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| − | A Confederate soldier has gone AWOL with a gang of other men including a runaway slave (Isaiah Washington) and a nurse (Nicki Aycox); after the gang stops to rob a bank as part of their getaway, the gang heads into an empty house to hole up for the evening. As the gang start arguing with one another, strange things begin happening in the house -- and everyone in the group soon realizes that the place is haunted by | + | A Confederate soldier has gone AWOL with a gang of other men including a runaway slave (Isaiah Washington) and a nurse (Nicki Aycox); after the gang stops to rob a bank as part of their getaway, the gang heads into an empty house to hole up for the evening. As the gang start arguing with one another, strange things begin happening in the house -- and everyone in the group soon realizes that the place is haunted by hideous spectres and demons unleashed onto the Earth by an outre necromantic ritual performed by the plantation owner. |
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Revision as of 14:10, 11 September 2016
Summary
"There are worse things than dying...." A group of Confederate soldiers hole up in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.
Details
- Release Date: 2004
- Country/Language: US, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Western (Weird West), Thriller
- Runtime: 1 hr 31 min
- Starring: Henry Thomas, Patrick Fugit, Nicki Aycox
- Director: Alex Turner
- Writer: Simon Barrett
- Producer/Production Co: Silver Nitrate Pictures, Dead Birds Films
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (Violence, Adult Content, Profanity)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)
This film is essentially a Lovecraftian Weird Western, with much of the backstory prompted by a plantation owner's attempts to bring his wife back from the dead using human sacrifice and a weird Tome, only to allow demonic monsters from "the other side" into this world to cause mischief in this world.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- Brian M. Sammons at Innsmouth Free Press, (link) - "...Not an overly Lovecraftian movie. In fact, it only has a hint of HPL wafting through it.... Still, as a horror movie, it is far better than most - and that includes a whole passel of flicks that namedrop the hell out of H.P. Lovecraft and his creations...."
Synopsis
Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
A Confederate soldier has gone AWOL with a gang of other men including a runaway slave (Isaiah Washington) and a nurse (Nicki Aycox); after the gang stops to rob a bank as part of their getaway, the gang heads into an empty house to hole up for the evening. As the gang start arguing with one another, strange things begin happening in the house -- and everyone in the group soon realizes that the place is haunted by hideous spectres and demons unleashed onto the Earth by an outre necromantic ritual performed by the plantation owner.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- fiction: allegedly inspired by Robert E. Howard's "Pigeons From Hell (fiction)" (though similarities are minimal)
- Setting: Weird West
- Tome: untitled standard-issue tome, perhaps the Necronomicon
- Race: Deadites
