Stars: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone, Katelyn Wells, Danny Keough, Lola Reid | Written by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, Sergio Casci | Directed by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
The first English-language feature from Austrian writer-directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (Goodnight Mommy), The Lodge is a slow-burning chiller that plays some interesting games with the audience.
After a shocking prologue, The Lodge jumps forward six months to find pre-teen Mia (Lia McHugh) and her adolescent brother Aiden (Jaeden Martell) reluctantly travelling to a remote winter cabin with their widowed father Richard (Richard Armitage) and his new girlfriend Grace (Riley Keogh). The children are hostile to Grace because they blame her for the death of their mother (Alicia Silverstone), so tensions are high when a storm comes in and strands Mia and Aiden with their would-be stepmother while Richard is away on business.
Already convinced Grace is “a...
The first English-language feature from Austrian writer-directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala (Goodnight Mommy), The Lodge is a slow-burning chiller that plays some interesting games with the audience.
After a shocking prologue, The Lodge jumps forward six months to find pre-teen Mia (Lia McHugh) and her adolescent brother Aiden (Jaeden Martell) reluctantly travelling to a remote winter cabin with their widowed father Richard (Richard Armitage) and his new girlfriend Grace (Riley Keogh). The children are hostile to Grace because they blame her for the death of their mother (Alicia Silverstone), so tensions are high when a storm comes in and strands Mia and Aiden with their would-be stepmother while Richard is away on business.
Already convinced Grace is “a...
- 5/12/2020
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
The Lodge Neon Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B- Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz Screenwriter: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, Sergio Casci Cast: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone Release Date: February 7th, 2020 The Lodge starts with a “bang” when Richard (Richard Armitage) tells Laura (Alicia Silverstone) […]
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- 2/7/2020
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Art house horror is the current fad in fright flicks, that much is clear. I’m hardly complaining, either, as It Follows, Midsommar, The Witch, and plenty of other titles have helped push the genre forward. At the same time, it does seem like we’re entering a period where filmmakers will begin to ape what’s been successful, and too much of The Lodge, opening this week, feels as though it’s riffing on Hereditary. Now, for many, that might be a good thing. Sadly, I found that effort lacking, so this is even more of a letdown. Riley Keough is fantastic in a central role, and there’s ample amounts of dread, but it all adds up to so little that it’s hard not to question if it was worth close to two hours in order to endure, especially after over a year of hype, starting off at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
- 2/7/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
As Neon rides the awards-season wave with Bong Joon Ho’s cinematic masterpiece Parasite, it isn’t stopping with delivering genre titles that speak to the brand. This weekend, its will debut its chilling thriller The Lodge directed by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz.
Written by Fiala, Franz and Sergio Casci, The Lodge follows a family that decides to spend the holidays in a snowy remote cabin. Already, this doesn’t sound like a good idea. The father (Richard Armitage) is forced to leave the family vaycay for work and his new girlfriend Grace (Riley Keough) stays behind to take care of his kids, Aidan (Jaeden Martell) and Mia (Lia McHugh). When a blizzard hits, they become trapped and, well, Grace’s dark past begins to terrify all of them.
The Lodge debuted last year at Sundance before going through the festival circuit and then making its premiere in Italy in January.
Written by Fiala, Franz and Sergio Casci, The Lodge follows a family that decides to spend the holidays in a snowy remote cabin. Already, this doesn’t sound like a good idea. The father (Richard Armitage) is forced to leave the family vaycay for work and his new girlfriend Grace (Riley Keough) stays behind to take care of his kids, Aidan (Jaeden Martell) and Mia (Lia McHugh). When a blizzard hits, they become trapped and, well, Grace’s dark past begins to terrify all of them.
The Lodge debuted last year at Sundance before going through the festival circuit and then making its premiere in Italy in January.
- 2/7/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Don Kaye Feb 6, 2020
The directors and star of The Lodge on making a true chiller, and how anxiety can 'seduce' an audience into facing tough truths.
The Lodge is the latest entry in the ongoing horror renaissance that has been happening in cinema for the better part of 10 years now. The movie follows a divorced father named Richard who is trying to take care of his two children (It’s Jaeden Martell and newcomer Lia McHugh) after a shocking tragedy leaves them without their mother.
When Richard has to return to work, he leaves the two siblings in the care of his new girlfriend Grace at the family’s isolated winter lodge, in the hope that they will get to know each other before he returns for Christmas. But Grace--who has a haunted past of her own--and the kids soon find themselves at odds with each other and at the...
The directors and star of The Lodge on making a true chiller, and how anxiety can 'seduce' an audience into facing tough truths.
The Lodge is the latest entry in the ongoing horror renaissance that has been happening in cinema for the better part of 10 years now. The movie follows a divorced father named Richard who is trying to take care of his two children (It’s Jaeden Martell and newcomer Lia McHugh) after a shocking tragedy leaves them without their mother.
When Richard has to return to work, he leaves the two siblings in the care of his new girlfriend Grace at the family’s isolated winter lodge, in the hope that they will get to know each other before he returns for Christmas. But Grace--who has a haunted past of her own--and the kids soon find themselves at odds with each other and at the...
- 2/6/2020
- Den of Geek
Starring Riley Keough, Jaden Martell, and Richard Armitage Written by: Sergio Casci, Severin Fiala, and Veronika Franz Directed by: Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz Aidan and Mia’s mother kills herself after their father asks to finalize the divorce. They are sent to […]
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- 2/6/2020
- by Alyse Wax
- DreadCentral.com
The Lodge Neon Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Veronik Franz, Severin Fiala Screenwriter: Sergio Casci, Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala Cast: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone, Danny Keough Screened at: Digital Arts, NYC, 2/5/20 Opens: February 7, 2020 A flagrant male fantasy appears […]
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- 2/6/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
If you've been itching to watch The Lodge since its well-received screenings at Sundance and the Overlook Film Festival, your wait is almost over. Previously scheduled for a November 2019 release, The Lodge is now coming to theaters this February, and Neon released a new trailer and poster for the latest movie from Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, the filmmakers behind 2014's Goodnight Mommy.
Directed by Fiala and Franz from a screenplay they co-wrote with Sergio Casci, The Lodge stars Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage, and Daniel Keough. Neon will release The Lodge in theaters beginning February 7th.
