Project Detail

Dread

Synopsis

Stephen and Cheryl are college students making a documentary about what people dread in life. But they have no idea that their partner Quaid, witnessed his parents being murdered by an axe-wielding lunatic and wants to make others experience his own personal horror.

The three set out to document people revealing their life's most terrifying moments. But Quaid quickly grows bored with mere interviews and decides to take the study to a much more visceral level, causing all three to become vulnerable as they reveal their fears in front of the camera. Just as Stephen and Cheryl realize they have partnered with a madman, they also find themselves subjects of the hideous experiment they brought to life learning more about fear and dread than any human mind can stand.

Details

Year: 2010
Type of project: Features
Running time: 93 mins
Format: 4K Digital
Director: Anthony DiBlasi
Producer: Karl Richards, Peter Bevan, Jeremy Burdek, Nadia Khamlichi, Adrian Politowski, Richard Reiner, Micky MacPherson
Co-Producer: Karl Richards, Peter Bevan, Jeremy Burdek, Nadia Khamlichi, Adrian Politowski, Richard Reiner, Micky MacPherson
Editor: Celia Haining
Screenwriter: Anthony DiBlasi
Director of Photography: Sam McCurdy
Production Designer: Chris Lowe
Sound: Glen Freemantle
Composer: Theo Green
Principal cast: Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Evans, Hanne Steen, Laura Donnelly

Genre

Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Matador Pictures

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UK

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Sales Company

Essential Entertainment

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Los Angeles
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USA

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