Project Detail

The Devil's Tattoo

Name: The Devil's Tattoo
Director: Julian Kean
Genre: Horror, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Released: 2003
Duration: 88 mins

Synopsis

Ten environmental activists board an oil rig to protest against its reported destruction. They arrive in the evening and prepare to broadcast to the outside world. But things are not what they expect. They are surprised to find no maintenance crew. Then one of the group is bitten by a rat and later is found dead. And that night, another group member is exposed as a spy who has infiltrated the group. Struggling to make sense of it all, other - more sinister - deaths occur. They find a strange rune circle marked on a workshop floor and, discovering a hidden video camera, they learn that the rig's workforce met with similar deaths and were wiped out. An evil entity was apparently summoned in an occult session. Using living bodies, it transfers from person to person, leaving the host dead, and can only be controlled by the rune circle. Battling for survival, the group fragments and the evil exploits this, killing again and moving on. As dawn approaches, only four are left alive. Can they work out who is possessed and escape to safety? Can they prevent the evil from being released upon an unsuspecting world? A shocking twist provides unexpected answers.

Details

Year: 2003
Type of project: Features
Running time: 88 mins
Format: HD DV
Director: Julian Kean
Producer: Bill Dale, Graeme Clapperton
Editor: Chris Barwell
Screenwriter: Bill Dale, Julian Kean, Graeme Clapperton
Director of Photography: Jan Pester
Sound: Brian Milliken
Composer: Tom Smail
Principal cast: Jamie Barber, Jason Simmons, Noel Fitzpatrick, Kerry Norton, Heather Peace

Genre

Horror Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

KCD Films Ltd

6 Eglon Mews
Primrose Hill
London NW1 8YS
UK

T +44 (0)20 7586 4813

bill@eglon.freeserve.co.uk

Sales Company

Artist View Entertainment

12500 Riverside Drive
Suite 2001
North Hollywood
91607 California, USA

T +1 818 752 2480

artistview@earthlink.net

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