You can check out the new trailer and poster below, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's Sundance review of the film.
Synopsis: "A bone-chilling nightmare from the directors of Goodnight Mommy, The Lodge follows a family who retreat to their remote winter cabin over the holidays.
Directed by Fiala and Franz from a screenplay they co-wrote with Sergio Casci, The Lodge stars Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage, and Daniel Keough. Neon will release The Lodge in theaters beginning February 7th.
You can check out the new trailer and poster below, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's Sundance review of the film.
Synopsis: "A bone-chilling nightmare from the directors of Goodnight Mommy, The Lodge follows a family who retreat to their remote winter cabin over the holidays.
- 1/22/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The 2019 edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival kicked off in Montreal on July 11 and until August 1, the city will play home to a wide assortment of films; from festival favourites to new discoveries which are likely to burn up the genre festival circuit for the remainder of the year.
While this year's Cheval Noir competition includes already buzz-worthy titles such as Sergio Casci and Veronika Franz's The Lodge (trailer) and Carlo Mirabella-Davis' Swallow, the competition also features Brett and Drew Pierce's new take on witchcraft films The Wretched as well as Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr.'s period horror Mystery of the Night among others.
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While this year's Cheval Noir competition includes already buzz-worthy titles such as Sergio Casci and Veronika Franz's The Lodge (trailer) and Carlo Mirabella-Davis' Swallow, the competition also features Brett and Drew Pierce's new take on witchcraft films The Wretched as well as Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr.'s period horror Mystery of the Night among others.
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- 7/15/2019
- QuietEarth.us
If you've been itching to watch The Lodge following its well-received screenings at Sundance and the Overlook Film Festival, you can now mark your calendar for the release of the latest movie from Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, the filmmakers behind 2014's Goodnight Mommy.
In a new teaser video (see below), Neon announced a November 15th release date for The Lodge.
Directed by Fiala and Franz from a screenplay they co-wrote with Sergio Casci, The Lodge stars Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage, and Daniel Keough.
You can watch the release date announcement video below (as well as the previously released trailer), and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's Sundance review of the film.
Synopsis (via Sundance): "Devoted to their devastated mother, siblings Aidan and Mia resent Grace, the younger woman their newly separated father plans to marry. They flatly reject Grace’s attempts to bond,...
In a new teaser video (see below), Neon announced a November 15th release date for The Lodge.
Directed by Fiala and Franz from a screenplay they co-wrote with Sergio Casci, The Lodge stars Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage, and Daniel Keough.
You can watch the release date announcement video below (as well as the previously released trailer), and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's Sundance review of the film.
Synopsis (via Sundance): "Devoted to their devastated mother, siblings Aidan and Mia resent Grace, the younger woman their newly separated father plans to marry. They flatly reject Grace’s attempts to bond,...
- 6/27/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
As close to a breakout as there seems to be among the disappointing crop of horror films in Sundance’s Midnight section this year, Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s “The Lodge” extends the creepy-domestic-crisis tension of their 2014 Austrian debut “Goodnight Mommy” a bit further toward conventional chiller terrain. Once again, children and a maternal figure are left in a social isolation that proves very bad for somebody’s (perhaps everybody’s) mental health, though this time the supernatural is also a possible factor.
In fact, there are too many explanations dangled here, to ends somewhat frustratingly contradictory rather than usefully ambiguous. That will irk mainstream horror fans, as will a pace that at times seems less slow-burning than just plain slow. English-language “The Lodge” is atmospheric and intriguing enough to appeal to more adventurous viewers. Still, it’s too much of a low-key mixed bag to repeat the significant...
In fact, there are too many explanations dangled here, to ends somewhat frustratingly contradictory rather than usefully ambiguous. That will irk mainstream horror fans, as will a pace that at times seems less slow-burning than just plain slow. English-language “The Lodge” is atmospheric and intriguing enough to appeal to more adventurous viewers. Still, it’s too much of a low-key mixed bag to repeat the significant...
- 2/3/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Neon has snapped up U.S. rights to Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala's horror film The Lodge. A source pegged the deal at $2 million and it calls for a traditional theatrical release.
The film, which made its debut in the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25, stars Riley Keough as a soon-to-be-stepmom who is snowed in with her fiance's two children at a remote cabin. Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage and Daniel Keough round out the cast.
Sergio Casci wrote the screenplay with Franz and Fiala.
FilmNation Entertainment, the company that ...
The film, which made its debut in the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25, stars Riley Keough as a soon-to-be-stepmom who is snowed in with her fiance's two children at a remote cabin. Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage and Daniel Keough round out the cast.
Sergio Casci wrote the screenplay with Franz and Fiala.
FilmNation Entertainment, the company that ...
- 1/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Neon has snapped up U.S. rights to Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala's horror film The Lodge. A source pegged the deal at $2 million and it calls for a traditional theatrical release.
The film, which made its debut in the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25, stars Riley Keough as a soon-to-be-stepmom who is snowed in with her fiance's two children at a remote cabin. Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage and Daniel Keough round out the cast.
Sergio Casci wrote the screenplay with Franz and Fiala.
FilmNation Entertainment, the company that ...
The film, which made its debut in the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25, stars Riley Keough as a soon-to-be-stepmom who is snowed in with her fiance's two children at a remote cabin. Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage and Daniel Keough round out the cast.
Sergio Casci wrote the screenplay with Franz and Fiala.
FilmNation Entertainment, the company that ...
- 1/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
They broke out big when Venice, Tiff and Sitges handed them invites for their 2014 horror film Goodnight Mommy (read review) and Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s part in The Field Guide to Evil was a buffer in between features. A fairly secretive first English-language type of project, The Lodge went into production this past January with the likes of Richard Armitage, Katelyn Wells, and Riley Keough.
Gist: Written by Franz, Fiala, Sergio Casci, this is about young woman and her new stepchildren who are menaced by a terrifying supernatural force while spending Christmas in their remote cabin.…...
Gist: Written by Franz, Fiala, Sergio Casci, this is about young woman and her new stepchildren who are menaced by a terrifying supernatural force while spending Christmas in their remote cabin.…...
