Freakdog (2008)

After a prank goes awry and lands a hospital janitor in a coma, a group of doctors begin dying at the hands of the comatose patient who is extracting revenge through out-of-body experiences.

Director:

Paddy Breathnach

Writer:

Spence Wright (screenplay)

Stars:

Arielle Kebbel, Sarah Carter, Stephen Dillane

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Arielle Kebbel	...	Catherine
Sarah Carter	...	Kim
Stephen Dillane	...	Dr. Harris
Andrew Lee Potts	...	Kenneth
Alex Wyndham	...	Jake
Katie McGrath	...	Harriet
Christina Chong	...	Yoshimi
Martin Compston	...	Sean
Michael Jibson	...	Steve
MyAnna Buring	...	Shelby
Colin Stinton	...	Detective Cartert
Nick Hardin	...	Walt
Michael J. Reynolds	...	Dr. Stegman (as Michael J Reynolds)
Sarah Wilson	...	Vanessa (as Sarah Boyd Wilson)
Art Parkinson	...	Young Kenneth

Storyline

A young doctor in a US hospital administers a powerful and untested cocktail of drugs to a coma victim. But instead of curing him, it triggers a powerful "out-of-body" experience and enables the patient - a depraved and dangerous loner - to inhabit other people's bodies and, through them, take revenge on the bullying medical students who were accidentally responsible for his condition. The doctor, who was herself a part of this group, is also targeted and as her colleagues are singled out and relentlessly picked off, she realises that she can trust no-one - friend or stranger - as this comatose killer moves in and out of bodies at will, getting ever closer as his murderous supernatural powers increase.

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | doctor | coma | revenge | out of body experience | 

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Taglines:

Do Not Resuscitate

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 July 2009 (UK)

Also Known As:

Red Mist

Filming Locations:

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Generator Entertainment,Geronimo Films,Framestore CFC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although the film is set in America, Arielle Kebbel is the only American actor in the cast.

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Goofs

Child Kenneth is seen with blue eyes at the beginning of movie, while older Kenneth has brown eyes.

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Connections

Referenced in The Making of Red Mist (2009)

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Soundtracks

Comeback Girl
Written and Performed by Republic of Loose

User Reviews

Much better than they say

This is a good effort - much better than other reviewers have suggested. As usual, as soon as reviewers are even slightly disappointed they suffer from a knee-jerk reaction and start to proclaim decent films as "the worst ever". Time to put things straight... The director's previous horror effort, 'Shrooms',was a great disappointment to me - many had bigged it up but I found myself fairly unmoved throughout. This, however, is much better. It comes across as a combo of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' and the Australian 'Carrie' rip-off from the 70s, 'Patrick'. Character development could be better in some cases and some characters might have benefited the story by sticking around longer than they did. Occasionally we suffer from trite dialogue, too. However, it has pace, decent production values and an interesting cast made up of British, American, Canadian and European actors, all of whom acquit themselves well. They all have admirable track records prior to this film, too. Overall, an involving, entertaining film - and nice to see Michael Jibson, star of the West End stage show 'Our House: The Madness Musical', get another cinematic outing - I enjoyed him alongside Statham in 'The Bank Job', too. Best horror film ever? No, but the best British film pretending to be American that I can recall seeing in a long time, and the best slasher-ish film I've seen in absolutely ages. Don't be put of by the doom-mongers - this is worth a watch.