Dread (2009) 5.6
Three college students set out to document what other people dread most. Director:Anthony DiBlasi |
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Dread (2009) 5.6
Three college students set out to document what other people dread most. Director:Anthony DiBlasi |
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Hanne Steen | ... |
Cheryl Fromm
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| Laura Donnelly | ... |
Abby
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| Jonathan Readwin | ... |
Joshua Shaw
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Vivian Gray | ... |
Tabitha Swan
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| Carl McCrystal | ... |
Axe Man
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| Derek Lea | ... |
Quaid's Father
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| Siobhan Hewlett | ... |
Quaid's Mother
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Kieran Murphy | ... | |
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Cheyanne Raymond | ... |
Zooey
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Zoe Stollery | ... |
Shauna
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Elspeth Rae | ... |
Samantha
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| Erin Gavin | ... |
Valerie
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Kerry Ann Smith | ... |
Nurse #1
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The outcast cinema student, Stephen Grace, does not drive cars due to the trauma of losing his brother in a car accident. He befriends, Quaid, who since the age of 6 has experienced dreadful nightmares and daydreams about the death of his parents. Quaid proposes they research about each one's innermost fear. Stephen sees the chance of developing an original thesis for college and invites his friend, Cheryl, to work with them. Among the interviewees, Stephen talks to his colleague, Abby who works with him in the library. Abby has a complex about the way she looks. When the work is almost complete, Quaid has an outburst at one interviewee's and ends up destroying the camera and editing equipment. Stephen begins to re-evaluate the situation. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I actually have to get some Clive Barker books and read some of his stories. This is again one of the adaptations of one his stories and it's a pretty decent effort. The idea behind the story/movie is pretty great and has to do with human behavior/fear. While other movies might have exploited the "torture" part of that more, this movie is more subtle.
Of course you could see this as a bad thing, but I quite liked the movie. Even/despite characters, that are all more or less not likable. You are not really rooting for one of the characters that much, they are all human, with flaws (some psychological, some physiological). The good thing is, that the movie does stir away from the books ending. Some saw it as something bad, but I like when the movie takes a chance (and succeeds in my opinion)!