Awaken the Shadowman (2018)

After the mysterious disappearance of their mother, estranged brothers reunite and discover an unknown supernatural force.

Director:

J.S. Wilson

Writers:

Skyler Caleb, Woodrow Wilson Hancock III

Stars:

James Zimbardi, Skyler Caleb, Jean Smart

Cast

Credited cast:
James Zimbardi	...	Adam Morris
Skyler Caleb	...	Jake
Jean Smart	...	Evette
Emily Somers	...	Beth
Andrea Hunt	...	Christy
Robert R. Shafer	...	Tom
Raam Weinfeld	...	Lawrence
Grace Van Dien	...	Samantha
Sophie Labelle	...	Angela
Casey Kramer	...	Glenda
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karah Britton	...	Sarah
Jasper Cole	...	Peter
Mario Daggett	...	Scrapyard worker
Angie Teodora Dick	...	Gloria (as Angie Dick)
Marisa Dzintars	...	Candice

Storyline

Estranged for years since a devastating and horrible tragedy back in 1964, siblings Adam and Jake reunite once again when unexpectedly, the former receives an emergency phone call from his brother informing him that their widowed mother Evette has been inexplicably missing for days. Without delay, Adam troubled by the alarming news, returns to his hometown with his wife Beth and baby Emma, only to be awkwardly welcomed with open arms by the pervading members of the local cult-like bereavement group called "Gateways" and their rather cryptic guru leader Lawrence. Undoubtedly, there is more than meets the eye, moreover, as the two brothers search for answers in the secretive neighbourhood, at the same time, the dark presence of a grim and haunting spectre seems to be strongly attracted by infant Emma's innocence. Is there a chance of eluding the malignant otherworldly visitor?

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Plot Keywords:

guru | baby | wife | hometown | apparition | 

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Taglines:

Nightmares Come to Life.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2018 (Canada)

Also Known As:

The Ones Above

Filming Locations:

La Canada Flintridge, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wild Story Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on actual phenomena.

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Quotes

Beth: They can fix this. They'll fix everything. They can fix this. They'll fix everything. They can fix this...

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Connections

Featured in The Cinema Snob: Sex and the City 2 (2017)

User Reviews

Terrible Acting and Do-Nothing Monster Puts 'SLOW' in slowburn

I don't often write reviews for IMDb but after sitting through 'Awaken the Shadowman' and then reading some of the 9 and 10/10 reviews I had to take a moment to warn the world away from this poorly written, poorly directed 'thriller?' peopled with amateurs posing as actors and the always lovely Jean Smart.

The story in a nutshell, an everyman gets a call from his brother informing him their mother has disappeared. Concerned, he carts his wife and young baby to mom's place where they are introduced to a collection of folks who all belong to a sort of survivors group. The everyman then proceeds to spend most of the film searching for mom while 'The Shadowman' basically a black silhouette, turns up occasionally and does absolutely nothing until late in the third act.

The ending doesn't matter because if you have ever seen a horror film you already know. Lazy and obvious.

Now the big problem. The acting in this film is some of the worst I have ever seen. I know, it's a low budget horror, but the soap opera lead and the rest of the cast give such flat, monotone readings I was questioning if Shadowman was suppose to be a comic parody of the horror film genera. Nope! It's not clever and self aware like Scream, it's just horrible.

Next time Skyler get a dialogue coach and a monster that does more then stands in the corner of the room like a virgin at the senior prom.