- 11/22/2018
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
After working with George Miller, Steven Soderbergh, Lars von Trier, Andrea Arnold, David Robert Mitchell, Jeremy Saulnier, Trey Edward Shults, and more in just the last few years, Riley Keough has emerged as one of the most talented up-and-coming actresses. She’s now secured another promising role for her next project.
Keough will star in The Lodge, the English-language debut from Goodnight Mommy directors Severin Fiala and Veronica Franz, Screen Daily reports. Sticking in the horror genre, the film “tells the story of a young woman and her new stepchildren who are menaced by a terrifying supernatural force while spending Christmas in their remote cabin.”
The script comes from the directors and writer Sergio Casci, and with production set to start this January, backed by FilmNation, hopefully we’ll see it before the end of 2018. In the meantime, read our interviews with Keough and the directors.
Keough will star in The Lodge, the English-language debut from Goodnight Mommy directors Severin Fiala and Veronica Franz, Screen Daily reports. Sticking in the horror genre, the film “tells the story of a young woman and her new stepchildren who are menaced by a terrifying supernatural force while spending Christmas in their remote cabin.”
The script comes from the directors and writer Sergio Casci, and with production set to start this January, backed by FilmNation, hopefully we’ll see it before the end of 2018. In the meantime, read our interviews with Keough and the directors.
- 10/24/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
FilmNation Entertainment has come aboard to finance Goodnight Mommy helmers Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s upcoming indie The Lodge. The drama, which marks the first English-language feature for the directors, is about young woman and her new stepchildren who are menaced by a terrifying supernatural force while spending Christmas in their remote cabin. Franz, Fiala, and Sergio Casci penned the script based on an original idea by Casci. Hammer Films' Simon Oakes and…...
- 9/6/2017
- Deadline
The Caller
Written by Sergio Casci
Directed by Matthew Parkhill
Puerto Rico/United Kingdom, 2011
It creaks, it wobbles, but it doesn’t crack. That’s the best way to describe The Caller, a horror film that makes the most out of an interesting premise. The horror genre is not short on films with great premises, but it, much like the film world in general, is short on films that make the most out of their great premise. The Caller nearly blows it multiple times, but somehow Matthew Parkhill’s film manages to keep it all together and deliver on the promise of its premise.
Working with time travel, or time distortion as the case may be, is always a dicey proposition. It’s so easy for a film that deals with any sort of time theme to be a jumbled mess. There are a few times when The Caller comes...
Written by Sergio Casci
Directed by Matthew Parkhill
Puerto Rico/United Kingdom, 2011
It creaks, it wobbles, but it doesn’t crack. That’s the best way to describe The Caller, a horror film that makes the most out of an interesting premise. The horror genre is not short on films with great premises, but it, much like the film world in general, is short on films that make the most out of their great premise. The Caller nearly blows it multiple times, but somehow Matthew Parkhill’s film manages to keep it all together and deliver on the promise of its premise.
Working with time travel, or time distortion as the case may be, is always a dicey proposition. It’s so easy for a film that deals with any sort of time theme to be a jumbled mess. There are a few times when The Caller comes...
- 9/10/2014
- by Bill Thompson
- SoundOnSight
Screen Australia has committed almost $700,000 in development support across 23 feature projects.
Fifteen new projects have been added to Screen Australia.s development slate, while eight teams will receive continued support to develop their projects.
Two Australian filmmakers will also be supported to undertake overseas internships: producer Ma.ara Bobby Romia will work for six months with Screentime Group in New Zealand and director Ariel Martin-Merrells will work under the mentorship of director James Foley in Los Angeles for five months.
Screen Australia.s head of development Martha Coleman said in a statement: .Following a now well-established tradition, the development slate announced today includes a diverse range of compelling stories from both established and emerging filmmakers. The high calibre of screenplays coming through our door backs up positive feedback we are getting from the domestic and international marketplace and I.m looking forward to seeing the best of these projects make...
Fifteen new projects have been added to Screen Australia.s development slate, while eight teams will receive continued support to develop their projects.
Two Australian filmmakers will also be supported to undertake overseas internships: producer Ma.ara Bobby Romia will work for six months with Screentime Group in New Zealand and director Ariel Martin-Merrells will work under the mentorship of director James Foley in Los Angeles for five months.
Screen Australia.s head of development Martha Coleman said in a statement: .Following a now well-established tradition, the development slate announced today includes a diverse range of compelling stories from both established and emerging filmmakers. The high calibre of screenplays coming through our door backs up positive feedback we are getting from the domestic and international marketplace and I.m looking forward to seeing the best of these projects make...
- 8/29/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
The story of Rupert Murdoch’s rise to become the world’s biggest media mogul looks set to become an Australian TV telemovie,
Screen Australia has provided funding development for the work which is being written by Bob Ellis and Stephen Ramsay.
The announcement comes days after Southern Star’s production of Howzat, the story of how Australian media mogul Kerry Packer took on the cricket establishment delivered the Nine Network with 2m+ ratings.
The series has the working title of The News of the World.
The British Sunday tabloid the telemovie is named after was closed by Murdoch last year in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
Bob Ellis wrote the Australian journalism drama Newsfront and most recently ABC’s Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley’s Battle for Coal while Stephen Ramsey wrote and directed The Baby Boomers Picture Show and Flashbacks.
Ellis told Mumbrella: “What we have...
Screen Australia has provided funding development for the work which is being written by Bob Ellis and Stephen Ramsay.
The announcement comes days after Southern Star’s production of Howzat, the story of how Australian media mogul Kerry Packer took on the cricket establishment delivered the Nine Network with 2m+ ratings.
The series has the working title of The News of the World.
The British Sunday tabloid the telemovie is named after was closed by Murdoch last year in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
Bob Ellis wrote the Australian journalism drama Newsfront and most recently ABC’s Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley’s Battle for Coal while Stephen Ramsey wrote and directed The Baby Boomers Picture Show and Flashbacks.
Ellis told Mumbrella: “What we have...
- 8/28/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Two more genre flicks have gotten some international distribution at Berlin's big dance, the European Film Market, and a new project has been announced! We've got the info on each. Read on for details.
