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Altar

Synopsis

A contemporary and chilling British ghost story set in Yorkshire. When renovation expert Meg Hamilton (Olivia Williams) moves with her husband (Matthew Modine) and children into a Victorian Estate and starts to restore it to its former glory, the house itself seems to slowly come to life, fired by the ghosts of the original owners.

Details

Year
2015
Type of film
Features
Running time
89 mins
Director
Nick Willing
Producer
Michele Camarda
Executive Producer
Hugo Heppell
Editor
David Freeman
Screenwriter
Nick Willing
Director of Photography
Jan Richter-Friis
Production Designer
John Ellis
Music
Simon Boswell
Principal cast
Olivia Williams, Matthew Modine, Steve Oram, Antonia Clarke

Genre

Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Pygmalion Productions

Great Point Media
22 Long Acre
London, WC2E 9LY

Sales Company

Judith Baugin

Content Media Corporation
US +310 576 1059
UK +44 20 7851 6500

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