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:

filmed on location | gypsy | romania | actress | extrasensory perception | 

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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

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

Remake of Don't Look Up (1996)

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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

Drawn into the torture of the main character...

Normally I don't write reviews... although after watching this movie, it marked my life in such ways I had to leave a comment and warn others. Just spare yourself the misery. This movie shows promise at the start, thinking of such urban legends as the filming of The Exorcist... yet sadly it fails to deliver. The plot is very poor to say the least, and the main character inspires as much empathy in his role as a mad director, that by the end of the movie you are actually rooting for something to happen to him. The movie ends, and ends again, then ends strangely... and I now have to find a way to wash my brain of this dreg...

Details

Country:

USA Japan South Africa

Language:

English Romanian

Release Date:

8 January 2011 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Don't Look Up

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:

85 min

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1