A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
Thomas McDonald
- Skip
- (as ''Skip' Thomas Pierre McDonald')
Aris Costner
- Marylou a.k.a. Mama Aris
- (as ''Mama A' Costner')
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Beware, this movie is quite dark and disturbing. It has a certain Terry Gilliam feel about it, although it goes deeper and touches the dark bottom of your soul. It is beautifully shot, has a constant subtle tension and very good music. Although the story is rather predictable it reminded me of the greatest epic tales of mankind.
Very rich and creative debut. Good actors and superb camera work, settings and effects.
The movie feels like a true nightmare sometimes, don't be fooled, though - it is not a classical horror movie or thriller. It is more like a dark dream put onto celluloid. You see lots of blood and some violence, still it will not work for typical fans of guts and gore movies.
Real cinema.
Very rich and creative debut. Good actors and superb camera work, settings and effects.
The movie feels like a true nightmare sometimes, don't be fooled, though - it is not a classical horror movie or thriller. It is more like a dark dream put onto celluloid. You see lots of blood and some violence, still it will not work for typical fans of guts and gore movies.
Real cinema.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMatt Smith filmed his scenes during his break away from playing The Doctor on Doctor Who (2005). He had to shave his head for the role of Bully and wore a wig for the last episodes of Doctor Who, which were filmed later on.
- GoofsWhen Bully is under water after the car wreck he is upside down. The heels of his feet are on the car's hood and his head is under water. Yet when he exhales the bubbles go down when they leave his mouth. They should rise.
- Crazy creditsThere is a short scene after the credits in which the street lights switch off again.
- Alternate versionsIn Germany, Tiberious Film released a double disc Limited Edition Blu-ray set which includes an Extended Version on the second disc, which expands the run-time by approximately 10 minutes (it is also entitled the "Director's Cut" on the cover art). It includes a more extended introduction in which Franky explores the neighborhood whilst Billy frantically searches for him, there are more scenes with Bones and Franky spending time together, a scene with Bones chatting to some local girls, a conversation between Bones and Billy about whether she would find him attractive if he came to her club, various small additional scenes, and the footage from 1961's A Touch of Magic that Bones and Rat watch together features its original soundtrack rather than Zane Ashton's 'He Was a Mean Dragon' (aka. 'The Dragon') as in the theatrical cut. This was apparently the original cut screened at Cannes in 2014 before being re-cut for theatrical release.
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- SoundtracksDeep Purple
Written by Peter De Rose and Mitchell Parish
Performed by Larry Clinton, featuring Mary Dugan
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- Also known as
- How to Catch a Monster
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- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $45,431
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,828
- Apr 12, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $615,500
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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