspense/thriller and involve space (Event Horizon), involve space creatures (The Thing), or both (Alien(s)/Pandorum). I often wonder if it's due to having few if any superstitions, so I can't really get into it, at all. Also, characters continually doing stupid shit just so they can be put in situations so the Horror can happen to them eventually end up killing my suspension of disbelief and annoying the hell out of me.

Chanur · Sunday at 2:47 AM

Burns said:
I don't much like horror movies or TV shows unless they are exceptional; generally when they lean into the suspense/thriller and involve space (Event Horizon), involve space creatures (The Thing), or both (Alien(s)/Pandorum). I often wonder if it's due to having few if any superstitions, so I can't really get into it, at all. Also, characters continually doing stupid shit just so they can be put in situations so the Horror can happen to them eventually end up killing my suspension of disbelief and annoying the hell out of me.

I don't think a horror channel is for you then.

Burns · Sunday at 2:54 AM

Chanur said:
I don't think a horror channel is for you then.

Indeed. I didn't know it was a horror channel in particular. It looked like it was owned by AMC, so it just became the AMC streaming service. Sort of like how Paramount has original programing and CBS shows at the same time.

Chanur · Sunday at 2:56 AM

Burns said:
Indeed. I didn't know it was a horror channel in particular. It looked like it was owned by AMC, so it just became the AMC streaming service. Sort of like how Paramount has original programing and CBS shows at the same time.

Shudder is the horror channel owned by AMC. It's just included with AMC+ now for an extra buck.

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