Call of the Hunter (2009)

A documentary crew arrive at an old country manor intent on filming the Legend of Herne the Hunter. As members of the crew die in horrible circumstances the survivors are on a desperate ... See full summary »

Director:

Anthony Straeger

Writer:

Stephen Gawtry

Stars:

Sarah Paul, Michael Instone, Katrin Riedel-Kelly

Cast

Credited cast:
Sarah Paul	...	Tamsin
Michael Instone	...	Dan
Katrin Riedel-Kelly	...	Natasha
Don McCorkindale	...	Ralph
Angelique Fernandez	...	Gabriella
Julia Curle	...	Elaine
Jonathan Hansler	...	Max
Rich Roberts	...	Ted
Emily-Jo Smith	...	Young Caroline
Ashley Hodgkiss	...	Young Ralph
Jack	...	The Gardner
Anthony Straeger	...	Herne the Hunter
Julie Green	...	Caroline
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Phil Harmer	...	Studio Voice

Storyline

A documentary crew arrive at an old country manor intent on filming the Legend of Herne the Hunter. As members of the crew die in horrible circumstances the survivors are on a desperate search to find what the spirit of the forest wants.

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Plot Keywords:

death | legend | blood | revenge | pagan | 

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Taglines:

British Folk Horror

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was shot in 12 days.

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Goofs

In the scene where Natasha runs out of her room screaming after being 'touched by something'- Max appears and goes to check around the gardens, before finding out that at the end of the scene Natasha and Dan change rooms. On his return later, he goes to Natasha's original room with Dan now in it - how did he know?

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Quotes

Natasha: So how do you get in touch with the outside world?
Gabriella: We don't! Cosy ain't it?

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Soundtracks

No Way Out
Written by Nick Smailes & Andy Davidson
Performed by 21 Reasons

User Reviews

More history than you can shake a stick at!

This is a really good film - It has lots of content and in that I mean, plot, story etc. The premise is set around the Legend of Herne the Hunter (Who was also featured in the Robin of Sherwood series - and badly!) The protector of the forest and heroic Game Keeper of Richard 11. It's a film that packs a lot of information about the legend of Herne and covers the aspects a little Shakespeare to boot from the Merry Wives of Windsor - The monologue performed by Ralph (Don McCorkindale) What a great actor and what a fabulous voice.

There are flaws in this film but for such a small amount of money, I don't know how they achieved this. I saw the short that came on the DVD and like the humour that Anthony Straeger, the director injects into his pacey and action packed production.

There are a few other performances I'd like to mention, Dan (Michael Instone) Holds the humour card and plays it to great effect, Tamsin (Sarah Paul) is a first rate actress how holds the production in check all the way through. Max (Jonathan Hansler) A cameo role but his delivery is fabulous.

What can I say - I really enjoyed this and don't begrudge a cent of it. This will stay in my collection - unlike some.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 November 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Devon, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

GBP30,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Quid In Shrapnel Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min 85 min (original)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (HD)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1