Stormhouse (2011)

The military have captured and imprisoned a supernatural entity. And now it wants to play.

Director:

Dan Turner

Writers:

Jason Arnopp, Dan Turner (story),

Stars:

Grant Masters, Patrick Flynn, Grahame Fox

Cast

Cast overview:
Grant Masters	...	Major Anthony Lester
Patrick Flynn	...	Justin Rourke
Grahame Fox	...	Lieutenant Groves
Munir Khairdin	...	Salim Hassan
Martin Delaney	...	Brandon Faber
James Capel	...	Karl Matthews
Anthony Mark Streeter	...	Lance Corporal Rogers
Frankie Fitzgerald	...	Dan Randall
Andrew Hall	...	Minister Duncan McGillis
Jordan Pitt	...	Andy Duggan
Marlon Williams	...	Jones

Storyline

In 2002, 11 months before the invasion of Iraq, the military captured and imprisoned a supernatural entity at Stormhouse, a secret underground base. This film documents the final four days of that experiment. 'Ghost whisperer' Hayley Sands is brought to Stormhouse by the government to make contact with the captured entity. Her arrival triggers a series of events which lead to the entity's escape, plunging the base into a horrific nightmare.

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Plot Keywords:

entity | military | imprisoned | supernatural | experiment | 

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Taglines:

Who wants to play?

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence/gore and some language

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 February 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Bentwaters Parks, Rendlesham, Suffolk, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Scanner-Rhodes Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min 88 min (original)

Sound Mix:

6-Track Stereo Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The cast and crew lived on location and were kept to a military regime to mirror the film.

User Reviews

better than average, all told

Story/Writing: It's a pretty solid claustrophobic story. It's interesting and generally well-written, with only a few "What the heck?" moments. The dialogue is generally good, though the minor characters are fairly stock, interchangeable, and pretty forgettable. One or two of them almost come through sometimes as interesting in their own right, but then the moments are gone. Still, it all works pretty well, and the pace was okay, which is better than most films. And I believe the ending worked. I liked it. (7/10)

Direction/Acting: It's atmospheric, to be sure, just sometimes a bit too dark to see what's going on on-screen. Considering the budget and likely time constraints they were under, I can understand why they made the choices they did. Still, however, a bit too dark too often. The pace was generally good, with only a few short lulls (and they weren't distracting). (6.5/10)

The acting was pretty good across the board, though it seemed the supporting cast's characters were limited by either the script or the director's choices on pacing and story... or possibly both. It was obvious the talent was there, and more from the supporting cast really could've livened things up for tension, in my opinion. It could've given it that feel they were looking for, the atmosphere from John Carpenter's "The Thing". Stormhouse's ensemble cast were good, the main cast in particular. I kept wanting more, though, and that's the biggest drawback for my money. (5/10)