Expiration (2011)

Four participants sign up for a mysterious medical test.

Director:

Alastair Orr

Writers:

Jonathan Jordaan, Alastair Orr

Stars:

Brandon Auret, Clive Gilson, Craig Hawks

Cast

Credited cast:
Brandon Auret	...	William Hunter
Clive Gilson	...	Colin Norton
Craig Hawks	...	Reece
Christien Le Roux	...	Megan Donovan
Ryan Macquet	...	Jake Butler
Alex Radntiz	...	De La Rossa
Nic Rasenti	...	Briggs (as Nicolas Rasenti)
Ingeborg Riedmaier	...	Samantha Foxx
Justin Strydom	...	Le Roux
Michael Thompson	...	Dominic Black

Storyline

Everyone has an Expiration Date. Four applicants, with their own hidden agendas, are accepted by a mysterious corporation to participate in a medical experiment at an isolated testing facility. With no instructions and no supplies, the human lab rats must fend for themselves and figure out what part of the experiment each one is playing. When the corporation becomes aware that a pregnant intruder has infiltrated the facility, they send in armored guards to clean up the mess. However, loyalties are tested when the guards learn the truth about the experiments and begin to turn on the corporation. Hidden truths about the different players and why they all signed up for the tests are revealed as their situation becomes increasingly dire.

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Plot Keywords:

experiment | test | medical | participant | gore | 

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Taglines:

Everyone Expires

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

South Africa

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 March 2014 (Philippines)

Also Known As:

Rancid

Filming Locations:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$70,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kamikaze Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in 28 Days.

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Goofs

The timestamp on the security camera footage is always at 5 hours, 38 minutes and 40 seconds even though it is shown on multiple occasions that take place over several days.

User Reviews

A good, original horror film with realistic characters.

2011's Expiration, also known as Rancid, is a low budget horror film about a medical test that goes wrong. The participants don't know what the medical test is about, they're just doing it for the money. Instead of a leading role, we have all the perspectives of the participants as they experience the test and start to realize that it is no ordinary one. Brandon Auret and Ingeborg Riedmaier are the best performances in this film, displaying realistic emotion and understanding their own roles and the situation their characters are in.

The film is good to the horror genre and uses claustrophobia and shock value to please the horror film fan, but this film also has realistic characters with pros and cons in order to keep moving the story forward. The characters act realistically to their situation and are forced with obstacles and tasks to survive, revealing their personality inside and their instincts. Alastair Orr did a good job with the small bit of security-camera cinematography in the film, and most of the cinematography in the second half of the film was really good considering their equipment, but the first half's cinematography could of been a bit better, I think.

A good film I recommend that will leave you asking questions in every scene. My only real problem with this movie is that I think the film could of been a bit slower paced so we could of built up more tension to the scary moments. Recommended, overall I'd rate this a 7.1/10. Sorry if the review was too short, but I didn't want to spoil anything...