13 Eerie

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13 Eerie

Theatrical released poster
Directed by Lowell Dean
Produced by Don Carmody
Kevin DeWalt
Mark Montague
David Cormican
Written by Christian Piers Betley
Starring Katharine Isabelle
Michael Shanks
Brendan Fehr
Brendan Fletcher
Nick Moran
Jesse Moss
Music by Igor Vrabac
Ken Worth
Cinematography Mark Dobrescu
Editing by Jacqueline Carmody
Studio Don Carmody Productions
Minds Eye Entertainment
Distributed by Front Row Filmed Entertainment
Release dates
  • March 29, 2013 (2013-03-29) (France)
  • April 2, 2013 (2013-04-02) (USA)
Running time 87 minutes
Country Canada
Language English
Budget $3,000,000
Box office $21,234,567

13 Eerie is a 2013 Canadian horror film directed by Lowell Dean, making his feature film debut.[1] It is also produced by Don Carmody, Kevin DeWalt, Mark Montague and David Cormican and written by Christian Piers Betley. The film stars Katharine Isabelle, Michael Shanks, Brendan Fehr, Brendan Fletcher, Nick Moran and Jesse Moss. It entails the story about six forensic undergrads completing a university field exam on a deserted island, oblivious that the island was previously used for illegal biological experiments on life-term prisoners.

Plot

Six forensic undergrads, Megan (Katharine Isabelle), Daniel (Brendan Fehr), Josh (Brendan Fletcher), Patrick (Jesse Moss), Kate (Kristie Patterson) and Rob (Michael Eisner), are assigned to complete a scientific field exam on a deserted island known as Eerie Strait, where life-term prisoners were once held and corpses lay dead. With cameras set up, Professor Tomkins (Michael Shanks) dispatches them into pairs to examine corpses in different areas as part of staged murders, restricting the pairs from interacting, only allowing their use of walkie talkies to report back to him. He also monitors their activities from a surveillance cabin.

Shortly, Larry (Nick Moran), an ex-con who transported the group, warns partners, Megan and Kate, about finding the unexpected corpse of a skinhead female in a jumpsuit which soon comes alive in their working area. Rob spots the zombie in the woods and tries to warn his partner, Daniels, who dismisses it. Oddly enough, all of the walkie talkies lose its battery life, and communication is broken. While in the woods alone, the zombie pursues Kate and cannibalizes parts of her. Partners, Josh and Patrick, hear her screams and see a figure’s movements in the woods, suspecting there is a problem.

As Larry tries to inform an initially skeptical Tomkins, who is upset with Larry for inadvertently destroying much of the equipment, Megan finds Kate injured, carrying her back to the student cabin before she dies. Rob, believing something is up, leaves Daniel to go out on his own. As Kate revives as a zombie and Rob approaches her as one after bitten to death by the tattoo zombie (Ryland Alexander) and thug zombie (Jason Truong), Megan is forced to gruesomely kill the two of them. The remaining crew splits up and searches for the missing others, and Daniel finds Megan. Back at the main cabin as the zombies attack, Tomkins shoots the skinhead zombie that is outside and inside where Larry botches a molotov cocktail, the thug zombie is able to pull Larry underneath the cabin to bite him to death.

Tomkins tells Megan and Daniel to hide in a school bus. Chased by the zombies, Josh and Patrick seek safety in a prison bus, honking the horn that alerts the others to their location. Leaving the school bus, Megan and Daniel see zombie Larry coming after them. Megan accidentally fires a shot that injures Daniel, but she shoots Larry dead. They are found and they join Josh and Patrick on the prison bus. The zombies attack the bus, and they crash the tattoo zombie into a nearby cabin, resulting in Patrick’s death. The thug zombie comes after them and it is shot down. They drive away, but the bus starts to smoke and it tips over a branch and crashes, though Megan, Daniel and Josh, who sustains a knee injury, all survive. Not long after, the tattoo zombie catches up to them and Megan shoots it, but runs out of bullets. As she is about to be bitten, Josh saves her, driving an arrow through the zombie’s head.

The next day Tomkins finds them. Captain Veneziano (Lyndon Bray) drives by and they have him pull over. Megan, Daniel and Josh get into the car as Tomkins attacks Veneziano, who is pressured to admit the island was used for conducting biological experiments on prisoners sentenced to death row and turned into a death camp when the testing went wrong years ago. The tattoo zombie approaches from behind and Tomkins sacrifices Veneziano to save his own life. He attempts to drive off with his students, only to realize the keys are clenched between the teeth of the zombie. The final scene shows Megan, Daniel, Josh and Tomkins looking terrified about their fates.

Cast

Production

Production on the film began in October 2011 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the feature length debut of director Lowell Dean, a zombie fanatic. While the producers conceal their method to the creation of the zombies, they feel overall the film was developed with a "unique interpretation to the traditional zombie genre," as Kevin DeWalt stated "while you may have seen a zombie movie before, you haven¹t seen zombies quite like this" and Don Carmody adding "audiences will want to avoid dimly lit pathways on their way home from the theatre after seeing 13 Eerie. This isn¹t your everyday reanimated corpse."[2]

Reception

Averaging mixed to positive reviews, DVD Verdict writer Alice Nelson regards the film as "a respectable entry into the zombie genre," giving it a positive "not guilty" verdict.[3] A writer going by the name "The Black Saint" on HorrorNews.net opined that the setup in 13 Eerie was unique when drawing comparisons to other films of its kind, but felt it regressed to a standard "hungry zombie" feature with "reckless abandon." The actors are credited for admirable performances, particularly Katherine Isabelle, in spite of a lack of fortitude to the script, and the zombies are thought of as uniquely crafted with head and body tattoos highlighting their design. Wrapping up, the film is given 3 out of 5 "shrouds".[4] Michael Juvinall of Horror Society praises the cast, production crew and director Lowell Dean, believing he created an 80's zombie horror throwback that gives the subgenre a refreshment. He finishes by saying, "I can’t recommend 13 Eerie enough for anyone looking for a great story, acting, suspense, and above all, some really cool creatures with buckets of blood thrown in for good measure, this one's a must see!"[5]

References

  1. ↑ "13 Eerie - Perspective Canada". Telefilm.ca. Retrieved 2013-06-13. 
  2. ↑ Barton, Steve (2011-10-07). "More 13 Eerie News Shambles In". Dread Central. Retrieved 2013-04-21. 
  3. ↑ Nelson, Alice (2013-04-19). "13 Eerie". DVD Verdict. Retrieved 2013-06-13. 
  4. ↑ The Black Saint (2013-04-12). "Film Review: 13 Eerie (2013)". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 2013-06-13. 
  5. ↑ Juvinall, Michael (2013-03-30). "13 Eerie (2013) Review". HorrorSociety.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13. 

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