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Storm Warning (2007 film)
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Storm Warning is a 2007
Australian horror film
directed by Urban Legend
director Jamie Blanks
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Because Australia was suffering a drought, the production was prohibited from using much actual water for the rain scenes. Consequently, most of the on-screen rain was added in post-production with computer generated imagery.
, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
, Deliverance
, The Hills Have Eyes
, The Last House on the Left
, Straw Dogs and Wrong Turn
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released an unrated version of Storm Warning on 5 February 2008. The DVD contains an audio commentary
by director Jamie Blanks
, screenwriter Everett De Roche, actor Robert Taylor, cinematographer Karl von Moller, production designer Robby Perkins, and special FX artist Justin Dix, and a making-of featurette.
The DVD was released in Australia on 5 June 2008.
2007 in film
This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...
Australian horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
directed by Urban Legend
Urban Legend (film)
Urban Legend is a 1998 horror film starring Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Jared Leto, Michael Rosenbaum, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Loretta Devine, Robert Englund, John Neville, Joshua Jackson, Regina King, and Tara Reid...
director Jamie Blanks
Jamie Blanks
Jamie Blanks is a film director and composer, he is probably most famous for directing the 1998 cult slasher film Urban Legend.- Biography :...
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Plot
Rob and Pia, a couple who are out for a day of sailing become lost in a heavy storm and end up on a desolate island. They come across a barn with no one home. There is a large amount of marijuana in the barn suggests the homeowners may not welcome their presence. There is also no telephone or means of communication to the outside world. But when the deranged, redneck owners, Brett, Jimmy, and their even more terrifying father Poppy return, Rob and Pia realize a fear far beyond anything they have ever known, and resentful of the affluent intruders, the monstrously sadistic hillbillies imprison and enslave the couple, who fearing for their lives, submit to appalling degradation and humiliation. When Rob and Pia learn their kidnappers have no intention of ever letting them go alive, they finally understand they must do whatever it takes just to survive, and whatever it takes means going to a limit they could never have imagined.Trivia
Writer Everett De Roche wrote the screenplay over 30 years ago. It could not get funded because producers thought the screenplay was "too violent".Because Australia was suffering a drought, the production was prohibited from using much actual water for the rain scenes. Consequently, most of the on-screen rain was added in post-production with computer generated imagery.
Homages
The films pays homage to numerous other films including, but not limited to Spider BabySpider Baby
Spider Baby is a 1964 black comedy horror film, written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as Bruno, the chauffeur and caretaker of three orphaned siblings who suffer from "Merrye Syndrome", which causes them to mentally, socially, and physically regress backwards down the...
, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American independent horror film directed and produced by Tobe Hooper, who cowrote it with Kim Henkel. It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen, who respectively portray Sally Hardesty, Franklin Hardesty, the...
, Deliverance
Deliverance
Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman. Principal cast members include Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty in his film debut. The film is based on a 1970 novel of the same name by American author James Dickey, who has a small role in the...
, The Hills Have Eyes
The Hills Have Eyes (1977 film)
The Hills Have Eyes is a 1977 American horror film directed by Wes Craven and starring Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman, and Dee Wallace. It is about a family on a road trip who become stranded in the Nevada desert, and are hunted by a clan of deformed cannibals in the surrounding hills...
, The Last House on the Left
The Last House on the Left (1972 film)
The Last House on the Left is a 1972 horror film written and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Sean S. Cunningham.The story is inspired by the 1960 Swedish film The Virgin Spring, directed by Ingmar Bergman, which in turn is based on the 13th century Swedish ballad "Töres döttrar i Wänge"...
, Straw Dogs and Wrong Turn
Wrong Turn
Wrong Turn is a 2003 American slasher horror film, directed by Rob Schmidt, and written by Alan B. McElroy. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and stars Desmond Harrington and Eliza Dushku...
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Reception
The film was met with reviews such as:- horrormovies.ca called the film "A somewhat unique take on the 'killer redneck family' genre and I think at the very least is worth a rent. If you like a movie that takes time to build its characters and isnt afraid to throw pieces of flesh, death by fishing hooks and more at you... this movie is for you!".
- bloody-disgusting.com says: "Although the film is pretty damn cliché, it’s still a fun ride that gives homage to loads of classic films without disrespecting them. Gore hounds will be delighted with the amount of bloodshed and everyone else will find solace in a pretty damn good story. Highly Recommended!"
- JoBlo.comJoBlo.comJoBlo.com is a website primarily focused on the film industry.JoBlo.com was started in 1998 by Berge Garabedian , a movie reviewer who is known for critiquing movies from the perspective of an average movie-goer. The website's name is, in fact, a play on the term Joe Shmoe, and registered users of...
says: "The flick managed to always be entertaining none the less, looked uber slick, had a solid cast and it sucker punched me hardcore with its no holds barred, gore to the wall final act. By no means a masterpiece but worth a watch!"
- dreadcentral hailed: "Storm Warning looks incredible, is packed with top-notch performances, and moves along at a furious pace. You'll barely have time to catch your breath. Heed the warning. See this now. It's one of our genre's near perfect storms."
- dvdtalk says: "Yes we've seen this before and yes we don't have any trouble figuring out where it's going very early on but it's still a fun ride getting there and if you go into this one with expectations in check and look at the film as fun, schlocky entertainment you'll probably walk away pleased. Original or inventive the film is most definitely not but horror fans could certainly find far worse ways to kill eighty-five minutes."
Cast
- Nadia FaresNadia FarèsNadia Farès is a French actress. She rose to international fame in the successful police thriller Les Rivières pourpres . She also appeared as Jade Agent Kinler in the 2007 action/thriller, War and as Pia in 2007 horror film Storm Warning.-External links:...
as Pia - Robert TaylorRobert Taylor (Australian actor)- Biography :Taylor is best known internationally for his role in The Matrix as Agent Jones. He also appeared in the crocodile horror film Rogue and stars in Australian thriller Storm Warning and the 2009 Australian movie Coffin Rock.-Filmography:...
as Rob - John BrumptonJohn BrumptonJohn Brumpton is an Australian actor who has appeared in a large number of local productions.-Writing career:He co-wrote the feature film Life and he won the International Critics Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.-Theatre:...
as Poppy - David LyonsDavid LyonsDavid Lyons plays Number Eight for the Wallabies.-Playing career:From his debut in 2000 Lyons played 83 consecutive games for Waratahs, a record for Australian players. His run ended when a knee injury forced him to miss the start of the 2007 season...
as Jimmy - Mathew WilkinsonMathew WilkinsonMathew Wilkinson is an Australian film and television actor. Mathew's best-known role was as Abigor in the film Ghost Rider which was made in 2007...
as Brett
DVD release
Dimension ExtremeDimension Extreme
Dimension Extreme is a genre DVD label owned by The Weinstein Company. The majority of the films released are unrated horror films, although comedies and action films have been released occasionally as well.-Films:*13: Game of Death ...
released an unrated version of Storm Warning on 5 February 2008. The DVD contains an audio commentary
Audio commentary
On disc-based video formats, an audio commentary is an additional audio track consisting of a lecture or comments by one or more speakers, that plays in real time with video...
by director Jamie Blanks
Jamie Blanks
Jamie Blanks is a film director and composer, he is probably most famous for directing the 1998 cult slasher film Urban Legend.- Biography :...
, screenwriter Everett De Roche, actor Robert Taylor, cinematographer Karl von Moller, production designer Robby Perkins, and special FX artist Justin Dix, and a making-of featurette.
The DVD was released in Australia on 5 June 2008.