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Dread

  • 20092009
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  • 1h 38m
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5.6/10
13K
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Dread (2009)
DramaHorrorThriller
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 to... Read allThree 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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
13K
YOUR RATING
    • Anthony DiBlasi
    • Clive Barker(based upon the short story "Dread" by)
    • Anthony DiBlasi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jackson Rathbone
    • Hanne Steen
    • Laura Donnelly
    • Anthony DiBlasi
    • Clive Barker(based upon the short story "Dread" by)
    • Anthony DiBlasi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jackson Rathbone
    • Hanne Steen
    • Laura Donnelly
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    • 85User reviews
    • 83Critic reviews
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    Hanne Steen and Jackson Rathbone in Dread (2009)
    Hanne Steen and Jackson Rathbone in Dread (2009)
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    Jackson Rathbone in Dread (2009)
    Laura Donnelly in Dread (2009)
    Hanne Steen in Dread (2009)
    Hanne Steen and Jackson Rathbone in Dread (2009)
    Shaun Evans and Jackson Rathbone in Dread (2009)
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    Jackson Rathbone in Dread (2009)
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    Jackson Rathbone
    Jackson Rathbone
    • Stephen Grace
    Hanne Steen
    Hanne Steen
    • Cheryl Fromm
    Laura Donnelly
    Laura Donnelly
    • Abby
    Jonathan Readwin
    Jonathan Readwin
    • Joshua Shaw
    Shaun Evans
    Shaun Evans
    • Quaid
    Vivian Gray
    • Tabitha Swan
    Carl McCrystal
    Carl McCrystal
    • Axe Man
    Derek Lea
    Derek Lea
    • Quaid's Father
    Siobhan Hewlett
    Siobhan Hewlett
    • Quaid's Mother
    Kieran Murphy
    • Young Quaid
    Cheyanne Raymond
    • Zooey
    • (as Cheyenne Raymond)
    Zoe Stollery
    • Shauna
    Elspeth Rae
    • Samantha
    Erin Gavin
    Erin Gavin
    • Valerie
    Kerry Ann Smith
    • Nurse #1
    Joanne Batten
    Joanne Batten
    • Nurse #2
    Matt Ayleigh
    Matt Ayleigh
    • Bobby How
    • (as Matt Jessup)
    Eva Wyrwal
    • Roo Roo
      • Anthony DiBlasi
      • Clive Barker(based upon the short story "Dread" by)
      • Anthony DiBlasi(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      It took two to five hours per day to put the birthmark make-up on Laura Donnelly for her role as Abby.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Quaid: Watching the fear of death, the pinnacle of all dread approach, that was the limits. Someone once wrote that no man can know his own death. But to know the death of others, intimately, to watch the tricks that the mind would surely perform to avoid the bitter truth, that was a clue to death's nature, wasn't it? That might, in some small way, prepare a man for his own death. To live another's dread vicariously was the safest, cleverest way to touch the beast.

    • Connections
      Featured in WhatCulture Horror: 10 Horror Movie Fates Worse Than Death (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Into You
      Performed by A Whisper in the Noise

      Written by West Dylan Thordson

      Published by A Whisper in the Noise (BMI)

      Master recording courtesy of A Whisper in the Noise

    User reviews85

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    6/10
    Intellectually comforting, psychologically disorientating
    Taking a glance at the cover in the video store, I almost arrogantly assumed it would be a terrible slasher flick, due to it's title and the lack of pictures, and also due to the fact that it went out of it's way to mention that Jackson Rathbone, "Star of the Twilight Saga", was in this film. I felt a little uncomfortable until I glanced a bit longer and noticed that it was "From the mind of Clive Barker". But alas, this is a review of it's content and not it's cover.

    I'm glad I did pick it up however because it turned out to be a decent psychological thriller, more so than it was a horror film. The characters are convincing, in particular Quaid, the protagonist bad guy, who we feel isn't all right from the very beginning of the film. I feel as if I was led to question whether the motives of Quaid were inherently bad or environmental, due to a childhood of significant psychological torment. When an audience is opened up to the possibility of these influences, immediately it changes from a horror film to an intellectual psychological thriller, that borders existential exploration of the human psyche. I couldn't help but feel as if some scenes of the film kind of reminded me of Fight Club, as Quaid attempted to groom Stephen in to his mode of thinking, but unlike Fight Club, this was unsuccessful and we saw the further polarisation of the characters involved in the college project from Quaid.

    All in all, Dread is a film which won't cater to your grisly, sleazy gore driven desires, mostly due to the fact that a lot of the gore is paced out through the film and used tactically in order to keep it relative to the conceptual element of the film, and also to keep the suspense. For those who enjoy psychological thrillers, college sociopathic sadists and existentially driven plots, will enjoy Dread. Fans of Clive Barker can rest assured that Anthony DiBlasi has effectively captured Clive Barker's depiction of the story and doesn't buck to the sleazy needs of Hollywood gore and torture-without-reason films (Saw) and manages to effectively convey the terror, torment and disorientation of Dread.
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    • Release date
      • October 30, 2009 (Turkey)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production companies
      • Essential Entertainment
      • Matador Pictures
      • Midnight Picture Show
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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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