Rough Cut explores the re-making of an exploitation film that never was. At its dark heart is Hiker Meat, an archetypal 1970s slasher movie imagined by Shovlin, complete with hitchhiking heroine, charismatic commune leader and a group of teens who disappear one by one. This tantalising film-within-a-film serves to both deconstruct and pay affectionate homage to the often-maligned exploitation style.
Having created a full screenplay, score and cut-and-paste prototype for Hiker Meat, Shovlin filmed key sections and a full trailer in an intense shoot in the Lake District in summer 2013. Rough Cut contrasts these re-made sequences with on-set footage and insights into the development of Hiker Meat’s script, soundtrack and design, to create a compelling mash-up of self-referencing processes, behind-the-scenes viewpoints and time-honoured slasher tropes.
Just released from prison after a 5 year sentence and battling addiction, he attempts to rebuild his marriage after the death of his young son Michael. He works day and night as a mechanic to take his wife Allison and daughter Lara to Los Angeles in an attempt to make things right between them all. However, not long after they arrive things go horribly wrong as Allison is viciously beaten and his daughter, Lara age 6, is told her parents are dead after being snatched from her bed in the house monitored by the illegal child adoption ring. Can Matt save his daughter in time before she is handed to her new parents on this black market of child adoption. We go on the journey of a desperate father.
Paranormal portmanteau following a researcher who watches a collection of video evidence which includes; a location recce made by two young filmmakers who venture to the Australian outback in search of an interesting location for their next movie only to discover an ancient swamp spirit called Raluul, a paranormal investigative mother and son team who stumble upon an unspeakable terror in the local graveyard and a video diary of a man who starts hearing unusual noises once he finds a mysterious dollhouse in the attic of his new house.
After a devastating discovery at a fancy-dress party, a young man contemplates suicide before an abandoned baby catches his eye and shakes him from his ill intent. Now, faced with taking care of it until the police arrive, he recruits his former best friend- but things are far from simple.
Counterpart follows Alex, a young estate agent who lives in a flat with his girlfriend, Lily, a former stripper. They spend most of their time sunbathing or having sex. But someone is watching them from a home across the street. The voyeur is a disabled man who helps the young couple make a life changing discovery.
Olo and Haldane live in a bedsit, cut off from the outside world. They happily amuse themselves acting out sinister role-play games. But when Haldane catches Olo spying on the real world, the game goes too far. Olo tells Haldane she doesn't want to play anymore. Haldane disagrees.
10 year old Carla dreams of becoming a gondolier like her father. However, 900 years of Venetian tradition and the disapproval of her parents stand in her way.
In the 23rd century, starship Andromeda equipped with a revolutionary Einstein-Rosen (ER) drive successfully completes its maiden voyage through a wormhole. Fifteen years earlier top secret research vessel Leviathan propelled by the first version of the ER drive disappeared on its maiden voyage. As the only starship capable of travelling interstellar distances the Andromeda is reassigned to the Leviathan's rescue mission.
The Andromeda’s crew locates the crashed Leviathan on Theta-25L, a desolate planet 50 million light years from Earth. Shortly after arriving on the planet’s surface, tragedy strikes and the rescue mission is thrown into jeopardy. Soon the Andromeda’s crew encounter the Leviathan’s megalomaniac sole survivor and Theta-25L both harbour terrifying secrets…
Twelve-year-old Ava visits her Aunt’s farm in the countryside. When she is reluctantly sent off to play with her menacing older cousin, Ava quickly discovers the devastating truth of why she is there. Ava carries out a shocking act of trust that leads the young girls to a new beginning.
At a house ravaged by fire, two women are trapped inside – one rich and the other poor... Only one of them survives, burnt beyond recognition and in a state of total amnesia. Who is she, the heiress or her penniless friend? A killer, or an intended victim?
