Based on the short story "Men of the Cloth" by Paul Kane,[1] the film is a Lovecraftian horror.

[1][2] 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.

[6] 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.

[7] The Guardian gave the film 3/5 stars and said it had "a 1970s giallo vibe.