Project Detail

The Hatching

Synopsis

Tim Webber, a teenager at boarding school and his friends Baggy and Nick take a dare to sneak out of the dormitory one night and steal crocodile eggs from a nearby zoo, but the prank ends in tragedy with Nick being killed and Tim taking all responsibility. Fifteen years later, after the death of his father, Tim returns home to Somerset to run the family stone masonry, but there is a sinister undercurrent to the idyllic village setting that seems to harbour a dark secret. People have been disappearing, and it all seems to be centred around the old quarry. Tim meets up again with his old friend Baggy and to their horror clues mount. It appears that the time has come for both Baggy and Tim to pay for their actions of years ago. Those crocodile eggs that came home with Tim hatched!

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Format
HD
Director
Michael Anderson
Producer
Chantelle De Carvalho
Executive Producer
Michael Cowan
Editor
Adam Collins
Screenwriter
Nick Squire, Michael Anderson
Director of Photography
Gerry Vasbenter
Production Designer
James Helps
Sound
Alistair Crocker
Composer
John Cameron
Principal cast
Andrew Lee Potts, Thomas Turgoose

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Creativity Capital, Sabre Films and Spice Factory

Sales Company

Stealth Media Group

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