Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear (2013)

From the people that brought you Steve Niles' Remains and Dead Souls comes a terrifying new anthology film based on the human senses...

Directors:

Eric England, Nick Everhart

Writers:

Eric England (segment), Nick Everhart (segment)

Stars:

Symba, Nicholas Tucci, Thea Trinidad

Cast

Credited cast:
Symba	...	Lacey Sharp
Nicholas Tucci	...	Office Drone
Thea Trinidad	...	Chelsea
Ox Baker	...	The Butcher
Kerry McGann	...	Mom
Nalini Sharma	...	Test Subject 2
Doug Roland	...	Aaron Whitworth
Robert Sciglimpaglia	...	Limo Driver
Hilary Greer	...	Miss Margaret
Danae Nason	...	Sarah
Andy Mitton	...	Piano Player 3
Ace Marrero	...	Police Officer
Sean Carmichael	...	Office Coworker
JP Valenti	...	Office Employee (as Jeff Valenti)
Morgan West	...	Spencer Masters

Storyline

From the people that brought you Steve Niles' Remains and Dead Souls comes a terrifying new anthology film based on the human senses...

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Plot Keywords:

anthology | man wears eyeglasses | woman wears eyeglasses | slasher | supernatural horror | 

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Taglines:

Five short films. Five ground-breaking visions. Five reasons to be scared senseless.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Each segment was shot in only 4 days, and they were shot back-to-back with only 3 days between each shoot. The first segment, "Smell," was filming in a Connecticut hotel room during hurricane Sandy while most of the state was out of power, and many people were evacuating their homes.

User Reviews

Gruesome horror quintet

Another year, another horror anthology, and this time it's the turn of 5 SENSES OF FEAR which unsurprisingly contains five short tales each based around one of the human senses. Like SCARY OR DIE or the V/H/S/ movies, this is acceptable stuff for horror fans, although it lacks the quality of something like TRICK 'R TREAT.

The problem with 5 SENSES OF FEAR is not the production values, because they're actually decent for a change; although the stories were shot on the cheap and in a very short space of time, they look good and the calibre of both acting and direction is of an acceptable standard. There are no big names here, but then you don't go looking for them.

The problem is that all of the stories are focused on delivering gore rather than true scares so that the scope ends up being rather limited. The first one, SMELL, is about a guy who comes into possession of a new and experimental perfume; this has a classic outcome and was my favourite of the five stories. The second one, SEE, involves some predictably nasty eye violence and very little else. The third, TOUCH, is about a blind kid who has a car accident and is the most atmospheric of the quintet, although the story is very slight. TASTE is an all-out gore effort set in an office, while LISTEN goes down the found footage route and isn't too shabby. All of the stories are acceptable, but I found them lacking in delivering proper horror themes or scares; is gore all the genre has to offer these days, I wonder?

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 January 2015 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chiller Films, Synthetic Cinema International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color