A few hours ago, our High Life pounding badass Ammon Gilbert offered up a sweet looking exclusive clip from Sean McConville’s DEADLINE. Well, it seems the miscreants over at Film School Rejects have locked a 6 and half minute look at the opening of the picture (which you can peep right here).
In case you missed prior briefings on the film, here’s a plot-crunch:
Alice, 32, a writer recovering from a psychological breakdown retreats to a remote Victorian house to convalesce and focus on finishing her screenplay in time for a fast approaching deadline. Shortly after her arrival, mysterious noises and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild, sending her on a twisting and terrifying pursuit to find out what is behind the endless mind games. Frightened but intrigued, Alice gathers the courage to go the attic where she finds a shoe box filled with mini-DV tapes. The terrifying secret that lies within the tapes will unravel Alice’s dark past.
In terms of premise, this flick strikes me as THE SHINING meeting SESSION 9. Of course, I have zero faith DEADLINE can replicate any of the chilling effectiveness both of those films display.
What do I have faith in then? The notion that Thora Birch is back and looking as tasty as ever, that’s what!
Hitting DVD on December 1st, DEADLINE also sees Brittany Murphy, Tammy Blanchard, Marc Blucas, Claudia Troll and Michael Piscitelli playing a role.