Project Detail

Out of Bounds

Synopsis

18-year-old Louise is stuck in a run-down boarding school for girls and can't bear the thought of being away from her lover, Matthew, during the half term holiday. So she stays on at school ostensibly to do extra work for her exams. But when Matthew's wife, Veronica, the school's headmistress, finds out about the affair, she is driven over the edge and stabs him.

Veronica gets rid of Louise by sending her off on an errand while she hides Matthew's body. When Louise returns, she is shocked to find all trace of Matthew has gone. According to Veronica, she and Matthew need a little time apart to heal their marriage.

Trapped in the remote school and haunted by nightmares, Louise finds the vast Victorian building a spooky shell without the other pupils. Matthew's voice seems to echo around her head to the point that she is convinced she's going mad. Late one night, Louise is awakened by someone calling up to her from outside her bedroom window. She looks out and sees Matthew waving to her. Scared and excited, Louise rushes out to meet him. But as his arms encircle her she realises her eyes were deceived - with fatal consequences.

Details

Year
2002
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Format
35mm Fuji
Director
Merlin Ward
Producer
Alex Marshall, David Rogers
Editor
P.J. Harling
Screenwriter
Merlin Ward
Director of Photography
Peter Thornton
Sound
Ian Richardson
Composer
Mark Ryder
Principal cast
Sophie Ward, Sophie Myles, George Asprey, Michael Elphick, Celia Imrie

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Spice Factory (UK) Ltd

81 The Promenade
Peacehaven
Brighton
BN10 8LS
UK

T 00 44 (0)1273 585 275

info@spicefactory.co.uk

Great British Films/Enterprise Films

3rd Floor, Hanover House
118 Queens Road
Brighton BN1 2RX
UK

T 00 44 (0)1273 324122

info@johnscottco.com

Sales Company

Great British Films Releasing

3rd Floor, Hanover House
118 Queens Road
Brighton BN1 2RX
UK

T+44 (0)12 7332 4122

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

High End High End

Director: Antonia Campbell-Hughes

Year: 2026

In Geneva's wealthy international circles, privileged expatriates navigate their luxurious lives while dealing with personal dramas and hidden secrets.

A young man, sits alone in a cafe, deep in thought. A bouquet of disregarded roses in front of him. The Game

Director: Blaize Mott

Year: 2026

Donald, a lonely young man desperate to improve his dating life, hires a manipulative pick-up artist, Charles, to teach him how to meet and attract women. Over the course of one night in London, Donald is pulled into a world of performance, pressure and control, where confidence becomes coercion and desire begins to blur with power. What began as a harmless lesson on love transforms into a night where the methods he is instructed to use to achieve his goal are far darker than he could have ever imagined.

Ken Russell's The Devils Ken Russell's The Devils

Director: Ken Russell

Year: 1971

A dramatized historical account of the rise and fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft following the supposed possessions in Loudun, France; it also focuses on Sister Jeanne des Anges, a sexually repressed nun who inadvertently incites the accusations. An enduring masterpiece of cinema, KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption – and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Assembled from the original camera negative, this new 4K restoration presents Ken Russell’s definitive vision of THE DEVILS by referencing the edit he privately constructed in 2004. KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2026 - Cannes Classics - 4K Restoration - World premiere