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Darkness Wakes

Synopsis

When Charlotte - a beautiful , broke student - is offered a job cat-sitting for an eccentric couple over a long weekend, at £200 per night, she can't believe her luck...but there is something else in the house with her....
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Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Features
Running time
97 mins
Director
Simon Richardson
Producer
Simon Richardson, Lance Patrick
Executive Producer
Lance Patrick
Screenwriter
Simon Richardson
Director of Photography
James Spurrier
Sound
Nick Bridge-Butler
Principal cast
Aisling Knight, Richard Kilgour, Jill Buchanan, Samantha Schnitzler

Genre

Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Sinister House Films

Sales Company

Left Films

Helen Grace

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