Project Detail

The Dark

Synopsis

Maria Bello (The Cooler, Assault on Precinct 13) and Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings, Troy) star in The Dark, a gripping supernatural chiller about a series of mysterious circumstances that befall a young family who move to the remote Welsh countryside, only to discover their farm has an imperfect bloody past making their present tense.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of project: Features
Running time: 90 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: John Fawcett
Producer: Robert Kulzer, Paul Tamasy, Steve Christian, Robert How
Co-Producer: Robert Kulzer, Paul Tamasy, Steve Christian, Robert How
Editor: Chris Gill
Screenwriter: Stephen Massicote
Director of Photography: Christian Sebaldt
Sound: John Rodda
Composer: Ed Butt
Principal cast: Sean Bean, Maria Bello, Abigail Stone, Sophie Stuckey, Maurice Roeves

Genre

Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Sheep Ltd.

Room 309, North Block,
Ealing Studios
Ealing Green
London W5 5EP
UK

T+44 (0)20 8758 8681

thedarkfilm@mail.com

Sales Company

Summit Entertainment

77 Dean Street
London W1D 3SH
UK

T+44 (0)20 7494 1724

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