The chair
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The chair |
| Original title | The chair |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Brett Sullivan |
| script | Michael Capellupo |
| production |
Doug Patterson Panic Pictures |
| music | Kurt Swinghammer |
| camera | Kiarash Sadigh |
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The Chair is a 2007 Canadian horror film based loosely on Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 short story The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar . Directed by Brett Sullivan. Screenwriter Michael Capellupo took on a minor supporting role as a dentist patient.
action
The student Danielle has just moved into a new house when it starts to be haunted. Objects move as if by magic, Danielle sees wisps of mist waft through the hallways. Looking for an explanation, she discovers clues behind a partition wall to the child murderer Crowe and a wizard named Mordecai. In order not to have to go through the matter alone and to be able to produce witnesses in case of doubt, she asks her sister Anna to stay with her every now and then. Researching the Internet, they find a black and white video from 1906 that shows the graying Mordecai and a young man fixed on a chair. According to legend, Mordecai is said to have buried a man alive.
Danielle starts to have feelings and memories that don't feel strange but are still new to her, as if they came from someone else. She exhibits behaviors that are actually typical of a man, such as B. stretching the neck muscles by tilting the head to the side. She begins to do manual work in the house, which is also rather untypical for women - and especially Danielle. She begins to be interested in a boy from the neighborhood who often plays on the street in front of her house. A strange being seems to have taken possession of her. Your personality changes more every day. She is cold and dismissive towards her sister. She burns an M for "murderer" into the skin of her forearm. A mark that Crowe also wore on his forearm.
The increasingly aggressive Danielle ties her sister Anna, who has been concerned about Danielle's health in the last few days, to a chair that has been converted into a torture device, just as Crowe was fixed when he was executed by Mordecai. The leather straps are tied tighter from minute to minute by an elaborately constructed device, so that Anna's breathing is difficult. When Danielle is briefly distracted, Anna can free herself from the chair. Now she ties her tormentor in turn with tape and leaves the house. On a CD that Anna found in the house, the information said that there is a curse on Crowe's soul that can be broken by someone playing a certain musical instrument in the Cromewell Sanatorium.
When Anna arrives at the sanatorium property, the building is no longer there, but Mordecai suddenly appears in the body of Danielle's university professor and helps her break the curse. He leads her to Crowe's grave. After they open it together, Mordecai lets the music box melody play, which is supposed to end the curse. He predicts Anna that Crowe's soul will most likely transfer into his body in the next few seconds. Then Anna should shoot Hoffsteen. Because with Crowe's soul in his body, he's a dangerous criminal. Crowe's body actually comes to life. Hoffsteen implores Anna that Crowe's soul has not passed into him. Nevertheless, Anna kills the professor. She was previously instructed to ignore Hoffsteen's words, whatever he said.
Back at Danielle's house, she can find out that Crowe's soul has left her sister's body, but the curse is still not gone. The little neighbor boy Jacob becomes the next medium.
background
The film was shot in Toronto , the home of the director.
The film is occasionally distributed under the title The Chair - Explore Your Fear .
Poe's literary model was already in that of Roger Corman twisted and 1962 published anthology film Tales of Terror (dt. The gruesome Mr. X ) use.
Sullivan and Capellupo planned to shoot The Chair 2: Resurrection of Crowe, a sequel to the horror film in 2008 , but did not put their plans into practice.
Reviews
The film was received mostly positively. The convincing play of the main actress and the skillful camera work, which helps to build up tension, have received multiple praise.
“Nice little horror film that takes on the themes of haunted houses and obsession. [...] The camera not only works out the spatial conditions nicely by making the hallways appear longer, for example. Again and again she takes a subjective position, looks out the window, wanders through the hallways, observes Danielle in her daily chores. [...] In addition, the score wafts in the background, creating a background of noise and sound rather than background music. Very atmospheric, and almost without any effects. [...] Alanna Chisholm in particular offers a splendid performance in that she depicts the change in character from a frightened student to an obsessed very subtly and therefore believably. "
"Sullivan not only cast 'fresh' faces, but also capable actors. [...] 'The Chair' is a small, very inexpensive (not cheap!) Produced film in which the participants have invested a lot of heart and soul."
“Sullivan knows how to conjure up distinctive films from low budgets, as he has once again proven with THE CHAIR. The extraordinary camera work catches the eye right from the start, the image design is carefully and skillfully. Interesting and sometimes just beautiful tracking shots and perspectives sometimes create an eerie and oppressive atmosphere. "
"Original spooky film - unfortunately dubbed carelessly."
Awards
- 2007: Award for the best film at the Shriekfest
- 2008: Jury Prize for the best directorial work at the Canadian Filmmakers Festival
- 2008: Award for Outstanding Drama at the Winnipeg International Film Festival
- 2009: Third place in the Chainsaw Awards for Lauren Roy for Best Supporting Actress
Source:
Web links
- The Chair in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Chair . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2008 (PDF; test number: 116 152 V / DVD / UMD).
- ↑ a b c Michael Drewniok: www.filmbespechungen.de . February 12, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ↑ Filming locations for The Chair. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Trivia on The Chair. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2015 .
- ↑ TV feature film
- ↑ http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/9320/afm-sullivan-planning-the-chair-2/
- ↑ www.film-maniax.de
- ↑ www.maslohs.de
- ↑ www.cinema.de
- ↑ IMDb Awards