Director Gareth Evans’ 1905 set occult horror Apostle (2018) sees Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) travel to an idyllic island, occupied by a cult under the leadership of the charismatic Prophet Malcolm (Michael Sheen). Infiltrating the community with the intention of rescuing his sibling, who is being held for ransom by the cult’s leaders, he uncovers the secrets and a sinister evil that binds the cult to the island.
Known for his martial arts action films Merantau (2009), The Raid (2012) and The Raid 2 (2014), this is not the first venture into the horror genre for the Welsh-born filmmaker. In 2013, he co-directed with Timo Tjahjanto the cult-set story Safe Haven, a segment of the flawed horror anthology V/H/S/2 (2013), in which Evans and Tjahjanto’s story was the only noteworthy entry.