Broken (2006/III)

Directors:

Simon Boyes
Adam Mason

Writers:

Simon Boyes (writer)
Adam Mason (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Horror Has A Human Heart

Plot:

After dating a wonderful man, Hope comes back home, sees her daughter Jennifer and goes to sleep. She wakes-up in the woods with a psychopath...

Plot Keywords:

Psychopath | Knife | Hit With Shovel | Kidnapping | Hunting Knife

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Nadja Brand	...	Hope
Eric Colvin	...	The Man
Abbey Stirling	...	Holly
Megan Van Kerro	...	Jennifer
Chesse Daves	...	Chesse (as Chesse Davies)
Rachel Townend	...	Louise
Olivia Hill	...	Lindsay
Atesh Salih	...	Patrick Bateman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gary Mackay	...	Sales Rep

Also Known As:

The Hearteater (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong brutal violence and torture, language and some sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

110 min | 88 min (DVD)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Germany:18 | UK:18 | Australia:R | New Zealand:R18 | Italy:VM18

Filming Locations:

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Company:

Brand Mason

Quotes:

The Man: Forget your past. It's over.

You wont be camping no more, folks. If you do, take a metal rod.

At the beginning of the film, I figured this would just be another one of those films where you don't really care about any of the characters, and it'll all be about silly teens running through the forest with all similar deaths, well I can say I was pleasantly surprised.

I have seen a lot of horror flicks in my time, probably some of the ones people would consider the worst ever created (meaning violence wise), but I can safely say none of them could even meet this movie. The reason behind my opinion? because it is realistic, as if this could actually have happened, for all we know it could be happening right now. The way the film didn't mess around at the beginning really caught my attention, I hate it when it takes ages for action to start happening,l and you have to go through a series of events to understand a character, well with this one you could watch it from the start or 10 minutes from the end and you will witness the horrible trauma the woman went through.

The fact that the main character wasn't a size 0 super-model was also intelligent for the director to pursue, I take my hat off to the actor, she portrayed pain in the most freakishly realistic way it made me want to either burst into tears or puke, 2 of which I never do whilst watching a film.

It doesn't matter if you choose the simplest surroundings, the most normal people, or even a psychopath who is just that and doesn't turn into some satanic werewolf, you can still make a terrific horror flick. I am so happy to have found a movie in my favorite genre which I can respect, it will surely be living in my memory, and I surely will never be going into the woods again.

I have never wanted a character to die so much, as well as a character to live so much.

My boyfriend stopped watching within the first 10 minutes, so watch your guts guys!