Sanctuary; Quite a Conundrum (2012)

Sex, drums, tequila, social networking, a pirate, morning after pills, Jesus and a gun. It's one hot mess!

Director:

Thomas L. Phillips

Writer:

Thomas L. Phillips

Stars:

Sasha Ramos, Erin Cline, Emily Rogers

3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sasha Ramos	...	Mimi
Erin Cline	...	Tabitha
Emily Rogers	...	Kylene
Anthony Rutowicz	...	Harris
Joe Coffey	...	Dutch
Chris Greene	...	Sean
Catherine Trail	...	Thelma
Julianna Pitt	...	Lola
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Lucas	...	Marc

Storyline

It should have been just a normal day of sex, fun, alcohol, hormones and debauchery for Tabitha and Mimi, two twenty somethings who care about nothing but themselves and what chaos they can cause. But that so-called normalcy gets tossed out the window when an unexpected and devastating event occurs at a nighttime pool party. As the alcohol begins to wear off and the body count rises, all hell breaks loose and there is no going back. As if the foul mouths, perverted attitudes and devious natures of Tabitha and Mimi were not enough, then just throw in Tabitha's walking porno of a boyfriend Sean and his new best friend, the sweet Dutch. Then mix in Mimi's eighteen year old virginal, confused and prudish sister Kylene and her sexually challenged boyfriend Harris, and the events gets even saucier. Then shoot in a splash of the old pervert Marc and his crazy unhinged wife Lola, and then toss in the Bible-thumping Jesus-freak Thelma, and it gets a little more crazy, dangerous, insane and ...

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Plot Keywords:

man wears an eyepatch | woman wears a black bra | woman wears a facial mask | woman wears a micro mini skirt | woman wears a string bikini | 

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Taglines:

It's one hot mess!

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The entire movie was shot sequentially.

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Quotes

Tabitha: Now how do you fall drunk dick first into a dead man's ass and still be pitching a tent?
Mimi: That's a big ass tent.

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Connections

References Jersey Shore (2009)

User Reviews

Situational Snowballing..and NO, NOT the sexual kind!

The mastermind that gave us the 2006 cult classic "Special Dead" and 2007's Rattle Basket, has come back to deliver yet another blow to the indie film psyche...Only this time, the knockout was inevitable!! When I saw this I was attempting to multi-task, but the first scene alone thwarted that idea pretty damn quick, therefore keeping me glued to the screen for the entire hour and a half. Very few movies have the ability to do that to me anymore, but with this one, I actually caught myself doing double takes and out loud saying "Seriously, Really and OH COME ON!" quite frequently, as it's literally one horrible thing after another for these poor kids.

Thomas L. Phillips has put together a film that almost defies genre. Some would probably classify it as a horror, myself, I found it was so much more than that. This film not only brings a healthy body count and a good amount of blood spilling to the table, but it also keeps the watcher on their toes by adding the key elements of a variety of genres, including but not limited to; Comedy, Thriller, Horror, Action...and Baywatch. This film is a rarity in the fact that the entire cast did such an amazing job and was so tightly knit that if you replaced any one of them at any point, a lot of the effect this movie has would have been lost.

I have to go out of my way to tip my hat to both Sasha Ramos and Erin Cline as their ability to go from portraying the dread, stress and emotional instability their characters were enduring, to snapping out of it to quickly pull off a momentary banter of back and forth wit that can only be matched by the likes of Kevin Smith. I truly hope to see them receive an award or some sort of official acknowledgment towards their performance, and I hope to see them in more upcoming pictures in the future. I strongly suggest checking this flick out if you get the chance, weather it's at a festival or weather you get the DVD, as there's something for everyone here, no matter what your respective genre may be.

In closing, the best description of what to expect with this one...I dunno....If films could interact with each other, think of what the outcome would be if there was a drunken debaucherous night behind closed doors with Clerks, Very Bad Things and Dead Hooker in a Trunk...while Scream and Thelma and Louise video taped it for later use VIA blackmail.

P.S. - If you're wondering why I only gave it a 9, it's because I never give out 10's, giving something a 10 seems too fake and too doctored.

--Don

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

June 2019 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Devil at the Door

Filming Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gold Lion Films, T-Street Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD