FROM WITHIN
“Eschewing all the usual teen clichés, it begins with a suicide, ends with a vision of the apocalypse, and has enough ideas in its supernatural storyline to get any viewer reflecting.”– Anton Bitel, LITTLE WHITE LIES
“FROM WITHIN dares to go in directions that glossy mainstream films would fear to tread”- Steve Biodrowski, CINEFANTASTIQUE
“Horror opus FROM WITHIN injects some novelty into its standard genre doings” – Dennis Harvey, VARIETY
“Ingeniously twisted… will be best appreciated by those who like their horror movies without milk, cream, or sugar” – Phil Nugent, NERVE.COM
“Proves that youth-centric horror is best served when pitched with a grown-up frame of mind” – Michael Gingold, FANGORIA
“Simply put, FROM WITHIN is the most severe teen horror film in ages…” – Mitch Davis, FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL
Directed by Phedon Papamichael (best known as the D.P. of 3:10 TO YUMA, SIDEWAYS, PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, WALK THE LINE, IDENTITY and recently Oliver Stone’s W.)
Starring Thomas Dekker (star of the upcoming Nick Cassavetes’ MY SISTER’S KEEPER for New Line and the electrifying series TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES – which became the highest rated show on the UK’s Virgin 1, scored the best opening-night ratings of any new show in three years in the US and it’s recently premiered second season is Fox’s most-watched program), Adam Goldberg (credits include the upcoming PRINCE OF PROVIDENCE starring Robin Williams, 2 DAYS IN PARIS, a staggering performance in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and DAZED AND CONFUSED), Elizabeth Rice (on the lead role, who’s worked on TV shows ER, BOSTON PUBLIC, WITHOUT A TRACE and most recently MAD MEN) and Jared Harris (LADY IN THE WATER, OCEAN’S TWELVE, RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE and MR. DEEDS).
Synopsis: All hell descends on the ultra religious Grovetown as a plague of seeming suicides threatens to decimate the population. As one by one her loved ones fall, Lindsay (Elizabeth Rice) realises she must get to the heart of the mystery or face death herself. But is her only ally, the handsome, brooding loner Aidan (Thomas Dekker) all he claims to be and does the town harbour an occult secret, giving the lie to it’s pristine exterior?
Festivals: Tribeca (North American Premiere), Fantasia Montreal, FrightFest London (European Premiere), Athens, FANCINE Malaga. Next: Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (South Korea)
USA Release: Theatrical by After Dark Films as one of their “8 Films to Die For” (aka HorrorFest) and on DVD through Lionsgate.
International: Out on DVD in the UK by E1 Entertainment (24 August) and in Germany by Kinowelt.
