Dread (2009)

Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out to secretly be a sadistic psychopath who uses this knowledge to gruesomely torture the subjects.

Director:

Anthony DiBlasi

Writers:

Clive Barker (based upon the short story "Dread" by), Anthony DiBlasi (screenplay)

Stars:

Jackson Rathbone, Hanne Steen, Laura Donnelly

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackson Rathbone	...	Stephen Grace
Hanne Steen	...	Cheryl Fromm
Laura Donnelly	...	Abby
Jonathan Readwin	...	Joshua Shaw
Shaun Evans	...	Quaid
Vivian Gray	...	Tabitha Swan
Carl McCrystal	...	Axe Man
Derek Lea	...	Quaid's Father
Siobhan Hewlett	...	Quaid's Mother
Kieran Murphy	...	Young Quaid
Cheyanne Raymond	...	Zooey (as Cheyenne Raymond)
Zoe Stollery	...	Shauna
Elspeth Rae	...	Samantha
Erin Gavin	...	Valerie
Kerry Ann Smith	...	Nurse #1

Storyline

The outcast cinema student, Stephen Grace, does not drive cars due to the trauma of losing his brother in a car accident. He befriends, Quaid, who since the age of 6 has experienced dreadful nightmares and daydreams about the death of his parents. Quaid proposes they research about each one's innermost fear. Stephen sees the chance of developing an original thesis for college and invites his friend, Cheryl, to work with them. Among the interviewees, Stephen talks to his colleague, Abby who works with him in the library. Abby has a complex about the way she looks. When the work is almost complete, Quaid has an outburst at one interviewee's and ends up destroying the camera and editing equipment. Stephen begins to re-evaluate the situation.

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Plot Keywords:

killed with an axe | female captive | friend murders friend | incest victim | childhood trauma | 

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Taglines:

Your Time Will Come.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, disturbing sadistic content, graphic sexuality, nudity and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

It took two to five hours per day to put the birthmark make-up on Laura Donnelly for her role as Abby.

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Goofs

When the flyer for the fear study is being copied, the light illuminates the original from underneath and the wording is not reversed. Since there is no printing on the side you can see, that means that the printed side being copied was printed backwards. Yet the copies coming out are printed correctly.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Quaid: Maybe I'm not being clear enough. Maybe I need to be honest with you and tell you what I want.

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Connections

References Casino (1995)

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Soundtracks

Liebstod
From 'Tristan And Isolde'
Performed by Hedwig Fassbender (soprano) and the Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra
Composed by Richard Wagner
Chorus Conducted by Leif Segerstam
Courtesy of Naxos Rights International Ltd

User Reviews

Nicely put together film.

This movie was a real positive surprise. It felt both original and well done. Simply a real good movie to watch.

It's perhaps hard to place this movie in any particular genre. Psychological-horror would be the best way to describe this movie. It plays on the deep rooted fears of people but please don't expect from this movie to give you plenty of scare moments, or anything of that sort. It's not really an horror in the classic most common sense of the word. The drama plays an important part as well, which only strengthens the movie its psychological-horror aspects. In that regard alone this movie already works out as an original and interesting one.

But above all things, it's also a really well done film. It has a good build up and narrative, some fine actors and the movie has a good look over it as well. It's not a big budget movie that had a big cinematic release anywhere but you can't really tell that, judging by the movie its looks or just overall greatness. Actually hard to believe that this was the first ever movie for director Anthony DiBlasi, who was also rumored to direct the new Hellraiser movie for a while. He would had certainly been capable of it and he had worked with Clive Barker, the creator of the Hellraiser franchise, before, which was on this movie actually, that got based on a short story by Clive Barker. His approach of the horror and more serious story aspects, which he shows that he is capable off with this movie, would had been great for a new Hellraiser movie.

The movie has a story that steadily but slowly progresses. Yet the movie becomes never a boring or dragging one because it is capable of getting you involved with the characters and their stories. It's a real intriguing movie to watch and because it's being so original, you also can't really predict all the time what is going to happen next in it. No, not everything works convincing or works out as strong and effective as it could had but still this movie feels like a breath a fresh air and is perfectly watchable.

A nice, original, well done little film.

7/10

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Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 October 2009 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Dread

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$97,438

Company Credits

Production Co:

Essential Entertainment, Matador Pictures, Midnight Picture Show

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min 95 min (Blu-ray)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1