The Sick House (2008)

Terror lurks in the old orphanage, beneath a disused London hospital - a Seventeeth Century malevolence, the Plague Doctor, has returned to complete his evil masterpiece...

Director:

Curtis Radclyffe

Writers:

Curtis Radclyffe (story), Romla Walker,

Stars:

Gina Philips, Alex Hassell, Kellie Shirley

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gina Philips	...	Anna
Alex Hassell	...	Nick
Kellie Shirley	...	Joolz
Andrew Knott	...	Steve
Jack Bailey	...	Clive
John Lebar	...	Plague Doctor
Romla Walker	...	Professor Joan Holland
Tom Wontner	...	Frank
Gregg Harris	...	Dave
Stuart Brennan	...	Classroom Student
Finlay Carr	...	Baby
Gillian MacGregor	...	Jo
Sam Burke	...	Ragged boy
Abe Buckoke	...	Ragged boy
Alfie Owen	...	Ragged boy

Storyline

In London, the archeologist Anna Ash is informed by her Professor Joan Holland that the excavation site at the Sixteenth Century Ludgate Orphanage, where she is researching the Cult of the Black Priest during the Great Plague, will be demolished on the next morning to contain the contamination since it has been found the Y.pestis in the digging. The stubborn Anna breaks in the building at midnight expecting to find any substantial evidence that could stop the demolition. Meanwhile, four drugged punks hit and run with a stolen car and they hide inside the building. They are haunted and attacked by a ghost and one of them, Clive, is wounded. When Anna stumbles with the hoodlums, she realizes that Clive is contaminated and needs help. But soon they find that they are trapped in the building.

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Plot Keywords:

plague | hospital | orphanage | ghost | archaeologist | 

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Taglines:

Fear is infectious.

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Official Sites:

Arclight Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 March 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Grande Praga

Filming Locations:

Bridget Riley Studios, Dace Road, Bow, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hopscotch Films, iDream Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min (European Film Market)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Charlotte Wontner:  a police officer in the final wide-shot of the film.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Childs voiceover: In the blood, there is a sickness. There, might living creatures be seen. Visions of strange, monstrous and frightful shapes such as dragons, snakes, serpents and demons terrible to behold.

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Connections

Spoofs The Sixth Sense (1999)

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Soundtracks

Ooze It
Written by Richard Fox and Lauren Yason
Performed by The Shift
Produced by Richard Fox and Lauren Yason

User Reviews

Under-rated Film; Good acting and quite entertaining

Horror fans can be finicky; I know this, I am one of them. But The Sick House deserves a higher review, in my humble opinion. Yes, there are "similar" films in this genre of Horror (the abandoned building/hospital/asylum), yet I was pleasantly surprised and it is not exactly as it appears to be in the "spoilers" or description. Yes, it is low-budget but the plot was interesting and the acting was BY FAR better than some other low-budget films of this particular branch of Horror. It is not an overly complex plot so you can enjoy it without having to figure everything out or "where IS this film going?". Enjoyable, mindless so you can enjoy it without trying to figure it out and definitely creepy at times. And it's not too long so if you DON'T enjoy it, at least you haven't wasted 2-3 hours!

All in all, an interesting film with good actors and a good ending!