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TrashHouse

Synopsis

If you're going to give people a great deal of power, you need to know that they can handle it. To test an experimental implant that gives people complete control over their environment, a secret agency assembles five strangers. According to their reading habits, employment histories and shopping records, they are five of the most balanced people in England.

These five are offered an opportunity to spend a week in a specially designed house, in which they will have ultimate power during set hours of the day, within their own rooms. Two of the subjects, David and Lucy, create an environment of 50s domestic tranquillity. Another, Charlotte, uses the power to gain knowledge and advance mankind. Another, Luke, is just looking to have as much fun as possible. There is, however, a fly in the ointment. The final subject, James Todd, is not who he claimed to be. The records weren't his. He is not one of the most balanced people in England. He's a borderline psychopath, and having so much power at his fingertips looks set to erase that border altogether.
 

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Features
Running time
82 mins
Format
Mixed digital media
Director
Pat Higgins
Producer
Nicholas Dunkley
Co-Producer
Nicholas Dunkley
Editor
Pat Higgins
Screenwriter
Pat Higgins
Director of Photography
Alan Ronald
Sound
Danny James
Composer
Danny James
Principal cast
Amber Moelter, Tom Wontner, Sam Burke, Richard Collins, Hannah Speller, Oli Wilkinson, Cy Henty, Gary Delaney, Nic Ford

Genre

Horror Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Jinx Media Ltd

PO Box 2083
Leigh On Sea
Essex SS9 4WE
UK

T +44 (0)17 0271 2415

trashhouse@jinxmedia.co.uk

Sales Company

Marc Ollington

Marcus Tandy Promotions

T +44 (0)7801 678 084

sales@jinxmedia.co.uk

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