100 Feet (2008)

After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.

Director:

Eric Red

Writer:

Eric Red

Stars:

Famke Janssen, Bobby Cannavale, Ed Westwick

Cast

Cast overview:
Famke Janssen	...	Marnie
Bobby Cannavale	...	Shanks
Ed Westwick	...	Joey
Michael Paré	...	The Ghost - Mike
Patricia Charbonneau	...	Frances
John Fallon	...	Jimmy
Kevin Geer	...	Priest
Tibor Pálffy	...	Homeless Man
Kembe Sorel	...	Patrolman
Evelyne Kandech	...	Patrolwoman
Ken Kelsch	...	Garbage Man

Storyline

A young woman, Marnie Watson, is granted early release from her prison sentence for manslaughter (killing her husband - a violent NYC cop - in self defense) on condition she wear an electronic ankle bracelet and remain within her home, effectively under house arrest, for the remainder of her sentence. Her late husband's partner keeps tabs on her from a patrol car parked across the street, hoping she'll violate probation and he can send her back to prison. But the 100-foot radius her ankle bracelet allows isn't the worst of her problems. Her dead husband --now a malevolent ghost--is still in the house, where he died -- intent on savage revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

prison | house arrest | revenge | ankle bracelet | woman | 

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Taglines:

Her Husband's Dead, And He's Taking the News Badly...

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some strong violence, terror, language and a scene of sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

MySpace page Official site [South Korea]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 July 2008 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

100 Feet

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,415,804

Company Credits

Production Co:

Grand Illusions Entertainment, Film Visions Funding, New Deal Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 104 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The apartment is the same one as in "Elementary".

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Goofs

The director makes a point of showing that the steps up to Marnie's front door are covered in fallen leaves, implying that no one has lived there for a long time, but earlier in the scene the street's trees still have their leaves.

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Connections

References Shrek (2001)

User Reviews

Great quality stuff

This is a great thriller from Eric Red, the writer of Hitcher and many more. On the outside it's a budget haunted house horror flick, the kind that everybody used to make a couple of years ago, before the slashers came back. But this one stands out with its solid writing and impressive no nonsense execution. Eric Red took what was fashionable and made the most of it. He has quite a reputation with numerous classic genre films throughout the 80s and 90s that he has to live up to. And live up to it this movie does. Famke Janssen carries the film with ease. It doesn't take much time till you root for her because the character is as real a person as it gets in these movies. The supporting cast are all great too. Bobby Cannavale who plays the cop on a stakeout outside her house does a "young Chazz Palminteri", just what the role asks for. And Michael Pare who plays the ghost actually acts and acts well under the coat of blurry special effects and not a word of dialog save for a couple of grunts, not to mention he *is* scary. I enjoyed the hell out of it and I hope Eric Red continues to make movies this good.