Project Detail

Habit

Synopsis

Manchester, the present. Michael divides his time between the job centre and the pub. A chance meeting with Lee, and an introduction to her ‘Uncle’ Ian, and a heavy night on the lash, lead to a job working the door at a Northern Quarter massage parlour. After witnessing the violent death of one of the ‘punts’, Michael experiences blood-drenched flashbacks and feels himself being sucked into a twilight world that he doesn’t understand but that is irresistibly attractive. When he eventually finds out what goes on in the room below Cloud 9, Michael’s life will never be the same again.
“Think Bret Easton Ellis. On a writing break in the north of England. And all he packed was Fight Club and some early Stephen King novels."

Details

Year
2017
Type of film
Features
Running time
95 mins
Format
digital 4k arri alexa
Director
Simeon Halligan
Producer
Rachel Richardson-Jones, Nick Leese
Executive Producer
Sarada McDermott
Editor
Chris Gill
Screenwriter
Simeon Halligan
Director of Photography
James Swift
Production Designer
John Ellis
Sound
Edward Brooks
Music
Claude Foisy
Principal cast
Elliot James Langridge, Jessica Barden, William Ash, Roxanne Pallett, Joanne Mitchell, Andrew Ellis, Louis Emerick, Robert Beck
Film Image
©habitfilmsltd2017

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Production Status

Production Company

Not a Number Productions

Rachel Richardson-Jones

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