Writer/director Ciaran Foy’s “Citadel” is the creepiest,
most affecting horror movie I’ve seen in quite some time. The film draws
strength from a variety of sources, leaning heavily on supernatural and
religious overtones. The true frights, however, come from the questions at the
heart of “Citadel”. Is the source of this terror otherworldly, some “other”? Is
it even real, or simply the paranoia of a sick mind? Or, most terrifyingly, is
it a symptom of society gone wrong, of the evil lurking within humanity left
alone to dwell and evolve into some hideous creature? It is easy to see why
this film won the midnight award at SXSW. “Citadel” climbs into you skull and
sticks around long after you walk away.
