[2] The film's cast also includes Kate Corbett as Doris, the troubled birth mother of the Mason's daughter, as well as Mayko Nguyen and Nigel Bennett in supporting roles.

Despite Graham’s worries about his occasional mental lapses, Frederic insists that he return to his isolated countryside home with Ethel.

Referencing the Book of Revelation, Graham explains that a sin does not cancel out another, but committing one will not release any "[ball] of fire in the sky", either.

That night, Aaron urges Frederic to kill him, but he still refuses, believing that when a man of God commits murder, it will be “the end of all things” and the whole mankind will be punished in “fire and fury”.

"[2] For Screen Daily, Allan Hunter wrote that "Working from a modest budget, an inventive O’Brien places his faith in a wordy screenplay and the strength of the performances.

He provides a showcase for himself and the other actors with a static camera focused on them as they deliver lengthy anecdotes, memories or tangled justifications for past acts.

Czerny brings gravitas to a man burdened by the weight of his guilt, and Kuzyk is an especially warm, sympathetic presence as the good-hearted Ethel, leaving you wanting more of her character.

The website's critical consensus said, "Assured work from writer-director Mark O'Brien and Henry Czerny's powerhouse performance put The Righteous a cut above the average supernatural thriller.