A Room to Die For

A Room To Die For
Directed by Devanand Shanmugam
Produced by Simon Cummins
Topher Cox
Pikki Fearon
David Hyland
Written by Matthew J. Gunn
Starring Michael Lieber
Vas Blackwood
Jon Campling
Christopher Craig
Loren Peta
Antonia Davies
Frederik Von Lüttichau
Music by Stewart Dugdale
Cinematography Beatriz Delgado Mena
Edited by Eoghan Synnott
Release date
  • 16 January 2017 (2017-01-16)
Running time
 84 min
Country UK
Language English

A Room To Die For, aka Rancour, is a 2017 British Thriller/Horror film directed by Devanand Shanmugam[1] [2] and written by Matthew J. Gunn. A Room To Die For was made by Champagne Charlie Productions in 2015 and distributed by 4 Digital Media and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on 16 January 2017,[3] main cast includes Ves Blackwood, Michael Lieber, Jon Campling,[4] Christopher Craig, Loren Peta, Antonia Davies and Ben Ellis.[5]

Plot

A struggling unstable stand-up Comedian Marcus Crowe (Michael Lieber) and his girlfriend Jill Scott (Loren Pete) move into a vacant bedroom in an elderly couples house, Henry and Josephine Baker (Christopher Craig and Antonia Davies) in a quiet suburb of Oxfordshire in an effort to save money, as the story progresses and friction begins to build between a high tempered Henry and a stir-crazy Marcus it becomes ever more apparent that a sinister intention is drawing ever closer for the young couple, as the sweet idyllic country home in bombarded by intimidating police man, unwanted phone calls and mysterious trams, Marcus and Jill have completely disappeared from the room without a trace.[6] [7]

Cast

  • Michael Lieber as Mark Crowe
  • Vas Blackwood as Detective McQueen
  • Jon Campling as Gary the Tramp
  • Loren Peta as Jill Scott
  • Christopher Craig as Henry Baker
  • Antonia Davies as Josephine Baker
  • Frederik von Lüttichau as Detective Teller
  • Ben Ellis as Jason Scott
  • Natalie Ann Parry as Chloe
  • Topher Cox as Ben
  • Jonny Pert as Dead Boy
"I have great chemistry with Dev he has a real gentle way about him, he allowed us to improvise if we wished which is great as a performer because whether you are fond of improvising or not it always relaxes you to know you have the option,"

— Michael Lieber, on working with Devanand Shanmugam (Director) [8]

Casting

Castings were held in Late 2014 by Devanand Shanmugam (Director) Matthew J. Gunn (Script Writer) and Topher Cox (Producer) in Oxford England, The first to be secured was Michael Lieber to play the lead role of Mark Crowe he mentions this in a press interview for the Gulf News in 9 July 2014,[9] Christopher Craig and Antonia Davies were cast shortly after to play Henry and Josephine Baker, the auditioning of the psychologically intense role of Jill Scott proved difficult and was recast several times before finally settling on Loren Peta, minor roles and cameo appearance were resolved over the rehearsal period (Jon Campling as Gary the Tramp, Vas Blackwood as Detective McQueen and Ben Ellis as Jill's brother Jason Scott).

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critic, gbhbl.com[10] called A Room to Die For "one big mess of tired ideas" in a 7 February 2017 review, 2020 Movie Reviews stated in 7 March 2017[11] that "Henry is a particularly chilling character whose age and ill-health should render him harmless, but his outbursts of barely controlled rage, alternating with moments of strangely childlike vulnerability, transform him into a truly intimidating monster".

Filming

Filming took place inside an old country house in suburban Oxfordshire England which was a converted Christian church, other locations included a specially design basement in the back garden of the property[12]

References

  1. ↑ "a room to die for". filmipop. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "a room to die for (2015)". bbfc. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "a room to die for aka rancour (2016)". horrorpedia. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "lichfield actor wraps filming new horror movie". lichfield mercury. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "a room to die for (2017)". allmovie. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "a room to die for (2015)". britflicks. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "a room to die for". cargocollective. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "michael lieber talks about his role in uk horror a room to die for". britflicks. May 18, 2015.
  9. ↑ "meet the british stars of ramanujan". Gulf News. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "horror movie review: a room to die for (2017)". gbhbl. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "movie review a room to die for". 2020 movie reviews. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "feature film – a room to die for". mydreamstoreality. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
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