Hidden in the Woods (2012 film)

This article is about the 2012 Chilean thriller. For its 2014 English-language remake, see Hidden in the Woods (2014 film).
Hidden in the Woods
Directed by Patricio Valladares
Produced by Francisco Inostroza
Patricio Valladares
Rodrigo M. Cazaux
Evelyn Belmar
Luis Aguirre España
Written by Andrea Cavaletto
Patricio Valladares
Starring Siboney Lo
Carolina Escobar
Daniel Antivilo
Jose Hernandez
Domingo Guzman
Daniel Candia
Cuentrejo
Serge Francois Soto
Renato Munster
Music by Rodrigo Huepe
Maximiliano Soublette
Cinematography Tomas Smith
Edited by Patricio Valladares
Production
company
Vallastudio Films
Distributed by Epic Pictures Group
Artsploitation Films, Inc.
Release dates
  • August 6, 2012 (2012-08-06) (Fantasia International Film Festival)
  • September 17, 2013 (2013-09-17)
Country Chile
Language Spanish

Hidden in the Woods (Spanish: En las afueras de la ciudad) is a 2012 Chilean thriller film directed by Patricio Valladares and co-written by Andrea Cavaletto and Patricio Valladares. It features a mixed cast of relatively unknown actors and well-known Chilean comedians, including Siboney Lo, Carolina Escobar, Daniel Antivilo, José Hernandez, Domingo Guzman, Daniel Candia and Nicole Perez. An English-language remake with the same name, also directed by Valladares, is set to be released in 2014.

Plot

Ana and Anny live, along with their deformed brother/son, in the desolate Chilean countryside, after having been sheltered from society by their drug dealer father for their entire lives. One day the police come calling to investigate, and after bullets are fired and chainsaws are revved up, the three siblings find themselves on their own, and on the road. But the trio is also on the run from their father’s crazed drug kingpin boss Uncle Costello, who is convinced the sisters know where his valuable supply is hidden. He sends an army of trained killers to track them down... but Costello and his gang find that they might be in for more than they bargained for, and amidst a world of bloody executions, roadside prostitution, sexual assault, and even cannibalism, the bodies keep on piling up.

Cast

Festival awards

Selected festivals

Release

The film premiered on 6 August 2012 at Fantasia Film Festival and was on 23 to 27 August 2012 at the London FrightFest Film Festival. The movie was distributed by Epic Pictures Group.

Remake

An American remake of the film is in production, directed by Valladares, and produced by Michael Biehn (who also stars), Jennifer Blanc and Loris Curci.[1] It was filmed in Houston, Texas during 2013 and Welling Films founder Shawn Welling was cinematographer.[2]

Soundtrack

The song "Bloodspill" by Daniel Perrson is featured over the ending credits.

Media Quotes

“This isn’t exploitation cinema. This is visceral murder and muck.” -DocTerror.com

“This film is relentless in its intensity and violence, but if you can make it through, you’re in for a real treat.” - MatthewScottBaker.com

“This flick is odd, dirty and punches hard.” - TheaterThoughts.com

“Hidden in the Woods is the kind of movie experience that no series of showers can ever completely wash away.” – DVDTalk.com

“Hidden in the Woods is a hard film to digest and it is not a film that I envy the opportunity of watching anytime again soon.” – Michael Den Boer, 10K Bullets

“The screenplay is the best thing about the film as a work of perverse art…Valladares and Andrea Cavaletto admirably avoided falling into the clichés of this kind of flick. I never knew where things were heading, and that kept the material, as well as the film’s power, constantly fresh…” - Roy Frumkes, Producer and Writer of Street Trash and Document of the Dead

“This may be one of the best this year…If you look past the blood, gore, and stuff that can at times be very hard to watch, you have a very eerie tale that would interest most people who love film. Yes, it is a horror film, but due to the nature of the content I feel it goes above even that.” – HorrorBid.com

“Bound to be one of the year’s most divisive releases, this one proves that there’s still plenty of shock value left in cinema, often originating where you least expect it.” – MondoDigital.com

“A relentlessly rough, misogynistic and amoral story of brutality and survival, the film sticks its unsanitary hooks in early, but despite its repellent tone and exploitative content, refuses to be easily dismissed.” – TwitchFilm.com

References

  1. ↑ Borys, Kit (August 2, 2012). "Michael Biehn to Star in Remake of 'Hidden in the Woods'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ↑ Shern-mon Chow, "Independent horror movie filming in Houston", KHOU, July 12, 2013.

External links

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