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Dread

Promotional film poster
Directed by Anthony DiBlasi
Produced by Clive Barker,
Lauri Apelian,
Joe Daley,
Jorge Saralegui,
Nigel Thomas,
Charlotte Walls
Written by Clive Barker (short story),
Anthony DiBlasi (screenplay)
Starring Jackson Rathbone,
Shaun Evans,
Paloma Faith
Hanne Steen,
Laura Donnelly,
Jonathan Readwin
Music by Theo Green
Cinematography Sam McCurdy
Editing by Celia Haining
Studio Matador Pictures
Distributed by After Dark Films
Release date(s) July 14, 2009 (2009-07-14) (Canada)
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Dread is a 2009 horror film directed by Anthony DiBlasi and starring Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Evans and Hanne Steen, based on the short story of the same name by Clive Barker.[1] The story was originally published in 1984 in volume two of Barker's Books of Blood short story collections.[2]

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Plot

The film tells the story of three students who decide to study people's fears for a video documentary college class. Initially they simply interview their subjects but then one of the students progresses to setting up situations where the subjects are forced to confront their fears.

Cast

Production

The 104 page script was shot in just 28 days.[5]

Release

The film had its world premier at the 2009 Montreal Fantasia Festival where it picked up a distributor in After Dark Films.[6] It was announced that Dread will be included in the films in the fourth Horrorfest film festival in 2010[7]. The film will released on 29 January 2010 in the US Cinemas[8].

Reception

The film received positive reviews by Fangoria,[9] and websites that focus on the horror genre such as Fear.net[10] and DreadCentral[11]. GoreZone Magazine gave the movie 5 stars and did a five page article on the movie in issue 54.

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