Project Detail

Long Time Dead

Synopsis

When a group of friends take time out from clubbing to dabble with a Ouija board, what starts out as a high-spirited prank soon dissolves into a horrific and surreal nightmare. The Ouija board spells out the message ALL DIE, suddenly the friends are involved in a series of eerie murders and doubt and terror replace the previously happy bonds of friendship. One of the group is finally forced to face up to the demons in his family's past and resurrect his own childhood memories in order to overcome the intangible dangers of his own friends' future. The killer is closing in, but is he of this world, or some place far more sinister?

Details

Year: 2001
Type of film: Features
Running time: tbc
Format: 35mm Kodak
Director: Marcus Adams(first feature)
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Editor: Lucia Zucchetti
Screenwriter: Daniel Bronzite, Eitan Arrusi, Chris Baker, Andy Day
Director of Photography: Nic Morris
Principal cast: Joe Absolom, Lara Belmont, Melanie Gutteridge, Lukas Haas, James Hillier, Alex Newman, Mel Raido, Marsha Thomason

Genre

Horror Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Working Title Films presents in association with Film Council a WT2 production in association with Midfield Films

WT2 Ltd.
5th Floor, 76 Oxford Street
London W1D 1BS
UK

T 020 7307 2237

amanda.boyle@unistudios.com

Sales Company

United International Pictures (UK)

Contact: Deborah Sheppard
12 Golden Square, London W1A 2JL
UK

T 020 7534 5200

deborah.sheppard@uip.com

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