Wake Wood

Date: 2009
Director: David Keating
Production Company: Exclusive Film Distribution, Hammer Films, Vertigo Films

Stars: Timothy Spall, Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Ella Connolly, Ruth McCabe, Amelia Crowley
Location(s): County Donegal, County Fermanagh, Dublin, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

Region(s): ,

Storyline:

After the death of their young daughter, a couple relocate to a remote town where they discover the locals enacting a terrifying ritual to bring the dead back to life.

Additional Information:

Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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A SAAB 9-5 Estate drives through the damp Irish countryside.

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In silence, Patrick and Louise Daley travel towards the remote village of Wakewood.

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A flashback sees Louise Daley (Eva Birthistle) waving of her daughter Alice (Ella Connolly) as she sets off to school on her birthday. The property is on Harcourt Terrace, Dublin 2 near the junction with Charlemont Place.

The same location now captured by Pat Cleary.

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Animal lover Alice looks down at the hamster that she is taking to class.

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Alice opens the gate at the rear of her father’s veterinary practice and is mauled to death by the German Shepherd dog that she has entered the yard to see.

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Patrick Daley (Aidan Gillen) carries his daughter’s still body as he runs to get help for her. Charlemont Place, Dublin 2, along the Grand Canal close to the junction with Harcourt Terrace.

Pat Cleary took this view of Charlemont Place.

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In the present, the Daley’s car reaches the village. Facing south on Mill Street in Pettigo, County Donegal with Potter’s Bar behind the cars on the right hand side.

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Boarded up windows at the closed pharmacy are passed. Main Street, next to the Parish church of Templecarne in Pettigo.

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Patrick and Louise arrive at their destination, their new house not far from the village. Green Gables, 51 Letter Road, Aghnablaney, County Fermanagh. (SR)

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Still in silence, the couple look around the property. Green Gables is a vacation home near Lough Erne. (SR)

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Patrick peers through the windows into the empty property. Green Gables. (SR)

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The Daley's settle into a new routine as the months pass by.

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Louise reopens the pharmacy. Main Street in Pettigo, County Donegal.

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Old hand veterinary surgeon Arthur (Timothy Spall) arrives at the O'Shea farm where his new associate Patrick is at work.

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Arthur greets the farm hands as they watch Patrick perform a cesarean section to deliver a calf.

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Taking a break, Louise leaves the pharmacy to call Patrick before returning to serve Mary Brogan accompanying a girl introduced as her niece Deirdre. Facing east on Main Street in Pettigo.

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When their car mysteriously breaks down one evening the couple head to the nearby house of Patrick's colleague, Arthur.

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Louise explores the area around the house and discovers a horrifying ritual being carried out in the yard.

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Through the window of the pharmacy, Louise sees a Young Couple that she recalls were in the yard at Arthur's house on the previous night. Looking across Main Street.

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Banging sticks and other wooden implements together, a procession of villagers passes through Wakewood. Looking from Pettigo Road towards the bridge that takes High Street across the Termon or Tenor River in Pettigo.

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After Deirdre again visits the pharmacy, Louise follows her outside and sees her join the procession. The corner of Main Street and Mill Street in Pettigo, County Donegal.

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Following the villagers as they pass Louise without a word, Deirdre tells her that Alice has a lovely voice. The junction of Main Street, Mill Street and Pettigo Road provides the background.

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Louise continues to watch as Deirdre Brogan (Aoife Meagher) follows the eerie procession towards the woods. Looking along High Street towards the bridge over the Termon River which forms the border between County Donegal and County Fermanagh as it flows through Pettigo.

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Finding it difficult to take in what she has experienced, Louise walks back to the pharmacy. Mill Street in Pettigo, County Donegal.

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When Mary Brogan (Amelia Crowley) walks past, Louise confronts her and discovers that Deirdre wasn't her niece, but her daughter. Properties opposite Main Street in the village of Pettigo.

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Peggy O'Shea (Ruth McCabe) is comforted by her Son as Arthur looks down at the body of her husband Mick after he is accidentally killed by a bull.

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Following Arthur from the barn, Patrick tells his colleague that he's quitting the job.

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Persuaded to stay in Wakewood by Arthur's promise to bring their daughter back to life for a short time, Patrick and Louise head to the O'Shea's farm to ask Peggy if they can use her husbands remains.

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Outside the house, Arthur tells the couple that they must provide a relic from their daughter.

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Returning to Alice's burial place, the desperate couple climb over the cemetery gates and dig up their daughter’s remains to obtain a finger and a necklace. Dean's Grange Cemetery on Dean’s Grange Road in Deansgrange, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown.

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Accompanied by other villagers, Patrick and Louise head to the yard at the back of Artur's house.

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Arthur prepares to perform the ritual that brings the dead back to life.

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Mick O'Shea’s body is smothered with mud as the gruesome ceremony to resurrect Alice begins.

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Taking a torch, Arthur engulfs the mud covered corpse in flames.

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In the garden of their house, Patrick and Louise play with their young daughter Alice. Green Gables, Aghnablaney. (SR)

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Losing Alice in the woods, the family head home after finding her staring at a dead crow hanging from a tree.

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The following morning, Alice plays with her dolls in a way that mimics the ritual that brought her back to life. Green Gables. (SR)

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Peggy calls on the Daleys and Alice is taken to meet a pony at the farm.

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Patrick and Louise discover that a suspicious Peggy has been trying to find out the truth about Alice.

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Alice runs from the farm, crossing the townland boundary where she falls to the road when her old wounds open and begin to bleed. The B136 / R234 Letter Road at Cornagillagh on the border between County Donegal and County Fermanagh.

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When strange incidents begin to occur one evening, Arthur goes to his front door whilst Alice enters and kills one of his friends inside.

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After Alice murders Peggy and Mary, Louise frantically searches for her.

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The village stands quiet some time after the night that Alice pulled her mother into the ground as she returned to the earth. Main Street in Pettigo.

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Inside the pharmacy, Patrick gathers what he needs. Main Street in Pettigo, County Donegal.

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The ritual to bring Louise back from the dead begins.