![]() ![]() Oram’s furious outbursts keep an air of unpredictability as far as tension is concerned, as Joseph whips plates around and forces violence through passionate, curse-ridden pleas that test Sophia’s true intentions. Back and forth, both characters ride an emotional seesaw that bounces between highs in the form of signs (dead black bird/laid petals) and lows whenever Sophia questions Joseph’s credibility. Walker is putting her life in the hands of a man who believes – and testifies in the name of – an underworld many of us fear, which is not lost on the trapped woman. The relationship between Steve Oram and Catherine Walker is one that’s always in question, which resembles the best in nervousness, anxiety and mistrust. ![]() Then worlds shift, and everything goes all satanic panic really f*#king quick. For nine-tenths of Gavin’s ethereal manipulation, we become keen to Sophia’s fears that Joseph is just getting off on degrading her, and taking advantage of her vulnerable predicament. ![]() Tension is grounded and satanism isn’t projected in a goth-heavy, black-lipstick kind of light that some more kitschy genre films try to exploit. Joseph Solomon is just your everyday black-magic-believer (with added social strangeness), who dons a dark blue/purplish robe for only a short stretch of ceremonial establishment. Is Joseph a bullshit artist, or will he unite Sophia with powers most humans will never even fathom?Ī Dark Song goes the route of enchantments and white, chalky circles, forgoing cauldrons of bubbly neon-lit liquids or more campier sensibilities. Circles are drawn, entire days are spent awake and sacrifices are made, but Sophia questions if any progress is being made. Joseph agrees, and so begins a six month ritual that will drag them both through hell and back (maybe more than a figure of speech?). Sophia says her intentions are out of love, and that she wants Joseph to put her in contact with a ghost from her past. She contacts occultist Joseph Solomon ( Steve Oram) hoping that he can provide closure in the form of a world-crossing Hail Mary. Catherine Walker stars as Sophia Howard, a woman with a hopeful wish. ![]()
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