As per Screen Daily, Content has sold Nicholas McCarthy’s Sundance ghost story The Pact to Entertainment One (UK, Australia and New Zealand), Ascot Elite (Germany, Switzerland and Austria), Klockworx (Japan), Playarte (Brazil), Eeap (Cis, Baltic States, Bulgaria, Ex-Yugoslavia, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania), Gulf Film (Middle East), Lusomundo (Portugal) and Medyavizyon (Turkey). As previously reported, IFC Midnight bought the film for North America. "The story is about sisters who return to their family home and discover secrets about their mother’s past." The cast includes Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Haley Hudson, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Mark Steger, Sam Ball and Agnes Bruckner.
U.K. indie distribution banner Metrodome, floated on the Alternative Investment Market,...
As per Screen Daily, Content has sold Nicholas McCarthy’s Sundance ghost story The Pact to Entertainment One (UK, Australia and New Zealand), Ascot Elite (Germany, Switzerland and Austria), Klockworx (Japan), Playarte (Brazil), Eeap (Cis, Baltic States, Bulgaria, Ex-Yugoslavia, Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania), Gulf Film (Middle East), Lusomundo (Portugal) and Medyavizyon (Turkey). As previously reported, IFC Midnight bought the film for North America. "The story is about sisters who return to their family home and discover secrets about their mother’s past." The cast includes Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Haley Hudson, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Mark Steger, Sam Ball and Agnes Bruckner.
U.K. indie distribution banner Metrodome, floated on the Alternative Investment Market,...
- 2/11/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The humble telephone has often been used to great effect in the horror genre. There is something inherently creepy about a disembodied voice at the other end of the line. A number of films have set their whole premise around the nuisance call; When A Stranger Calls, One Missed Call and not forgetting the Scream movies. Brit director Matthew Parkhill and writer Sergio Casci throw a time bending twist into their phone based horror The Caller, released on Blu-ray and DVD today, with stars Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer and Ed Quinn, all better known for playing vampires in True Blood and the Twilight Saga.
The Caller follows newly divorced Mary (Rachelle Lefevre) as she moves into a new apartment to start a new life. She begins to receive phone calls from a mysterious woman she first dismisses for a wrong number but as the calls continue Mary eventually begins to...
The Caller follows newly divorced Mary (Rachelle Lefevre) as she moves into a new apartment to start a new life. She begins to receive phone calls from a mysterious woman she first dismisses for a wrong number but as the calls continue Mary eventually begins to...
- 10/24/2011
- by Chris Wright
- Obsessed with Film
The Caller
Stars: Stephen Moyer, Rachelle Lefevre, Luis Guzmán, Ed Quinn, Lorna Raver | Written by Sergio Casci | Directed by Matthew Parkhill
There are some horror films that assault your senses from the get-go and then there are those that are slow-burning, teasing out the story until an inevitable horrific conclusion – The Caller is most definitely the latter. Seemingly playing out like a movie of the week melodrama for half of its running time, the film follows divorcee Mary (Lefevre) as she moves into a new apartment with the hopes of getting on with her life without her abusive ex-husband (Quinn). Starting a new relationship with the charismatic John Guidi (Moyer), she begins to receive phone calls from a mysterious woman called Rose.
At first dismisses them for a confused caller, but as the calls continue the lonely Mary eventually strikes up an unlikely friendship with the woman. However as the calls become more regular,...
Stars: Stephen Moyer, Rachelle Lefevre, Luis Guzmán, Ed Quinn, Lorna Raver | Written by Sergio Casci | Directed by Matthew Parkhill
There are some horror films that assault your senses from the get-go and then there are those that are slow-burning, teasing out the story until an inevitable horrific conclusion – The Caller is most definitely the latter. Seemingly playing out like a movie of the week melodrama for half of its running time, the film follows divorcee Mary (Lefevre) as she moves into a new apartment with the hopes of getting on with her life without her abusive ex-husband (Quinn). Starting a new relationship with the charismatic John Guidi (Moyer), she begins to receive phone calls from a mysterious woman called Rose.
At first dismisses them for a confused caller, but as the calls continue the lonely Mary eventually strikes up an unlikely friendship with the woman. However as the calls become more regular,...
- 10/21/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
And even more video is headed your way, this time in the fashion of an exclusive clip from the ghostly new flick The Caller. What're you waiting for? Hurry up and answer. It's best not to keep this spectre on hold.
From the Press Release
In the tradition of Drag Me To Hell and When A Stranger Calls comes the suspenseful, supernatural thriller The Caller, haunting DVD and Digital October 4th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) stars with Stephen Moyer (TV’s “True Blood”) and Luis Guzmán (Arthur, Taking of Pelham 123) as a young woman in Puerto Rico desperately trying to escape a supernatural force. Bonus materials include deleted scenes, an alternate ending and an interview with director Matthew Parkhill.
Directed by Matthew Parkhill from a screenplay by Sergio Casci, The Caller was produced by Amina Dasmal, Robin Fox, Piers Tempest and Luillo Ruiz, with Phil Hunt,...
From the Press Release
In the tradition of Drag Me To Hell and When A Stranger Calls comes the suspenseful, supernatural thriller The Caller, haunting DVD and Digital October 4th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) stars with Stephen Moyer (TV’s “True Blood”) and Luis Guzmán (Arthur, Taking of Pelham 123) as a young woman in Puerto Rico desperately trying to escape a supernatural force. Bonus materials include deleted scenes, an alternate ending and an interview with director Matthew Parkhill.
Directed by Matthew Parkhill from a screenplay by Sergio Casci, The Caller was produced by Amina Dasmal, Robin Fox, Piers Tempest and Luillo Ruiz, with Phil Hunt,...
- 9/30/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Hear that ringing in your ears? It's not your phone, kids! It's actually a sensory alarm in your head that goes off when you're in the presence of something supernatural. Of course I'm making this all up so how about I make it up to you by giving you a chance to scare a copy of The Caller (review here) on DVD?
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From the Press Release
In the tradition of Drag Me To Hell and When A Stranger Calls comes the suspenseful, supernatural thriller The Caller, haunting DVD and Digital October 4th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) stars with Stephen Moyer (TV’s “True Blood”) and Luis Guzmán (Arthur, Taking of Pelham 123) as a young woman in Puerto Rico desperately trying to escape a supernatural force.
