Perkins' 14 is a 2009

2009 in film

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 horror

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 film

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 originated by Jeremy Donaldson, written by Lane Shadgett, and directed

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 by Craig Singer. The film is produced by Jeremy Donaldson, Matthew Kuipers, and Christopher Milburn. The film was released theatrically nationwide January 9–15, 2009. The DVD which includes the 10 making-of webisodes from the Massify Ghosts in the Machine Competition was released on March 31, 2009.

Production

The film was developed online

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 at Massify.com. Writers uploaded story

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 concepts and actors submitted audition

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 videos

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. The winning idea was submitted by Jeremy Donaldson. Filmed on locations in Romania

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, and produced by After Dark Films

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, and Massify in association with FanLib, Perkins' 14 was released on March 31, 2009.

Synopsis

Ten years after officer Dwayne Hooper’s son disappeared, the final of 14 victims in a string of local unsolved disappearances, his suspicions are aroused by prison inmate Ronald Perkins (Richard Brake

Richard Brake

Richard Brake is a Welsh/American actor.-Early life:Brake was born in Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales and brought up in the United States...

). Dwayne searches Perkins’ house and discovers a collection of torture videos featuring the missing victims from the past. In a fit of rage, Dwayne kills Perkins. But things get complicated when a wave of carnage which sweeps the town, with reports of Dwayne’s own son amongst the marauding psychopaths.

Cast

• Patrick O'Kane as Dwayne Hopper
• Shayla Beesley as Daisy Hopper
• Mihaela Mihut as Janine Hopper
• Michale Graves
  Michale Graves
  Michael Emanuel , better known by his stage name Michale Graves, is an American singer and songwriter, singing for the late 1990s re-incarnation of The Misfits from 1995 to 1998 and again from late 1998 until late 2000. Graves grew up in Dumont, New Jersey...
  
   as Eric Ross
• Gregory O'Connor as Grodsky
• Katherine Pawlak as Felicity
• Richard Brake
  Richard Brake
  Richard Brake is a Welsh/American actor.-Early life:Brake was born in Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales and brought up in the United States...
  
   as Robert Perkins
• Craig Robert Young
  Craig Robert Young
  Craig Robert Young is a British actor who began his acting career at age ten, starring in the stage production of The Price of Coal. By the time he was 17, he moved to London to attend the Central School of Speech and Drama, whereupon he was chosen to become a member of the pop band Deuce, scoring...
  
   as Mitch James
• Trey Farley
  Trey Farley
  Trey Farley is an actor and television presenter.-Early life:Farley's father is English and his mother Filipino...
  
  as Scott
• CJ Singer as Kyle Hopper
• Sean Farragher as Pete
• Josh Davidson as The Stranger

External links

• ShocktilYouDrop.com, May 7 2008, "After Dark to Produce Faithless & Perkins 14"
• bloody-disgusting.com, May 29 2008, "First Four Names Announced For 'Perkins' 14'"
• IconsofFright.com, "2 Originals, FAITHLESS & PERKINS' 14 Coming From AFTER DARK!"
• bloody-disgusting.com, August 19 2008, "'Perkins' 14' Hits Theaters in January With Horrorfest"
• shocktilyoudrop.com, September 22, 2008, "Design Horrorfest's Perkins' 14 Poster"
• fearnet.com. September 23 2008, by Eric Walsingham, "Submit Your Artwork for the 'Perkins' 14' Poster Contest!"
• Perkins' 14 at upcominghorrormovies.com
• Perkins' 14 at dreadcentral.com
• Perkins' 14 at cinefacts.de (Germany)