Stephen Gregory

For a young couple, the small cottage tucked away in a quiet village in the mountains of north Wales, a legacy from a distant, estranged uncle, is a dream come true. The one condition of the inheritance is that they keep the uncle's beloved pet cormorant. They soon discover, however, that the cormorant is no mere bird, but a foul and malignant creature that may exact a greater price than they are willing to pay. Produced by the BBC as a TV film starring Ralph Fiennes.

The Cormorant

A young family receives a welcome surprise when old Uncle Ian dies and leaves them a cottage in north Wales. For Ian's nephew and his wife Ann, it seems a stroke of incredible good fortune, enabling them to leave their unfulfilling lives in the city for a newfound freedom in the remote seaside cottage. There's just one catch. Uncle Ian's will has a strange condition: the couple must care for his pet cormorant or forfeit the bequest. They think nothing of it at first: Uncle Ian was eccentric, and the bird is amusing in a way. But when the cormorant begins to show a violent and malevolent side, they soon find that Uncle Ian's gift may not be a blessing, but a curse.

shellybn

I enjoyed the mystery and suspense, but there were far too many descriptions of bird excrement, and one completely unnecessary scene which really bothered me. I'm glad I read it, but don't think I will reread it in the future.

Kali Knowles

Jessica Nottingham

He seems to have it all: a lovely wife, a happy child, and a delightful little cottage he has inherited, nestled deep in the Welsh hills. But with the good comes the evil. For he must care for his brutally slain uncle's fiendish cormorant and must fight an evil spawned from hell itself. Martin's.

The Cormorant

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