level of the pub, and baby grabbers take over the first floor. Nolan accidentally sets the pub on fire while trying to sneak out, but she and O'Shea manage to draw the attention of the adult. O'Shea and Nolan drive to a construction site, and the monster follows them. There, they hope to strand the monster on dry land, as it needs water to survive. Before they can successfully set a trap, the monster arrives and attacks O'Shea. Although wounded, he survives the attack, and Nolan uses the heavy construction equipment to mount a counter-attack, pinning it at the base of a pit. The monster grabs O'Shea, but before it can eat him he dumps a bottle of Paddy's poitín into its mouth, sickening it and causing it to release him. Nolan then ignites nearby explosives with a flare gun, killing the Grabber. As the storm clears up, O'Shea throws away his flask, and they return to town. Unknown to anyone, more Grabber eggs are buried on the beach, and they are about to hatch. Cast Richard Coyle as Garda Ciarán O'Shea Ruth Bradley as Garda Lisa Nolan Russell Tovey as Dr. Smith Lalor Roddy as Paddy Barrett David Pearse as Brian Maher Bronagh Gallagher as Una Maher Pascal Scott as Dr Jim Gleeson Ned Dennehy as Declan Cooney Clelia Murphy as Irene Murphy Louis Dempsey as Tadhg Murphy Stuart Graham as Skipper Micheál Ó Gruagáin as Father Potts Darran Watt as Tommy (Islander) Release The film premièred at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and played at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2012. The film continued its festival run across the world screening at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Taormina Film Fest, Fantasia Film Festival, PIFAN, Sitges, Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, London FrightFest Film Festival and held its Irish première in July 2012 as the opening film of the 24th Galway Film Fleadh. Reception Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 72% based on reviews from 32 critics, with an average rating of 6.23/10. On Metacritic it has a score of 62 out of 100 based on reviews from 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Damon Wise of Empire film magazine described it as "a romantic but surprisingly scary monster movie that feels like a lost Amblin flick, shaken and stirred with a dash of The Guard.