Antisocial (film)
| Antisocial | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Cody Calahan |
| Written by |
Chad Archibald Cody Calahan |
| Starring |
Michelle Mylett Cody Ray Thompson Adam Christie |
| Music by | Steph Copeland |
| Cinematography | Jeff Maher |
| Edited by |
Chad Archibald Cody Calahan |
Production companies |
Black Fawn Films Breakthrough Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Antisocial is a 2013 Canadian sci-fi horror film and the feature film directorial debut of Cody Calahan. The film had its world premiere on 31 July 2013 at the Fantasia Film Festival and a sequel entitled Antisocial 2 is currently in post-production, with a projected release date of 2015.[1][2] Both films predominantly center on Sam, a young woman that finds herself in the middle of a pandemic where disease sufferers suddenly begin showing strange symptoms and violent behavior.
Synopsis
Sam (Michelle Mylett) is a young college student that has recently been dumped by her boyfriend via video chat. To lift her spirits Sam decides to take her friend Mark (Cody Ray Thompson) up on his offer to attend a small New Year's Eve pre-party. Once there, things seem to be going well until their friend Jed (Adam Christie) turns on the television, which displays a news story about a seemingly isolated act of violence. The attack proves to be not so isolated as the group soon finds themselves the focus of an attack. Through the news and social media sites the group discovers that there is a new disease that causes various different symptoms, one of which is uncontrolled violence. They board themselves up in their lodgings and initially they believe that they will be fine until some of their friends begin to show symptoms of the disease. The film also follows Brian (Eitan Shalmon), a friend of Jeb's that is confined to his dorm room and decides that he will chronicle the happenings online via a social media site named Social Redroom.
Cast
- Michelle Mylett as Sam
- Cody Ray Thompson as Mark (as Cody Thompson)
- Adam Christie as Jed
- Ana Alic as Kaitlin
- Romaine Waite as Steve
- Ry Barrett as Chad
- Eitan Shalmon as Brian
- Laurel Brandes as Tara
- Kate Vokral as Julia
- Charlie Hamilton as Dan
- Colin Murphy as The Doctor
- Tyler Simpson as Infected User (uncredited)
Reception
Critical reception to Antisocial has been predominantly negative and the film currently holds a rating of 0% at Rotten Tomatoes , based on 6 reviews.[3][4] Shock Till You Drop and Grolsch Film Works both panned the film,[5] and Grolsch Film Works wrote that "This really is an idea for Generation 2.0 - but the social commentary is short-circuited by Antisocial's faulty wiring."[6] In contrast ScreenDaily and Dread Central praised the film,[7] and Dread Central wrote "Overall, Antisocial is a solid Canadian horror film made for the Generation Y crowd and is surely able to crawl under the viewers’ skin as it deals with a frightening concept far too relevant in our self-induced, isolated digital world."[8]
References
- ↑ "Antisocial 2". IMDb. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ Pereira, Mike. "[TAD '14 Interview] Chad Archibald Talks 'The Drownsman' and 'Antisocial 2′". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "ANTISOCIAL (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ Getz, Rob. "Film Review: Antisocial (2013)". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ Turek, Ryan. "Fantasia 2013 Review: Antisocial". STYD. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ Bitel, Anton. "FRIGHTFEST 2013: ANTISOCIAL". Grolsch Film Works. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ Adams, Mark. "Antisocial (review)". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ Whitney, Serena. "Antisocial (review)". Dread Central. Retrieved 10 January 2015.