# Sacrifice (2016)

> A surgeon on the isolated Shetland Islands investigates a ritualistic murder and finds a centuries-old legend threatening to become terrifyingly real.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/261877

## Facts

- Runtime: 91 min
- Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
- Director: Peter A. Dowling
- Cast: Radha Mitchell, Rupert Graves, Ian McElhinney, David Robb, Joanne Crawford, Liam Carney, Declan Conlon, Peter Vollebregt
- TMDB rating: 5.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2078718/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: eerie, foreboding, paranoid, dark mystery night, rainy day viewing

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