The Sacrifice (5 Jun. 2008)

Taking refuge in an isolated snow-covered fort, four criminals find secrets, dangers and three alluring sirens.

Director:

Breck Eisner

Writers:

Mick Garris (creator), Mick Garris,

Stars:

Jeffrey Pierce, Jesse Plemons, Rachel Miner

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jeffrey Pierce	...	Point
Jesse Plemons	...	Lemmon
Rachel Miner	...	Chelsea
Mircea Monroe	...	Virginia
Stephen Martines	...	Diego
Reamonn Joshee	...	Navarro
Michelle Molineux	...	Tara
Bill Baksa	...	Reverend Janos
Walter Phelan	...	The Creature

Storyline

Four criminals are on the way to a hospital when their suburban breaks down. Trying to keep their comrade alive, they hike through the snow and stumble upon a fort. The fort's inhabitants, a trio of beautiful sisters, take them in and care for them. However, things are not all they seem to be in the fort once the lights go out. Now in a fight for all their lives, the quartet must find a way to escape alive before they become a sacrifice to a creature more terrifying than they could ever realize.

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Plot Keywords:

fort | criminal | sacrifice | axe | pistol | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

NBC

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 June 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Devon, Alberta, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fear Itself Productions, Industry Entertainment, Lions Gate Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min 44 min (TV)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title was changed from Red Snow to The Sacrifice when it refused to snow during the shoot. Director Breck Eisner: "It snowed before I got there and after I left."

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Connections

References Deliverance (1972)

User Reviews

Standard

Fear Itself: The Sacrifice (2008)

** (out of 4)

When Showtime's Masters of Horrors series got canceled, the men behind it took the series to NBC and renamed it but all in all this series plans on doing the same type stories. This first film has four criminals making a getaway when their truck breaks down and they are forced to take shelter inside a creepy village that is behind wooden walls. Soon the four men are seduced by three sisters but soon the men will learn that the women trap men so that they can feed them to a vampire. I was really disappointed in this first episode because it really doesn't try to do anything new with a very familiar subject. Since this is on network television instead of cable, there isn't too much gore and there's no nudity (unlike the Showtime series) but I thought this could have been great since it would force the directors to go for some atmosphere over cheap gore. That doesn't happen here but to be fair to the director, the screenplay is the biggest problem. The cast is better than average and there are a few nice scenes but in the end we've simply seen this type of thing way too many times.