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Section 48
SECTION 48 (Working Title)
Genre: SUPERNATURAL/PSYCHOLOGICAL
HORROR
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Juliet McKoen of Ulverston,
Cumbria
PRODUCER: Chris Bernard of
Liverpool
A local lad and his Liverpool born Chinese wife fight for
the soul of their son. Is it psychological illness or the
supernatural?
SECTION 48 is a fresh, distinctly regional, take on the immensely popular supernatural horror genre.
IN 2006 AWARD-WINNING WRITER/DIRECTOR, JULIET MCKOEN, took the film industry by storm with her feature Frozen, starring Shirley Henderson, won a phenomenal 11 awards, including the BBC Audience Award For Best Feature at the Commonwealth Festival, together with a BAFTA (Scotland) for Best Actress.
“After Frozen, I wanted to use the popular, highly marketable conventions of the horror genre to explore, the ambiguous dividing line between psychological illness and the supernatural,” says Juliet. “I don’t want to create the horror of gore, violence and chase. Instead, I want to look at the monster at the heart of a family unit,” she adds.
“For me, one of the exciting things about this scheme is the freedom that, ironically, working with a low budget can bring,” says Juliet. “The other exciting aspect is the chance to collaborate with Chris.”
ACCLAIMED FILMMAKER CHRIS BERNARD is a Liverpool Director whose film credits include the award-winning Letter To Brezhnev for Channel Four, Little Bit of Lippy, Shadow on the Earth and Opium Eaters. This will be his first outing producing a feature film.
Says Chris: “This is an intriguing scheme and I am fascinated to see what the outcome will be.”
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