To enter, just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.
From the Press Release
In the tradition of Drag Me To Hell and When A Stranger Calls comes the suspenseful, supernatural thriller The Caller, haunting DVD and Digital October 4th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) stars with Stephen Moyer (TV’s “True Blood”) and Luis Guzmán (Arthur, Taking of Pelham 123) as a young woman in Puerto Rico desperately trying to escape a supernatural force.
- 9/30/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
by Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com
The highly buzzed about film The Caller was released to a ridiculously small amount of select theaters on August 26th 2011. No need to fear though, as The Caller (review) is set to release on DVD and Digital on October 4th. Just in time for Halloween. Check out the official release below.
From the Official Release:
In the tradition of Drag Me To Hell and When A Stranger Calls comes the suspenseful, supernatural thriller, The Caller haunting DVD and Digital October 4th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) stars with Stephen Moyer (TV's True Blood) and Luis Guzmán (Arthur, Taking of Pelham 123) as a young woman in Puerto Rico desperately trying to escape a supernatural force. Bonus materials include deleted scenes, an alternate ending and an interview with Director Matthew Parkhill. The must-have DVD for horror fans will be available for $26.99 Srp.
Synopsis:
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The highly buzzed about film The Caller was released to a ridiculously small amount of select theaters on August 26th 2011. No need to fear though, as The Caller (review) is set to release on DVD and Digital on October 4th. Just in time for Halloween. Check out the official release below.
From the Official Release:
In the tradition of Drag Me To Hell and When A Stranger Calls comes the suspenseful, supernatural thriller, The Caller haunting DVD and Digital October 4th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) stars with Stephen Moyer (TV's True Blood) and Luis Guzmán (Arthur, Taking of Pelham 123) as a young woman in Puerto Rico desperately trying to escape a supernatural force. Bonus materials include deleted scenes, an alternate ending and an interview with Director Matthew Parkhill. The must-have DVD for horror fans will be available for $26.99 Srp.
Synopsis:
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- 9/15/2011
- by admin
- MoreHorror
For what it is, The Caller (review here) does a fine job of ringing in some better than average spooky. How fine? Come this October you'll be able to find out for yourself. Read on for details.
From the Press Release
In the tradition of Drag Me To Hell and When A Stranger Calls comes the suspenseful, supernatural thriller The Caller, haunting DVD and Digital October 4th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) stars with Stephen Moyer (TV’s “True Blood”) and Luis Guzmán (Arthur, Taking of Pelham 123) as a young woman in Puerto Rico desperately trying to escape a supernatural force. Bonus materials include deleted scenes, an alternate ending and an interview with director Matthew Parkhill.
Directed by Matthew Parkhill from a screenplay by Sergio Casci, The Caller was produced by Amina Dasmal, Robin Fox, Piers Tempest and Luillo Ruiz, with Phil Hunt, Cyril Mégret, Robert Bevan...
From the Press Release
In the tradition of Drag Me To Hell and When A Stranger Calls comes the suspenseful, supernatural thriller The Caller, haunting DVD and Digital October 4th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) stars with Stephen Moyer (TV’s “True Blood”) and Luis Guzmán (Arthur, Taking of Pelham 123) as a young woman in Puerto Rico desperately trying to escape a supernatural force. Bonus materials include deleted scenes, an alternate ending and an interview with director Matthew Parkhill.
Directed by Matthew Parkhill from a screenplay by Sergio Casci, The Caller was produced by Amina Dasmal, Robin Fox, Piers Tempest and Luillo Ruiz, with Phil Hunt, Cyril Mégret, Robert Bevan...
- 9/15/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
One of the biggest indie surprises of the year so far has been The Caller (review here) directed by Matthew Parkhill and written by Sergio Casci so we've been anxious to hear what's next for either of these gentlemen. Well, news has come as to Casci's next project, and it sounds like a doozy!
Per Fangoria the scribe will be adapting the novel The Devil's Staircase (written by his wife, Helen FitzGerald) into a feature film that already has Claire Mundell of Synchronicity Films and Marian Macgowan of Macgowan Films in Sydney, Australia, attached as producers. FitzGerald and Casci’s Del Rio Films is co-producing.
As for the plot, Casci tells Fango, "It’s about this young Australian girl who’s running away from home. She meets these friends. I don’t know if you’ve ever been backpacking; you meet people, and in two days you feel they’re like your closest family.
Per Fangoria the scribe will be adapting the novel The Devil's Staircase (written by his wife, Helen FitzGerald) into a feature film that already has Claire Mundell of Synchronicity Films and Marian Macgowan of Macgowan Films in Sydney, Australia, attached as producers. FitzGerald and Casci’s Del Rio Films is co-producing.
As for the plot, Casci tells Fango, "It’s about this young Australian girl who’s running away from home. She meets these friends. I don’t know if you’ve ever been backpacking; you meet people, and in two days you feel they’re like your closest family.
- 8/31/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Sergio Casci, screenwriter of The Caller , tells Fangoria he is adapting "The Devil's Staircase." The film - set up at Synchronicity Films and Macgowan Films, both Australian production outfits - is based on the novel by Helen FitzGerald which recently hit paperback this year. Publisher Polygon describes the book like this: Bronny, a young Australian, finds herself down and out in London. She's a sweet girl who has spent her teenage years in a fearful, cautious bubble. She's never taken drugs, had sex or killed anyone. Within six weeks she's done all three. A group of backpackers break into an abandoned London townhouse seeking a rent-free life of debauchery. They don't realise someone's already there: a terrified woman bound and gagged in the basement. Casci and...
- 8/31/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Stephen Moyer and director Matthew Parkhill recall the eerie occurrences on the film's Puerto Rico set.
By Josh Wigler
Stephen Moyer in "The Caller"
Photo: Samuel Goldwyn Films
There are probably stranger, scarier things in the universe than a mystery woman from the past who can cross the space-time continuum to obsessively call your home telephone for hours and days and weeks on end. But the idea is plenty creepy as the premise of "The Caller," director Matthew Parkhill's indie thriller starring "Twilight" villainess Rachelle Lefevre and "True Blood" vamp Stephen Moyer.
