| Urban Explorer | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Andy Fetscher |
| Written by | Martin Thau |
| Starring | Nathalie Kelley Nick Eversman |
| Cinematography | Andy Fetscher |
| Editing by | Andy Fetscher |
| Studio | Papermoon Films Rialto Film The Little Film Company |
| Distributed by | Universum(Germany) |
| Release date(s) | April 8, 2011 (Brussels Fantastic Film Festival) |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,000,000 |
Urban Explorer is a 2011 horror-thriller film directed by Andy Fetscher.
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Four young urban explorers from the USA, South America, Asia and Europe meet up in Berlin via the internet to explore the subterranean relics of Nazi Germany. The destination for the illegal tour, through a labyrinth of tunnels, sewers and catacombs, is a special bunker, the "Führerbunker" which is the center of many legends, where they expect to find the debris of forbidden Nazi wall murals. But when tragedy strikes the group's leader, they soon realize not all things go according to plan.
The movie was shot mostly on location in what used to be inaccessible tunnel systems underneath Berlin.
The film was first released on July 24, 2011 in the Fantasia Film Fest in Montreal.[1] The film will be released in the UK by Anchor Bay Entertainment - under the title Urban Explorers
The film has so far been received favorably, with Robert Koehler of Variety citing "Fetscher avoids the temptation to push the situation into an exercise in torture porn -- an option he easily could have gone for -- while nevertheless ratcheting up the horror. Indeed, his one-man-band combination of direction, lensing and editing proves crucial, displaying a balance of craft and patience in building layers of suspense under a horrific setting that goes beyond any urban explorer's worst nightmare."[2]