Taglines: No soul is safe.
The Offering movie storyline. Directed by Oliver Park, The Offering (also known as Abyzou) primarily takes place within the walls of a Jewish Funeral Home. Before arriving at this location, The Offering opens with a Jewish man doing battle with some sort of malevolent creature. Clearly in the process of trying to vanquish the being, the man goes to extreme lengths to achieve his goal. It’s an intense start and one that could easily be the climax of any other similarly themed film. It grabs your attention immediately and, most importantly, forewarns of the danger that is about to unfold.
Art (Nick Blood) and his pregnant wife Claire (Emily Wiseman) arrive at Art’s childhood home. There they meet Art’s estranged father, Saul (Allan Corduner). The two men have been at odds with one another for years, a key issue being that Art married outside of the Jewish faith. Claire is hoping to build some bridges with her father-in-law; Art however, has some ulterior motives for the visit.
The trio’s encounters are strained, exacerbated by the fact that the family home is also the local Funeral Home for those of Jewish faith. After Art agrees to help his father prep a newly arrived body, as he did prior to leaving, strange things begin to happen. A new threat has entered the building, one that seeks to tear the house and all those in it apart.
The Offering (2023)
Directed by: Oliver Park
Starring: Paul Kaye, Nick Blood, Allan Corduner, Emily Wiseman, Jonathan Yunger, Nathan Cooper, Velizar Binev, Daniel Ben Zenou, Anton Trendafilov, Boyan Anev, Sofia Weldon
Screenplay by: Hank Hoffman
Production Design by: Philip Murphy
Cinematography by: Lorenzo Senatore
Film Editing by: Michael J. Duthie, Simon Pearce
Costume Design by: Anna Gelinova
Set Decoration by: Arta Tozzi
Art Direction by: Ivan Ranghelov
Music by: Christopher Young
Distributed by: DECAL
Release Date: January 13, 2023
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