In "The Caller," Puerto Rico resident Mary Kee (Lefevre) moves into a new home following a nasty separation from her abusive husband ("Eureka's" Ed Quinn), only to find an even more harrowing nemesis in Rose (Lorna Raver), an unhinged and disgruntled woman living in the late 1970s. Rose somehow has the ability to call Mary's new...
By Josh Wigler
Stephen Moyer in "The Caller"
Photo: Samuel Goldwyn Films
There are probably stranger, scarier things in the universe than a mystery woman from the past who can cross the space-time continuum to obsessively call your home telephone for hours and days and weeks on end. But the idea is plenty creepy as the premise of "The Caller," director Matthew Parkhill's indie thriller starring "Twilight" villainess Rachelle Lefevre and "True Blood" vamp Stephen Moyer.
In "The Caller," Puerto Rico resident Mary Kee (Lefevre) moves into a new home following a nasty separation from her abusive husband ("Eureka's" Ed Quinn), only to find an even more harrowing nemesis in Rose (Lorna Raver), an unhinged and disgruntled woman living in the late 1970s. Rose somehow has the ability to call Mary's new...
- 8/26/2011
- MTV Movie News
Stephen Moyer and director Matthew Parkhill recall the eerie occurrences on the film's Puerto Rico set.
By Josh Wigler
Stephen Moyer in "The Caller"
Photo: Samuel Goldwyn Films
There are probably stranger, scarier things in the universe than a mystery woman from the past who can cross the space-time continuum to obsessively call your home telephone for hours and days and weeks on end. But the idea is plenty creepy as the premise of "The Caller," director Matthew Parkhill's indie thriller starring "Twilight" villainess Rachelle Lefevre and "True Blood" vamp Stephen Moyer.
In "The Caller," Puerto Rico resident Mary Kee (Lefevre) moves into a new home following a nasty separation from her abusive husband ("Eureka's" Ed Quinn), only to find an even more harrowing nemesis in Rose (Lorna Raver), an unhinged and disgruntled woman living in the late 1970s. Rose somehow has the ability to call Mary's new...
By Josh Wigler
Stephen Moyer in "The Caller"
Photo: Samuel Goldwyn Films
There are probably stranger, scarier things in the universe than a mystery woman from the past who can cross the space-time continuum to obsessively call your home telephone for hours and days and weeks on end. But the idea is plenty creepy as the premise of "The Caller," director Matthew Parkhill's indie thriller starring "Twilight" villainess Rachelle Lefevre and "True Blood" vamp Stephen Moyer.
In "The Caller," Puerto Rico resident Mary Kee (Lefevre) moves into a new home following a nasty separation from her abusive husband ("Eureka's" Ed Quinn), only to find an even more harrowing nemesis in Rose (Lorna Raver), an unhinged and disgruntled woman living in the late 1970s. Rose somehow has the ability to call Mary's new...
- 8/26/2011
- MTV Music News
Samuel Goldwyn Films' suspense thriller The Caller is headed to select cities this Friday, August 26th. Directed by Matthew Parkhill from a script by Sergio Casci and starring Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight, New Moon), Stephen Moyer ("True Blood", Quills), Ed Quinn ("True Blood", "Eureka") Luis Guzman (Boogie Nights) and Lorna Raver (Drag Me To Hell), the film centers around a recent divorcee who starts receiving some seriously needy and deranged phone calls on the old-timey landline in her new apartment. Originally set to film in New York, the movie instead set up shop in Puerto Rico to take advantage of the territory's tax incentives and the assistance of the local film commission. The subsequent plan was to shoot San Juan and pass it off as New York, but the filmmakers wisely decided to take full advantage of the exotic local flavor...
- 8/25/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
Last night we received 4 brand new clips for The Caller. The movie will have a limited theatrical release on August 28, 2011. The Caller is a film about a troubled divorcee that is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. The caller does not like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way. The Caller was directed by Matthew Parkhill (Twist), written by Sergio Casci (American Cousins), and stars Stephen Moyer (Priest), Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) and Luis Guzmán (Punch-Drunk Love). Synopsis: “When troubled divorcee, Mary Kee, sets up home in her new apartment,...
- 8/25/2011
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Check out new clips from The Caller, starring Stephen Moyer (True Blood) and Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight). Matthew Parkhill directs the supernatural thriller from the writing by Sergio Casci, which tells the story of troubled divorcee Mary Kee (Leferve) who is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way. Also in the cast are Luis Guzmán, Ed Quinn and Lorna Raver.
- 8/25/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out new clips from The Caller, starring Stephen Moyer (True Blood) and Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight). Matthew Parkhill directs the supernatural thriller from the writing by Sergio Casci, which tells the story of troubled divorcee Mary Kee (Leferve) who is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way. Also in the cast are Luis Guzmán, Ed Quinn and Lorna Raver.
- 8/25/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
With Twilight’s Rachelle Lefevre and True Blood’s Stephen Moyer as its leads, The Caller has a cast out of vampire crossover fan fiction, but it’s a more straightforward kind of horror. Actually, two kinds. The film, directed by Matthew Parkhill of Dot The I from a screenplay by Sergio Casci, marries a realistic threat to its main character, a fragile, freshly divorced woman, with a preposterous supernatural one. For a while, the two ominous elements play off each other promisingly, and then it all becomes ridiculous, despite an appearance from the excellent Lorna Raver, the malevolent gypsy ...
- 8/25/2011
- avclub.com
*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Director: Matthew Parkhill.
Writer: Sergio Casci.
The Caller is the latest thriller to be distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films. This film stars Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer and Luis Guzman, in a small but terrifying film. Lefevre plays Mary Kee, a woman terrorized by a prank caller from the past. Soon, this reviewer was terrorized by every creeping shadow and knock in the hall. The Caller will be in theatres August 26th and this critic would encourage you to bravely step outside your house to see one of the craziest psychopaths in film history.
The film begins with Mary Kee settling her divorce with an arrogant ex (Ed Quinn). A restraining order issued by the judge foretells future conflict between Mary Kee and Steve. However, there is more than one stalker in Mary's life, as a fourty-one year...
Director: Matthew Parkhill.
Writer: Sergio Casci.
