Sourhaven
Synopsis
Aiden Salter, a reclusive nature writer with a debilitating personality disorder, spends his days sealed inside his council-block bedsit, obsessively watching the allotment community below - the only family he has.
Down on the plots, canalboat dwellers Alvie, Rayna, Shay and David cling to each other on the forgotten edge of London’s Lea Valley. Each night, a shared terror gnaws at them, haunting dreams that blur the line between sleep and something far darker.
When Aiden finally steps into their world, the allotment is already under threat: a vanished Ukrainian boy, a plot-holder’s horrific suicide and police preparing to shutter the gardens within days. All signs begin to point toward Aiden…and to Elsie Bierce, a notorious American occult publisher drawn to the site like a moth to flame.
As ‘Ourhaven’, branded “Sourhaven” by local tabloids, faces closure, it also readies to unearth it’s most diabolical secret.
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 90 min
- Director
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Sean James Garland 2nd Feature
- Producer
- Sean James Garland
- Co-Producer
- Jussi Myllyniemi, Jim McKee
- Editor
- Sean James Garland
- Screenwriter
- Sean James Garland
- Director of Photography
- Sean James Garland
- Sound
- Jim McKee
- Composer
- John Metcalfe
- Principal cast
- Matthew Brett, Kristina Yaneva, Tony Parkin, Canice Bannon, Maria Tecce, David Ellis
- Additional Cast
- Angelo Marcos, Hans Sures, Joshua Halligan, Marcus Halligan, Conor Halligan
- Film Title Note
- FKA Allotment
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Long Island Bridie Pictures
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