Project Detail

Children of the Lake

Synopsis

Joanne and Nick – a smart young couple heading for thirty and making a paranormal way in the world. She talks to the dead, while he collects the valuables in the other rooms. They do it once too often; and they’re on the run.

They head into the mountains. As night falls, their car breaks down, and they continue on foot. Not far away they discover a deserted house at the side of a hidden lake. There they take shelter for the night. But the house is not empty. Living there are an eccentric woman, Queenie, and a younger companion, Naiad.

Our smart young couple think they’re in control. They soon find out that they’re not.
 
Joanne thought she’d been faking her psychic powers. Now she finds they’re real, and someone – or something - has plans for using them. Something supernatural is going on, and it becomes clear that Queenie and Naiad are fighting over the newcomers in a power struggle of their own.

It’s the longest 48 hours of their lives – and they’re all wrong about how it ends, who is living, and who is not.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Features
Running time
93 mins
Format
HDCAM
Director
Ian Lewis 1st Feature
Producer
Melloney Roffe
Co-Producer
Melloney Roffe
Editor
Si Nenomene
Screenwriter
Ian Lewis
Director of Photography
Bob Jones
Production Designer
Joy Gelardi
Sound
Joe Harrison
Composer
Alan Nicholas Graham
Principal cast
Abigail McKern, Eleanor Howell, Ben Cartwright, Charlotte Ammerlaan

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

The Farnham Film Company

34 Burnt Hill Rd
Lower Bourne
Farnham GU10 3LZ
UK

T +44 (0) 1252 710313

Sales Company

Inferno Film Productions LLC

Littleton, CO 80160-0696
USA

T +1 303-587-9792

ifilm@infernofilm.com

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