Don't Look Up (2009)

Evil spirits released from old celluloid cause a film crew to slowly go insane while in production on a new project.

Director:

Fruit Chan

Writers:

Brian Cox (screenplay), Hiroshi Takahashi (screenplay "Joyû-rei")

Stars:

Rachael Murphy, Eli Roth, Ben DiGregorio

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rachael Murphy	...	Lila Kis
Eli Roth	...	Béla Olt
Ben DiGregorio	...	Olt's Cameraman
Reshad Strik	...	Marcus Reed
Alyssa Sutherland	...	Claire
Shiloh Fernandez	...	Garret
Henry Thomas	...	Josh Petri
Lothaire Bluteau	...	Grigore
Robert Towers	...	Beng
Carmen Chaplin	...	Romy Bardóc
Daniela Sea	...	Tami
Jack Dimich	...	Romanian Grip
Elena Satine	...	Anca
Zelda Williams	...	Matya
Brian Henderson	...	Peter

Storyline

In the Dark Ages, a gypsy woman made a pact with Beng, the gypsy devil, to marry a powerful man. In return, Beng asked for her first born child. Her daughter Matya had the mark of the devil and was killed by the villagers. In 1928, the Hungarian director Bela Olt decides to shoot Matya's story with the lead gypsy actress Lila Kis. However, the director, the cast and the crew vanished with the film that had never been seen. Back to the present and the discredited medium director Marcus Reed and his producer Josh Petri head to Romania to make a film about Matya's story...

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Plot Keywords:

gypsy | romania | actress | extrasensory perception | hollywood california | 

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Taglines:

Lights... Camera... Evil...

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence and gore

Details

Country:

USA Japan South Africa

Language:

English Romanian

Release Date:

8 January 2011 (Japan)

Also Known As:

A Semente do Mal

Filming Locations:

Lacy Street Production Center - 2630 Lacy Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Distant Horizon, Action 5, Reel Deal Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The name of the director of the original film is Bela Olt. One of Bela Lugosi's early stage names was Arisztid Olt.

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Connections

References Son of Frankenstein (1939)

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Soundtracks

Gaze At Me
Performed by Doping Panda
Composed by Yutaka Furukawa
Published by Sony Music Artists, Inc. (JASRAC)
(p)2009 Sony Music Records, Inc.

User Reviews

don't look at it

There was a time that Japanese or Asian flicks were the next big thing. Gore galore and brutality used was a common thing. Sadly, Hollywood saw the dollars coming in and started to remake most of those flicks, many of them flopped. Even worser, those eastern directors were asked to make Hollywood movies. Bad idea, they are really crap. Here, Fruit Chan, the director couldn't deliver the stuff. And even as the granddaughter of actor, Charles Chaplin, plays in it it really is a dreg. The idea is okay, but done before a year ago in two other films. The movie in the movie, remember The Hills Run Red and Midnight Movie. Here a director would like to remake a movie that was never finished due to, as legends go, evil spirits. Those evil spirits are killing all crew members or anyone involved in the making of the movie. The supernatural is a main thing in this flick but appears too much via CGI. No gore, no nudity, no suspense, no nothing. I would recommend it for teenagers seeking for a good time with a beer and some crisps.