Killing Ariel (2008)

One night, a female demon attacks Rick, a contentedly married man. Under the spell of the demon, he takes a beautiful woman, Ariel, off to an isolated house for a weekend fling. There, ... See full summary »

Directors:

Fred Calvert, David J. Negron Jr.

Writer:

Fred Calvert

Stars:

Lindsley Allen, Suzete Belouin, Shana Betz

Cast

Credited cast:
Lindsley Allen	...	Sally
Suzete Belouin	...	Karen
Shana Betz	...	Nancy (as Shana Sosin)
Michael Brainard	...	Rick
Axelle Cummings	...	Ariel (as Axelle Grelet)
Gary Edward	...	Jerry (as Gary Hourani)
Maggie Fine	...	Secretary
Lisa Franks	...	Julia
Joseph Gatt	...	Incubus
Lauren Mary Kim	...	Tai Chi Woman
Steven Lamprinos	...	Bradley
Paul Mackley	...	Gas Station Attendant
Stacey Martino	...	Rick's Mother
Miguel Nájera	...	Psychiatrist
Sal Romeo	...	Nicholas

Storyline

One night, a female demon attacks Rick, a contentedly married man. Under the spell of the demon, he takes a beautiful woman, Ariel, off to an isolated house for a weekend fling. There, bizarre and frightening things happen, and accidentally Rick kills Ariel. But she won't stay dead. He soon realizes that she is the demon that first attacked him. He defends himself by killing her again. And again. But no matter how many times he kills her, she keeps coming back.

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | topless female nudity | sex scene | hairy chest | bare chested male | 

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violent and sexual content, nudity and some drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Goliath Pictures Goliath Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 January 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kiirthatatlan

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DJN Studios Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

No "AD" or cats were harmed during the making of this film!

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Soundtracks

Die A Little Death
Lyrics by Fred Calvert and Sukunya Wangsomnuk
Music composed by Pongprom Snitwong and Sukunya Wangsomnuk
Vocals by Sukunya Wangsomnuk
Recorded at Butterfly Studios, Bangkok, Thailand

User Reviews

It delivers what a horror/thriller should!

I can't believe so few people have seen/rated this movie. Judging from the film's website they're still working on getting proper distribution. That is a shame, because fans of the genre deserve the chance to see this. I consider myself lucky enough to have seen this film, which is quite a rarity for me to say when it comes to horror-thrillers, especially low budget ones such as this.

I love horror/thrillers, but come out of almost all of them with general feelings of disappointment. Why? Because all I want is something a little bit original that scares me and is at least a little bit believable. Movies continually fall short on either one or, typically, all of these points. Instead of originality and thrills I get recycled bits of other horror movies, a couple spoonfuls of bad acting, and several buckets of corn-syrup blood. If the budget is low then acting gets worse and is then accompanied by campy effects, bad puns, and bad camera work, all of which eliminate any redeeming qualities of the film. I see this time and time again, and I am happy to say that's not what I saw with Killing Ariel. The fresh premise had me interested from the beginning, the acting - while not Oscar-worthy - is far better than most in this genre, (think Jack Nicholson in "The Shining"), and they didn't try to overcompensate a lack of genuine thrills with gallons of blood, although there was some gore. Also, not once did any of the characters do something that they wouldn't rationally do were they in a similar situation. That is to say there are no, "We're in danger...lets all split up!" moments in this film.

While not a perfect 10, the fact that it didn't suffer from the pitfalls that even "blockbuster" horror movies out there suffer from makes me tip my hat to all those involved. I can't even say that I was "pleasantly surprised" by this movie because I hold the same standards to all movies in this genre, regardless of their budget or status. It lived up to what I consider to be reasonable standards: originality, thrills, and believability. (A decent plot and acting helped as well).

Simply put, if you like horror/thriller, find a way to watch this movie. You won't regret it.