Stars: Bill Fellows, Bryan Murray, Cora Fenton, Sinead O’Riordan, Darren Travers | Written by Bernadette Manton | Directed by Jason Figgis
Torment is, essentially, an overwrought drama, with a supernatural bent, about the loss of a child; and sees a mother, Jane, played by Cora Fenton, target and architect as the killer of her child, proceeding to kidnap and interrogate him – all the while seemingly cracking from the pressure of losing her daughter.
Directed by Jason Figgis, who’s career – until this film – has consisted mainly of low-budget exploitation fare like the Grindsploitation series, film has two plot strands: a distraught mother coping with the loss of a child and an apparent child-murderer, trapped underground in a wooden box with only a webcam and a breathing tube being his connection to the outside world. It’s an intriguing idea – following what seems initially to be two unconnected stories, both connected to...
Torment is, essentially, an overwrought drama, with a supernatural bent, about the loss of a child; and sees a mother, Jane, played by Cora Fenton, target and architect as the killer of her child, proceeding to kidnap and interrogate him – all the while seemingly cracking from the pressure of losing her daughter.
Directed by Jason Figgis, who’s career – until this film – has consisted mainly of low-budget exploitation fare like the Grindsploitation series, film has two plot strands: a distraught mother coping with the loss of a child and an apparent child-murderer, trapped underground in a wooden box with only a webcam and a breathing tube being his connection to the outside world. It’s an intriguing idea – following what seems initially to be two unconnected stories, both connected to...
- 3/19/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Independent film company Claddagh Films, have just wrapped principal photography on their latest short 'Channel 31'. Written by writer-in-residence Ken Armstrong, 'Channel 31' was directed by Dermot Tynan. Producer of the project is Lara O'Connell. The short tells the tale of Cosmo played by Conor Irwin (The Exhibition) and Emily played by Cora Fenton (Strength and Honour) and their brother's funeral. The film set primarily in a graveyard in Co. Clare took four days to shoot. D.O.P on the project was Rua Meegan. Dermot Tynan will be editing the short in Claddagh's own edit suites.
- 7/9/2009
- IFTN
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