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The Tormented

Synopsis

After losing their four year old son in a tragic car accident Clare and Paul Knox decide to start a new life in Calabria, Italy. Paul settles into his new job as an engineer on the Strait of Messina Bridge building project while Clare, a photographer, picks up her camera for the first time since the accident, photographing the beautiful Calabrian countryside.
But the past has a way of staying in the present and soon Calabria's sinister underbelly, steeped in pagan ritual and supernatural happenings begins to reveal itself.

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Director
Tim Pickett 1st Feature
Producer
Rogan Roberts
Executive Producer
Justin Coleman, Carl Homer, Tim Pickett
Editor
Michelle Levens
Screenwriter
Tim Pickett, Rogan Roberts
Director of Photography
Justin Coleman
Production Designer
Rogan Roberts
Principal cast
Marnie Baxter, David Powell, Bruce McGuire, Barbara Di Bartolo

Genre

Action Horror Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Blue Monkey Films

Tim Pickett

Sales Company

MC Film Consultants

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