Shockers: The Visitor (1999) (TV)

Director:

Audrey Cooke

Writer:

Guy Burt (writer)

Release Date:

26 October 1999 (UK)

Plot:

Three young house sharers make the dangerous mistake of assuming that a man who arrives at the door is the cousin of their absent flat-mate. |

Cast

Daniel Craig	...	Richard
Miranda Pleasence	...	Louise
Claire Rushbrook	...	Terri
Shaun Parkes	...	Matt
Theo Fraser Steele	...	Tom's cousin
Stuart Milligan	...	Mr. Jefferson
Dean Byfield	...	Charlie
Clare Clifford	...	Publisher 1
David Nicholls	...	Publisher 2 (as David Holdaway)
John Drummond	...	Unemployed Man
Toby Mace	...	Waiter 1
Nick Fletcher	...	Waiter 2
Rupert Ward-Lewis	...	Young Man in Pub

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Very good short film

This was shown as a series of one off one hour TV plays for C4. I thought this was the cream of the crop. Guy Burt (a very young, very talented author) managed in one hour to:

1) Develop four characters whom you care about 2) Lay down an interesting and compelling plot with a great central performance from Daniel Craig 3) Put an interesting ending on the piece

Not bad when most films cannot do this in an hour and a half. Try and catch this on a repeat OR read some of Guy Burt's books.