The Caller is the latest thriller to be distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films. This film stars Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer and Luis Guzman, in a small but terrifying film. Lefevre plays Mary Kee, a woman terrorized by a prank caller from the past. Soon, this reviewer was terrorized by every creeping shadow and knock in the hall. The Caller will be in theatres August 26th and this critic would encourage you to bravely step outside your house to see one of the craziest psychopaths in film history.
The film begins with Mary Kee settling her divorce with an arrogant ex (Ed Quinn). A restraining order issued by the judge foretells future conflict between Mary Kee and Steve. However, there is more than one stalker in Mary's life, as a fourty-one year...
- 8/19/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The Caller is a film about a troubled divorcee that is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. The caller does not like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way. The Caller was inspired by J-horror and will have a limited theatrical release on August 28, 2011. The Caller was directed by Matthew Parkhill (Twist), written by Sergio Casci (American Cousins), and stars Stephen Moyer (Priest), Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) and Luis Guzmán (Punch-Drunk Love). Synopsis: “When troubled divorcee, Mary Kee, sets up home in her new apartment, she stumbles...
- 8/5/2011
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
See the movie trailer for The Caller starring Rachel Lefevre and Stephen Moyer. The Caller is a supernatural thriller tells the story of troubled divorcee Mary Kee (Leferve) who is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way. Matthew Parkhill directs from the writing by Sergio Casci. Samuel Goldwyn Films sends this to theaters on August 26th.
- 8/3/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the movie trailer for The Caller starring Rachel Lefevre and Stephen Moyer. The Caller is a supernatural thriller tells the story of troubled divorcee Mary Kee (Leferve) who is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way. Matthew Parkhill directs from the writing by Sergio Casci. Samuel Goldwyn Films sends this to theaters on August 26th.
- 8/3/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the movie trailer for The Caller starring Rachel Lefevre and Stephen Moyer. The Caller is a supernatural thriller tells the story of troubled divorcee Mary Kee (Leferve) who is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way. Matthew Parkhill directs from the writing by Sergio Casci. Samuel Goldwyn Films sends this to theaters on August 26th.
- 8/3/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Caller is a time shifting horror thriller from director Matthew Parkhill (Dot the I) and writer Sergio Casci (Dead Sea Reels). In the film, Mary Kee, played by Rachelle Lefevre, receives strange phone calls from an even stranger woman. However, the woman ringing is apparently phoning from the past, while murdering Mary Kee's acquaintances. Luis Guzman as George gets on the wrong side of the caller and before you can say: "it's for me," George is erased from the present. Watch other characters threatened in the trailer below, as The Caller gets set to release in theatres August 26th. Samuel Goldwyn Films is handling the theatrical release.
The synopsis for The Caller is here:
Starring Stephen Moyer ("True Blood") and Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight), this supernatural thriller tells the story of troubled divorcee Mary Kee (Leferve) who is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman.
The synopsis for The Caller is here:
Starring Stephen Moyer ("True Blood") and Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight), this supernatural thriller tells the story of troubled divorcee Mary Kee (Leferve) who is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman.
- 7/20/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Year: 2011
Directors: Matthew Parkhill
Writers: Sergio Casci
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by:
Rating: 7 out of 10
There's a lot of fun to be had with Matthew Parkhill's latest film, a horror/thriller centered on a woman who has just left an abusive relationship and moved into a new apartment when she starts getting mysterious phone calls which turn deadly serious. The film is a b-movie in the very best tradition, and I was surprised just how much I enjoyed it and how well it holds together over ninety minutes.
Mary (Rachelle Lefevre of Twilight fame) is in the middle of a difficult divorce from a violent husband when she moves into a slightly grotty apartment block and begins a course at night school. One evening the phone rings and a woman on the other end asks for a man called Peter, to which Mary responds that he doesn't live here.
Directors: Matthew Parkhill
Writers: Sergio Casci
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by:
Rating: 7 out of 10
There's a lot of fun to be had with Matthew Parkhill's latest film, a horror/thriller centered on a woman who has just left an abusive relationship and moved into a new apartment when she starts getting mysterious phone calls which turn deadly serious. The film is a b-movie in the very best tradition, and I was surprised just how much I enjoyed it and how well it holds together over ninety minutes.
Mary (Rachelle Lefevre of Twilight fame) is in the middle of a difficult divorce from a violent husband when she moves into a slightly grotty apartment block and begins a course at night school. One evening the phone rings and a woman on the other end asks for a man called Peter, to which Mary responds that he doesn't live here.
- 6/26/2011
- QuietEarth.us
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Telephones have long been a staple of low-budget thrillers. Despite its more prosaic title, when The Caller started I anticipated something along the lines of Sorry, Wrong Number or When A Stranger Calls, or perhaps the telephone scenes from Black Christmas (‘it’s meeee, Billy’). But when the movie declared its intentions, it was a little bolder than I expected: the person on the other end of the line, this time, claims to be calling from the 1970s.
Though not wholly original (the basic concept was used, to non-horror effect, in Frequency) this intriguing concept sets up a pretty neat little B-movie. The central character is called Mary, played by Rachelle Lefevre, and the movie begins with her moving into a new place after escaping from an abusive relationship. Her ex-husband still pesters her, despite a restraining order, making ominous, threatening remarks. She receives a phone-call...
Telephones have long been a staple of low-budget thrillers. Despite its more prosaic title, when The Caller started I anticipated something along the lines of Sorry, Wrong Number or When A Stranger Calls, or perhaps the telephone scenes from Black Christmas (‘it’s meeee, Billy’). But when the movie declared its intentions, it was a little bolder than I expected: the person on the other end of the line, this time, claims to be calling from the 1970s.
Though not wholly original (the basic concept was used, to non-horror effect, in Frequency) this intriguing concept sets up a pretty neat little B-movie. The central character is called Mary, played by Rachelle Lefevre, and the movie begins with her moving into a new place after escaping from an abusive relationship. Her ex-husband still pesters her, despite a restraining order, making ominous, threatening remarks. She receives a phone-call...
- 6/20/2011
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
Stephen Moyer is a Brit who makes us believe he's a vampire on True Blood. But the actor is even more versatile than that.
In the upcoming movie The Caller, the star portrays the character John Guidi, an Italian.
