Wake Wood

Alice is the Daleys' daughter who dies in an accident and is later resurrected by Arthur's ritual. After returning, she appears ordinary but reveals disturbing, violent tendencies, illustrating how tampering with death can warp a child’s identity.

A veterinarian crushed by his daughter's death, Patrick seeks to bring Alice back and participates in the ritual. He grapples with love, ethics, and the creeping sense that some boundaries cannot be crossed without dire consequences.

Alice's mother, a pharmacist who agrees to endure Wake Wood’s ritual for a chance to reclaim her daughter. She later experiences a shocking twist as she becomes pregnant again through resurrection, complicating her grief with new fear and uncertainty.

A veterinary colleague who orchestrates the resurrection ritual. He knows the rules and uses coercion to enlist participants, walking a fine line between healer and occultist as he manipulates life and death.

Mick O'Shea's widow, wary of the couple's experiments and the village's secrets. She is pressured into agreement, embodying the moral tension and fear that underpins the community’s complicity.

A farmer whose accidental death catalyzes the resurrection plot. His wake becomes the fulcrum for the ritual, highlighting the community’s uneasy willingness to bend rules for the illusion of healing.