title: Sacrifice (2020 film)
text: # Sacrifice (2020 film)
  
  Sacrifice is a 2020 horror film. Based on the short story "Men of the Cloth" by Paul Kane, the film is a Lovecraftian horror.
  
  ## Plot
  
  Americans Isaac and his pregnant wife Emma go to a Norwegian island to claim a house he has inherited. They meet a pagan cult who worship a sea deity, and events turn sinister.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Sophie Stevens as Emma Pickman
  * Ludovic Hughes as Isaac Pickman
  * Barbara Crampton as Renate Nygard
  * Lukas Loughran as Gunnar
  * Johanna Adde Dahl as Astrid Nygard
  * Jack Kristiansen as Ledvor
  * Erik Lundin as Hallstein
  * Dag Soerlie as Matias
  * Ingeborg Mork Håskjold as Mrs. Jorstad
  * Edwin Roseth-Øye as Young Isaac
  * Annika Josefine Stromblad as Shopkeeper
  * Balder Bjørke as Child
  
  ## Release
  
  The film premiered at the 2020 London FrightFest Film Festival. It was later released as video on demand on 9 February 2021 and on Blu-ray on 23 February 2021.
  
  ## Reception
  
  The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes surveyed 16 critics and, categorizing the reviews as positive or negative, assessed 10 as positive and five as negative for a 63% rating. Among the reviews, it determined an average rating of 6.1/10. The Guardian gave the film 3/5 stars and said it had "a 1970s giallo vibe."
  
  