Laid to Rest (2009)

A terrifying story of a young girl who wakes up in a casket with a traumatic head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a Deranged Serial Murderer ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Hall

Writer:

Robert Hall

Stars:

Bobbi Sue Luther, Kevin Gage, Lena Headey

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Bobbi Sue Luther	...	The Girl
Kevin Gage	...	Tucker
Lena Headey	...	Cindy
Sean Whalen	...	Steven
Richard Lynch	...	Mr. Jones
Johnathon Schaech	...	Johnny
Thomas Dekker	...	Tommy
Nick Principe	...	Chromeskull
Jana Kramer	...	Jamie
Lucas Till	...	Young Store Clerk
Anthony Fitzgerald	...	Anthony
Seri DeYoung	...	Bound Girl

Storyline

A terrifying story of a young girl who wakes up in a casket with a traumatic head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a Deranged Serial Murderer and in an isolated rural town she must survive the night and outsmart the technologically inclined killer who is hellbent on finishing what he started.

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Plot Keywords:

breaking through a door | buried alive | head ripped off | cocaine snorting | computer | 

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, some sexual content, nudity and brief drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 March 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dry County Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

At 54 minutes into the film the survivors retrieve the cellphone that belongs to the killer. They try to call 911 but can't because the phone is locked and password protected. All cellphones even if locked can still call out to 911. It is the only feature that remains unlocked.

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Quotes

The Girl: He wants to make me dead.

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Connections

Featured in ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 (2011)

User Reviews

"Craptacular" indeed.

That second star is for Stephen, who was the one character that made this monstrosity slightly bearable. Not that he's much of a character, but at least his particular brand of idiocy is the sort that draws a grudging smile out of a horror fan. He certainly has the best lines of anyone in the movie. A car in a horror flick that can only go forty miles an hour is a new one on me, and kind of funny.

Also mildly hilarious is the fact that the convenience store is clerked by a Justin Bieber look-alike.

Apart from that, there is absolutely nothing to see here. The gore gets points for being the right color, texture and coming with a minimum of stupid slurpy noises... it LOOKS better than average, but the killer and the director screw it up by not really seeming to understand how a knife is actually used. (But then, I like for the execution in excessive gore to make SENSE if at all possible--helps justify it. What can I say, I'm picky.) People who only care about the blood'n'guts bit will like it well enough.

The plot is virtually non-existent; the heroine, while not unlikeable, has no personality and is impossible to give a crap about; the acting is god-awful even by horror's already-low standards; the characters' decisions are stupid even by horror's already-low standards... and possibly worst of all, the final confrontation with the killer sickeningly reminds one of the one in "The House By The Cemetery."

Nasty... just nasty.