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'''''Shrooms''''' is a [[2006 in film|2006]] Irish [[horror film]] about a group of American backpackers and their English guide who are stalked by a serial killer while out in the woods looking for [[psychedelic mushrooms]]. The film was directed by [[Paddy Breathnach]], and stars [[Lindsey Haun]], [[Jack Huston]], and [[Max Kasch]]. |
'''''Shrooms''''' is a [[2006 in film|2006]] Irish [[horror film]] about a group of American backpackers and their English guide who are stalked by a serial killer while out in the woods looking for [[psychedelic mushrooms]]. The film was directed by [[Paddy Breathnach]], and stars [[Lindsey Haun]], [[Jack Huston]], and [[Max Kasch]]. |
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"The actual idea for the movie goes back to a time when I was taking [[mushrooms]] with friends,’’ says writer [[Pearse Elliott]], for whom Shrooms is his third [[feature film]] (he wrote [[Man About Dog]] and was both screenwriter and director on [[The Mighty Celt]]). ‘’I thought it would be interesting to make a [[horror]] film about such an important aspect of youth culture.’’ |
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For director [[Paddy Breathnach]] ([[I Went Down]]), the idea of making a film in the [[horror]] vein had always appealed. “The idea of making the story more psychological by using [[mushrooms]] was even more exciting and that’s when we went ahead.’’ |
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‘’This movie is taking the narrative drive of the American teen [[slasher movie]],’’ explains producer Rob Walpole, ‘’and crossing it with the tone of the Asian horror genre, in that the thing that’s doing the haunting and the scaring is coming from within.’’ The movie has some tongue in cheek elements too, but he continues, ultimately “we want to scare the bejaysus out of people!’’ |
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A UK/Irish/Danish co-production, Shrooms was shot over a period of seven weeks in [[Ireland]]. |
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Revision as of 10:39, 8 October 2007
| Shrooms | |
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 Promotional film poster | |
| Directed by | Paddy Breathnach |
| Written by | Pearse Elliott |
| Produced by | Robert Walpole |
| Starring | Lindsey Haun, Jack Huston, Max Kasch, Maya Hazen, Alice Greczyn, Don Wycherley, Sean McGinley, Robert Hoffman |
| Cinematography | Nanu Segal |
| Edited by | Dermot Diskin |
| Music by | Dario Marianelli |
| Distributed by | Vertigo Films (UK) |
Release date | 23rd November 2007 (UK) |
Running time | 86 min |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
Shrooms is a 2006 Irish horror film about a group of American backpackers and their English guide who are stalked by a serial killer while out in the woods looking for psychedelic mushrooms. The film was directed by Paddy Breathnach, and stars Lindsey Haun, Jack Huston, and Max Kasch.
"The actual idea for the movie goes back to a time when I was taking mushrooms with friends,’’ says writer Pearse Elliott, for whom Shrooms is his third feature film (he wrote Man About Dog and was both screenwriter and director on The Mighty Celt). ‘’I thought it would be interesting to make a horror film about such an important aspect of youth culture.’’
For director Paddy Breathnach (I Went Down), the idea of making a film in the horror vein had always appealed. “The idea of making the story more psychological by using mushrooms was even more exciting and that’s when we went ahead.’’
‘’This movie is taking the narrative drive of the American teen slasher movie,’’ explains producer Rob Walpole, ‘’and crossing it with the tone of the Asian horror genre, in that the thing that’s doing the haunting and the scaring is coming from within.’’ The movie has some tongue in cheek elements too, but he continues, ultimately “we want to scare the bejaysus out of people!’’
A UK/Irish/Danish co-production, Shrooms was shot over a period of seven weeks in Ireland.
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