“I wanted him to have an Italianess”, screenwriter Sergio Casci says of the casting. “I saw him as someone with an Italian background and more so his parents, they are in the film as well.
“He has an amazing American accent; I didn’t realize that he was British. I am a massive fan of True Blood and I was a fan before I even knew that Stephen was going to be in The Caller and I think he is absolutely brilliant, he is absolutely fantastic.”
Read the full interview, and learn more about the film, at True Blood Online.
In the upcoming movie The Caller, the star portrays the character John Guidi, an Italian.
“I wanted him to have an Italianess”, screenwriter Sergio Casci says of the casting. “I saw him as someone with an Italian background and more so his parents, they are in the film as well.
“He has an amazing American accent; I didn’t realize that he was British. I am a massive fan of True Blood and I was a fan before I even knew that Stephen was going to be in The Caller and I think he is absolutely brilliant, he is absolutely fantastic.”
Read the full interview, and learn more about the film, at True Blood Online.
- 6/16/2011
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
The first trailer for Rachelle Lefevre ("Victoria" in Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon)'s The Caller with True Blood star Stephen Moyer has recently been unveiled.
Lefevre filmed The Caller in the winter of 2009, taking the lead spot after Brittany Murphy, now deceased, dropped out of the project.
The synopsis for The Caller is as follows:
Directed by Matthew Parkhill from a script by Sergio Casci, the story concerns a troubled divorcee, Mary Kee (played by Lefevre, who replaced the late Brittany Murphy during production). She moves into a new apartment, where she comes across an old telephone that she falls in love with; however, when she hooks it up, she begins to receive strange calls from a mysterious woman named Rose (Drag Me To Hell’s Lorna Raver). The two eventually establish an unlikely friendship, but when Rose clai ...
Lefevre filmed The Caller in the winter of 2009, taking the lead spot after Brittany Murphy, now deceased, dropped out of the project.
The synopsis for The Caller is as follows:
Directed by Matthew Parkhill from a script by Sergio Casci, the story concerns a troubled divorcee, Mary Kee (played by Lefevre, who replaced the late Brittany Murphy during production). She moves into a new apartment, where she comes across an old telephone that she falls in love with; however, when she hooks it up, she begins to receive strange calls from a mysterious woman named Rose (Drag Me To Hell’s Lorna Raver). The two eventually establish an unlikely friendship, but when Rose clai ...
- 6/1/2011
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
The last time Matthew Parkhill's (Dot the I) The Caller popped up on the screen, the film had just been purchased by Sony for future distribution (28Dla). Now, the film has a feature length trailer and the clip points out the diverse choices that each person has to make in their lives. Some choices lead to dead-ends, while others lead you to harassing voices. Therefore, you should choose wisely, while knowing that all paths lead to horror! Check out the full length clip below, with Rachelle Lefevre (Casino Jack) starring as the tormented callee, Mary Kee.
The synopsis for The Caller is here:
"When troubled divorcee, Mary Kee (Rachelle Lefevre), begins to receive mysterious phone calls from an unknown caller, she quickly begins to feel haunted in her own home. When she discovers that the person is calling from the past, Mary realises that she will have to kill her in order to survive.
The synopsis for The Caller is here:
"When troubled divorcee, Mary Kee (Rachelle Lefevre), begins to receive mysterious phone calls from an unknown caller, she quickly begins to feel haunted in her own home. When she discovers that the person is calling from the past, Mary realises that she will have to kill her in order to survive.
- 5/28/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Variety and Fearnet.com are announcing that director Matthew Parkhill's (Dot the I) and Sergio Casci's (Sea of Souls) The Caller has been picked up for distribution by Sony Pictures. The deal was inked at the European Film Market. So, horror fans can expect to see this supernatural thriller shortly. The film's concept poster is left, with a short synopsis on this developing feature below. More details on cast and crew are inside.
Tagline:
"Some calls are best left unanswered."
The synopsis for The Caller is here:
"Troubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way" (IMDb).
Release Date: 2011-12.
Director: Matthew Parkhill.
Writers: Sergio Casci,
Cast: Rachelle Lefevre,...
Tagline:
"Some calls are best left unanswered."
The synopsis for The Caller is here:
"Troubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way" (IMDb).
Release Date: 2011-12.
Director: Matthew Parkhill.
Writers: Sergio Casci,
Cast: Rachelle Lefevre,...
- 3/4/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
True Blood pretty boy Stephen Moyer and Twilight babe Rachel Lefevre's other supernatural project, The Caller, will soon calling on you. More after the jump. According to Variety, Sony "has nabbed North American rights to Matthew Parkhill's supernatural ghost story 'The Caller.'" "The film centers on a troubled divorcee who begins to receive mysterious phone calls from an unknown caller, who it appears is calling from the past." The film's script is by Sergio Casci. Lorna Raver (the gypsy lady in Drag Me to Hell) and Luis Guzman co-star.
- 3/4/2011
- FEARnet
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has nabbed North American rights to Matthew Parkhill's supernatural ghost story The Caller, which was scripted by Sergio Casci and stars Rachelle Lefevre ("Twilight," "New Moon"), Stephen Moyer ("True Blood"), Lorna Raver ("Drag Me to Hell") and Luis Guzman ("The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3"). "When troubled divorcee, Mary Kee, begins to receive mysterious phone calls from an unknown caller she quickly begins to feel haunted in her own home. When she discovers that the person is calling from the past, Mary realises that she will have to kill her in order to survive but how do you kill someone living in the past and what will happen if she fails. From the director of the internationally acclaimed dot the i, Caller is a chilling supernatural thriller in the tradition of 'The Grudge' and 'The Ring.'"...
- 3/3/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Caller ghost story has been picked up by Sony Worldwide Acquisitions. Matthew Parkhill's supernatural ghost story The Caller. premiered at last month's European Film Market and tells of a troubled divorcee who starts receiving mysterious phone calls from an unknown caller who appears to be calling from the past. Sounds like Dennis Quaid and James Caviezel starrer Frequency meets horror, doesn't it? Sergio Casci wrote the script for The Caller which starts Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight, New Moon), Stephen Moyer (True Blood), Lorna Raver (Drag Me to Hell) and Luis Guzman (The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3).
- 3/3/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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