Dark Fields (2009)
"The Rain" (original title)

Follows three generations of a curse farming community that turn to human sacrifice to appease an evil that haunts the rain.

Director:

Douglas Schulze

Writers:

Kurt Eli Mayry (screenplay), Douglas Schulze (screenplay),

Stars:

David Carradine, Richard Lynch, Dee Wallace

Cast

Credited cast:
David Carradine	...	Clive Jonis
Richard Lynch	...	Karl Lumis
Dee Wallace	...	Jean Applebe
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeff Beorger	...	The Reverend - 1950
Christopher Bondy	...	The Reverend
Derek Brandon	...	Daniel Jonis
David G.B. Brown	...	Boyfriend
James Howard Carr	...	Ben Wheeler
J.J. Chidiac	...	Simon Wheeler
Paula Ciccone	...	Eleanor Lumis
Peter Coady	...	Sheriff
Adam Cooper	...	Dell's Boy
Daniel Cooper	...	Dell's Boy
Guy Copland	...	Dell / Motel Manager
Colin Crenshaw	...	Jack Lumis

Storyline

A farmer unearths an old top hat on his property and with it an ancient Indian curse that lays waste to all the farmers crops. All of the adults of the farming community are afflicted by a strange sickness that slowly dries them up until they are dust. It is only when the farmer communes with the hat does he find what it is that will save them all.

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Taglines:

The people of Perseverance are dying for a little rain

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody horror violence, some nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

MySpace page Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 October 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dark Fields

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Spirited Low-Budget Horror

There is a very good Horror/Supernatural Movie in here somewhere. It has excellent Cinematography, some eerie Make-Up effects, and a feel of the unreal. But in its ambitious attempt to tell a Story spanning three Generations of a cursed Community, something got submerged.

It is unnecessarily muddled and confusing and with some attentive Editing and a different structure, this one could have been a real Sleeper. Presented here, it is laborious, much too long, and the pacing is just too slow.

It is worth a watch for Fans of Horror and low budget experiments. There is some real Talent at work here behind the Camera, but its the Composition and flow that defeats this good try. This is some heavy going and is intriguing, , but could be more homogenized.