Dark Feed

Dark Feed
Directed by Michael Rasmussen, Shawn Rasmussen
Written by Michael Rasmussen, Shawn Rasmussen
Starring Evalena Marie, Jason Beaubien, Michael Reed
Cinematography Monday Sunnlinn
Edited by Michael Rasmussen, Reuter (as Michael Reuter)
Production
company
Rasmussen Brothers Productions
Distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Release dates
  • March 18, 2013
Running time
86 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Dark Feed is a 2013 horror film directed by Shawn and Michael Rasmussen. The movie was first released on March 18, 2013 and centers upon a group of filmmakers that decide to cut costs by filming in an abandoned psychiatric hospital, only to end up slowly turning insane. Filming took place in New England and utilized some of the buildings seen in Shutter Island.[1] The Rasmussens came up with the idea for Dark Feed while visiting the set of another film, Long Distance, which was filming in an abandoned psychiatric hospital.[2]

Synopsis

The movie follows a film crew that decides to film a low budget horror film in an abandoned psychiatric hospital. They're already exhausted and overworked, making them eager to finish the project and move on. Unfortunately their presence seems to bring new life to the hospital and starts to exert a strange influence over the cast and crew, causing them to act in increasingly bizarre ways. The remaining crew members must find a way to escape the hospital before they also end up becoming its victims.

Cast

Reception

Critical reception for Dark Feed was mixed.[3][4] Shock Till You Drop gave a predominantly negative review, criticizing it as "a boring and unoriginal film unworthy of watching."[5] In contrast, Fearnet's review was more positive and Weinberg commented that although the film had "a lot of stuff you've seen before", the movie "re-heated and reconfigured into a crafty little creeper that actually works".[6] Starburst gave the film a score of 5/10, saying that the movie was "utterly unmemorable but not otherwise bad".[7]

References

  1. "Trailer, Poster Debut for Dark Feed from the Writers of The Ward". STYD. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  2. "Q&A: "DARK FEED" writer/director Shawn Rasmussen". Fangoria. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  3. Coleman, Jason. "DVD Review: 'Dark Feed'". StarPulse.com. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  4. "Review: Dark Feed (DVD)". Dread Central. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  5. Tullos, Amanda. "Review: Dark Feed". STYD. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  6. Weinberg, Scott. "FEARnet Movie Review: 'Dark Feed'". Fearnet. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  7. "DVD Review: DARK FEED". Starburst. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

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