7 Below (2012)

A group of strangers trapped in a time warp house where a terrible event transpired exactly 100 years prior.

Director:

Kevin Carraway

Writers:

Kevin Carraway, Lawrence Sara

Stars:

Val Kilmer, Ving Rhames, Luke Goss

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matt Barr	...	Adam
Rebecca Da Costa	...	Courtney
Luke Goss	...	Issac
Ving Rhames	...	Jack
Val Kilmer	...	Bill McCormick
Bonnie Somerville	...	Brooklyn
Christian Baha	...	Dr. Lipski
Jennifer Trier	...	Aunt May
Kaleigh Howland	...	Amanda McKnight
Silvio Wolf Busch	...	William McKnight
Kylie Pfingsten	...	Sarah McKnight
Brianna Lee Johnson	...	Elizabeth McKnight
Corey Reilly	...	Sean McKnight (as Corey Riley)
Tia Sage	...	Mistress (as Tia Huelseman)
Eric Fischer	...	Driver (as Eric Mark Fischer)

Storyline

The wolf lawyer Bill McCormick and his estranged wife Brooklyn; the brothers Issac and Adam; and Dr. Lipski are returning from a resort in a van. They stop in a gas station where Adam and Bill woo the attendant Courtney and when they return to the road, the driver sees a mysterious woman on the road and crashes the van into a tree. The driver dies and the group of strangers is helped by Jack that invites them to go to his house since a storm is coming. Adam meets Courtney with her broken car on the road and she joins the group. Soon they find that they are trapped in the house that is inhabited by ghosts. Further they learn that one hundred years ago a family was slaughtered by their insane son and they can see the boy killing his family again and again.

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Plot Keywords:

son murders mother | son murders father | killer child | haunted house | 

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Taglines:

Secrets of the Past Never Die

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, sexuality/nudity and language

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the final scene where Ving Rhames reveals the truth out in the forest, shots of Ving Rhames alternate between daylight and dark.

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Soundtracks

Cutie Pie
Written by Nathan Fox
Performed by Nathan Fox
Courtesy of FATENOX PUBLISHING

User Reviews

Senseless and Lame Ghost Story

The wolf lawyer Bill McCormick (Val Kilmer) and his estranged wife Brooklyn (Bonnie Somerville); the brothers Issac (Luke Goss) and Adam (Matt Barr); and Dr. Lipski (Christian Baha) are returning from a resort in a van. They stop in a gas station where Adam and Bill woo the attendant Courtney (Rebecca Da Costa) and when they return to the road, the driver sees a mysterious woman on the road and crashes the van on a tree.

The driver dies and the group of strangers is helped by Jack (Ving Rhames) that invites them to go to his house since a storm is coming. Adam meets Courtney with her broken car on the road and she joins the group. Soon they find that they are trapped in the house that is inhabited by ghosts. Further they learn that one hundred years ago a family was slaughtered by their insane son and they can see the boy killing his family again and again.

"Seven Below" is a senseless and lame ghost story and one of the worst horror movies that I have ever seen. The plot is an awful rip-off of the storyline of Claude Chabrol's "Alice ou la Dernière Fugue", with a car crash on a tree and the character trapped in a house.

Ghost stories are usually attractive, but unfortunately "Seven Below" does not make any sense. The characters are poorly developed and Val Kilmer and Ving Rhames are absolutely decadent in their careers. My vote is two.

Title (Brazil): "Sete Almas" ("Seven Souls")

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 2012 (Kuwait)

Also Known As:

Seven Below Zero

Filming Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$85,226

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vitamin A Films, Barking Fish Entertainment, Efish Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1