Wake Wood
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Wake Wood |
| Original title | Wake Wood |
| Country of production | IRL , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Keating |
| script | David Keating , Brendan McCarthy |
| production | John McDonnell , Brendan McCarthy, Magnus Paulsson |
| music | Michael Convertino |
| camera | Chris Maris |
| cut | Tim Murrell |
| occupation | |
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Wake Wood is an Irish - British horror film released in 2011 . Directed by David Keating , it stars Aidan Gillen , Eva Birthistle and Timothy Spall .
action
On her ninth birthday, little Alice is killed by a German shepherd. To cope with the loss, her parents, the pharmacist Louise and the veterinarian Patrick, move to the small Irish town of Wake Wood. There, the town's mayor, Arthur, tells them that there is a way to bring Alice back to life for three days. This required a piece by Alice, e. B. a hair, and a fresh corpse. Furthermore, Patrick and Louise would have to stay in Wake Wood and should not leave the place with the resurrected Alice. Alice must have been dead for a year at most. When Martin O'Shea dies in an accident in his cowshed, Patrick, Louise and Arthur persuade his widow to make the body available for the ritual. Alice is brought back to life and at first appears to be a perfectly normal child. Happy to have Alice return, Patrick and Louise have a child. Martin's widow Peggy, who reluctantly agreed, is suspicious of the resurrected Alice from the start. She is convinced that something unusual happened during the ritual. On her warning, at the end of the second day, the villagers demand that Patrick and Louise give the child back. Happy to have their child again, however, the two insist on the third day. At the beginning of the third and final day, Patrick finds the carcass of a dog in the garden and becomes suspicious of Alice. Meanwhile, she has left her parents' house and kills several animals and villagers in front of Louise. This then lures Alice out of Wake Wood, where she collapses beyond the town limits lifeless and with the injuries that occurred at her death. Louise brings the lifeless Alice to the villagers and buries her in the forest in front of their eyes. When the situation appears to have ended, Louise is pulled underground by Alice. A few months later, Patrick brings Louise, who is now heavily pregnant, to life. In the last scene of the film, the surgical utensils laid out indicate that he wants to bring their unborn child into the world.
background
- The film was shot in 2009 in County Donegal, Ireland, and Österlen , Sweden .
- Wake Wood was the first Hammer production feature film in more than thirty years.
publication
Wake Wood celebrated its world premiere at the Lund International Fantastic Film Festival in Sweden. It was released in theaters in the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 25, 2011, and was released on DVD just three days later. In Germany, the film was released directly on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on May 27, 2011.
Reviews
At Rotten Tomatoes , the film received an 81% rating.
"Mix of" The Doctor and the Dear Cattle "," Cemetery of the Stuffed Animals "and" Wicker Man "... A shame: The blatant disgusting effects do not match the overall sensitive tone, the" surprises "can be seen miles ahead. Only the nasty last punch line is tough. "
Web links
- Wake Wood in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- official website for the film
- Wake Wood on die-besten-horrorfilme.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wake Wood on hammerfilms.com ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 13, 2012
- ^ Rotten Tomatoes , accessed September 13, 2012
- ↑ Wake Wood. Retrieved September 19, 2012 .
