Walled In (2009)

A demolition company agent uncovers the horrifying secrets held within a building she's having razed.

Director:

Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Writers:

Serge Brussolo (novel), Rodolphe Tissot,

Stars:

Tim Allen, Mischa Barton, Darla Biccum

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tim Allen	...	Police Officer (as Timothy Allen)
Mischa Barton	...	Sam
Darla Biccum	...	Liz Walczak
Cameron Bright	...	Jimmy
Eugene Clark	...	Burnett
Mark D. Claxton	...	Richard (as Mark Claxton)
Pascal Greggory	...	Malestrazza
Shannon Jardine	...	Store Clerk
Noam Jenkins	...	Peter
Sophi Knight	...	Julie
Taylor Leslie	...	Lucy Walczak
Emily McAfee	...	Young Sam
Jane Redlyon	...	Denise
Rob Roy	...	Charles Walczak
Josh Strait	...	Vincent Walczak

Storyline

A young woman who recently graduated from engineering school travels to a remote location to supervise the demolition of a mysterious building. She soon discovers the horrifying secrets of the building and its past inhabitants, many of whom were victims of a vicious murderer who entombed his prey alive within its walls. Now she must turn the tables on the killer before she becomes his latest victim.

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Plot Keywords:

building | demolition | caretaker | architect | cement | 

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Taglines:

Some secrets are left buried.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence

Details

Country:

USA France Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 September 2012 (France)

Also Known As:

Atrapados vivos

Filming Locations:

Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$7,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Experiences Films, Forecast Pictures, Leomax Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min 100 min (European Film Market)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although a double was employed to run through everything beforehand and make sure it was safe, Mischa Barton performed all of her own stunts.

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Goofs

When Jimmy and Mary are talking in their kitchen he is facing the camera and passes her the can opener. The camera shows a closeup of Jimmy and he doesn't appear to move but when the view changes back to the two of them, he has turned to face Mary.

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Quotes

Jimmy: The lights go off every 6 minutes. You know, save electricity and stuff. If you spend a day in the halls, you have to hit the switch 240 times.

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Connections

References Psycho (1960)

User Reviews

Lame Game

Horror? Are you kidding me. There's no such element of horror. The first few minutes were good and the opening especially but soon I found the plot swinging around some bad direction. Misha is not well in her act but yeah for fans there is a topless shot. It can be suggested that the plot got strangled with a low budget and poor direction. I came to know later that it is derived of a book so it makes things pretty clear. Its common that directors are not able to present a book properly in short running time of a feature film. The same could have happened to it as well. There are many loose ends in the movie. Its average as a thriller but not appropriate for horror genre. No big surprises as well after you know the name of the movie. So overall its not worthy to that extent which was expected after the start.