Project Detail

Definition of Fear

Synopsis

Four beautiful girl friends, spend the weekend at a holiday cabin, by a frozen lake, under the pretence of a ‘girlie weekend away’ organised by Sarah Fording.
Sarah has a hidden agenda to secretly film her three friends as part of her PHD thesis in the psychology of fear. She has set up the weekend to carry out her experiment and film the effect, using hidden cameras, of really scaring her friends.
The friends find an Ouija board, which has been planted by Sarah, and when they start to play the board game, strange paranormal experiences start to happen. They discover that maybe they are not alone, and what was supposed to be a girl’s weekend away, turns out to be a weekend from hell.
 

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
97 mins
Format
35 MM
Director
James Simpson
Producer
Chris Branch
Co-Producer
Leighton Lloyd
Executive Producer
Saras Kanungo
Editor
John Pegg
Screenwriter
James Simpson
Director of Photography
Shane daly
Production Designer
Lisa soper
Sound
George Flores
Composer
Adrian Ellis
Principal cast
Jacqueline Fernandez, Katherine Barrell, Mercedes Papalia

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Definition of Fear Film Limited

24, Werna House
31, Monument Street
London
EC3R 8BT

Sales Company

Diva Partnerships (Birmingham) Limited.

73-75 Aston Road North,
Aston Cross,
Birmingham
B6 4 DA

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