13 Hours in a Warehouse (2008)

Director:

Dav Kaufman

Writer:

Dav Kaufman (writer)

Release Date:

28 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Their lives were snuffed out. . . now they're back for vengeance!

Plot:

As five underworld heavies settle in for an all night stay at an abandoned warehouse and former film studio...

Plot Keywords:

Digit In Title | Snuff Film | Ghost | Number In Title

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Paul Cram	...	Craig Teller
Chars Bonin	...	Randy Hancock
Carson Lee	...	Steve Johnson
Cody Lyman	...	Paul White
Danny Salmen	...	Mike Hancock
Meisha Johnson	...	Jennifer Wilkins (as Meisha P.J. Johnson)
Kathryn Vento	...	Ghost #1
Rachel Grubb	...	Ghost #2
Carly McMenoman	...	Ghost #3
Kati Batchelder	...	Gallery Owner
Mark Wipple	...	Body Guard #1
Terry Jones	...	Body Guard #2
Daniel Mayer	...	Mr. Hancock

MPAA:

Rated R for violence including some torture, language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Crotalus Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: The amount of Craig's sandwich that is eaten changes between shots after he comes out of the kitchen.

Movie Connections:

References Schindler's List (1993)

Soundtrack:

Divine Miss Guidance

how to make the movie of your dreams

Just imagine you and your friends, a bunch of cinema fans, have time to kill, and one comes out with the idea: let's make a zero budget movie. If you are in this mood this movie is an absolute must: you will get a lot of good hints and a (short) list of things to avoid. And dream to be as good a beginner as this Kaufman is. You will need a location: if it is good you can just write the script inside it, by night. An abandoned, gloomy, brownish, creepy warehouse would be perfect; you can have it for just a few beers. The genre, of course, horror/fantasy to avoid the traps of intimate dramas, or the costs action movies. With a wise script special effects can be very simple and at the same time so pertinent to their background to be unarguable (when you see them in this movie, just reflect how they are obtained and what's the relationship with the story). The movie has apparently no pretensions, the language is simple, the end may be imagined, the use of cinematographic archetypes abundant, citations range from Charlie Chaplin (a character features this across the whole movie, and, please don't think it's naive or stupid, on the contrary, it gives a special flavor) to the standard up-to-date gore. A partial theatrical approach also helps giving some structure, but in the whole, it is the location that keeps all together. There are nice ideas here and there that put salt in the soup, some scenes that need a bit of cleaning, the suspense is always alive. A film to look with critical eye to fully enjoy it. But if you are a lazy consumer and like the genre, it is worth the price anyway.