Acclaimed Short Dogged Becoming a Feature
David Gelmini
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Originally an acclaimed short, Dogged is now being turned into a feature set for release next year, with many of the original cast and crew returning. Get the full details below.
From the Press Release:
Shooting has begun on Ash Mountain Films’ debut horror feature Dogged, adapted from their critically acclaimed short of the same name.
Directed by Richard Rowntree and starring Sam Saunders and Toby Wynn-Davies (Escape from Cannibal Farm), filming will last 18 days, with an anticipated release date set for late spring 2017.
Dogged is a dark psychological thriller in the folk-horror sub-genre and was financed entirely through the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.
When Sam returns home to the small tidal island where he grew up, he soon discovers that the rural community there harbors more than just a few secrets. As he tries to uncover the truth behind a young girl’s mysterious death, he’s lured into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with a sinister group of masked maniacs who will stop at nothing to protect their identities and hide the horrifying truth about the island.
The short film on which Dogged is based is still doing the festival circuit and will be screening at Horrible Imaginings Film Festival in San Diego on September 11th, among others. At just four minutes long, it took almost a year to adapt into a feature-length film and has many of the same cast & crew on board. It promises to expand on the themes and style of the short, which finished joint fifth on the BBC 3 talent show “The Fear” in late 2015, which was designed to unearth the most promising new horror directors as judged by Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project).
Filming locations include Osea Island in Essex (setting of The Woman in Black) and other Hammer favorites within a short distance of the world famous Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.
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