Exeter (film)

Exeter
Theatrical film poster
Directed byMarcus Nispel
Screenplay byKirsten McCallion
Story byMarcus Nispel
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEric Treml
Edited byBlake Maniquis
Music byEric Allaman
Production
companies
  • Blumhouse Productions
  • Bloodline Productions
  • GO Productions
  • Prescience and Row Productions
  • Shallow Focus
  • Vicarious Entertainment
Distributed byViva Pictures
Release dates
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$291,097[1]

Exeter (titled The Asylum in the UK) is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by Marcus Nispel. The screenplay by Kirsten McCallion is from a story by Nispel. It stars Stephen Lang, Kelly Blatz, Brittany Curran, Brett Dier and Gage Golightly. Jason Blum serves as an executive producer through his Blumhouse Productions banner. The film premiered at the Glasgow Horror Film Festival on February 27, 2015. The film was released on July 2, 2015, on DirecTV Cinema.

Plot

After shooting up heroin, a woman commits suicide. Clips show the history of the Exeter School of the Feeble Minded. These document its abuses toward its patients, demise, and eventual abandonment. Years later, Patrick volunteers to help Father Conway renovate the site. Conway, who is disappointed that Patrick has not applied for college, believes that God has a special plan for him. After talking to local junk man Greer, Conway and Patrick leave for the weekend.

When Patrick's friends discover the site will be unsupervised for the weekend, they organize a huge party there over Patrick's objections. As the party winds down, seven people remain: Patrick, his younger brother Rory, Brian, Brad, Amber, Drew, and Reign, a girl that Patrick has met at the party. After they discuss the site's troubled history and its potential for supernatural phenomena, Amber convinces the others to attempt to levitate Rory. Amber says it worked, but the others dismiss it as a prank by Rory, who they say is attention-starved. Embarrassed that he peed his pants, Rory runs off.

When Patrick and Reign encounter Rory later, they become convinced that he is possessed, as he is speaking in tongues and viciously attacking anyone who approaches him. After restraining him, Reign convinces Patrick to call Father Conway for help. The others react angrily, as they have been ingesting a variety of illegal drugs. As they argue, Greer returns and threatens to call the cops unless Amber has sex with him. Greer hears a sound from upstairs and investigates, only to be killed by Rory. Brian and Amber panic, and as they flee Exeter, they accidentally strike Father Conway with their car, apparently killing him. The car does not make it off the grounds.

As the teens debate what to do next, Exeter's security system locks them in. Having two dead bodies and a pile of drugs, the teens agree to resolve the situation themselves. Using their cell phones, they find a do-it-yourself exorcism guide and perform it on Rory. Although it initially seems to have succeeded, Rory reverts to his possessed self. Looking for clues to help them, Reign and Patrick discover video tapes of a troubled teen at Exeter, Devon, who is apparently Conway's child. A message written in blood on one of the ceilings demands that the teens speak to the entity, so they carve out a Ouija board. The entity identifies itself as Devon and demands they save it from a box, where it is trapped.

Rory recovers from his possession and does not remember anything. At the same time, Amber shows signs of possession. She kills Drew before the others drive her off. Brad, frustrated by the attacks, arms himself with a pickax and looks for Amber. He is surprised when he sees Father Conway, trips, and accidentally impales himself. Reign and Patrick go after Amber while Rory and Brian guard the downstairs area. Rory leaves to urinate, and Amber attacks Brian. After killing Amber, Patrick and Reign find Rory, who says that Conway trapped him in a box for his own protection. The group encounter Brian, who is now possessed; Patrick kills Brian after he attacks them.

Reign insists that Conway is responsible for the events and says that he has invoked the evil spirits. Rory, too, is doubtful of Conway's motives. Patrick says that Conway would never hurt anyone. When they find the security system, they disable the lock down, and Patrick forces Rory to flee to safety. After seeing Conway kill Reign, Patrick angrily confronts him. When Conway denies having a son, Patrick sets him afire, killing him.

Reign suddenly rises and explains that she is Conway's daughter, Devon. Conway abandoned Devon and her mother, and after Devon's mother committed suicide, Conway hid Devon at Exeter. Feeling abandoned, Devon swore revenge on Conway and the people he cares about. She engineered the whole situation so that Patrick would kill Conway. After a fight, Patrick traps her in a box as Exeter burns. Later, two cops investigate the ruined site, only to find the box empty.

Cast

Development

The film was first announced as Backmask on May 9, 2011.[2] The first images from the set were revealed on June 18, 2012.[3][4] The screenplay is written by Kirsten McCallion, and the make-up effects were carried out by Shaun Smith.[4] Most of the main casting announcements were made on June 1, 2012.[5] Shooting took place on location in Rhode Island. Nispel said that the location was photographed as they found it.[6] Nispel said that he wanted to write the film as if the teens who watch horror films experienced one.[7]

Release

On December 10, 2014, Dread Central reported that the title had been changed from Backmask to Exeter.[8] It was released as The Asylum in the UK on May 4, 2015.[9] DirecTV Cinema premiered it in the US on July 2, 2015.[10]

Reception

Gareth Jones of Dread Central rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, "The Asylum is a peculiar experience; a definite oddity that seems only ever a moment away from completely falling apart. But it isn't actually a bad one."[11] Pat Torfe of Bloody Disgusting rated it 3/5 stars and called it "one of those films where you turn your brain off and just let it play with a couple of friends and a case of beer".[12]

References

  1. ^ "Exeter (2015) – International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. ^ Fischer, Russ (May 9, 2011). "Marcus Nispel to Direct 'Backmask'". Slash Film.
  3. ^ "First Behind-the-Scenes Stills from Marcus Nispel's Backmask". ComingSoon. June 18, 2012.
  4. ^ a b James, Jonathan (June 18, 2012). "Exclusive: First Photos from Backmask". DailyDead.
  5. ^ "More Casting News Coming in For Marcus Nispel's Backmask". Dread Central. June 1, 2012.
  6. ^ Pollard, Andrew (May 1, 2015). "Marcus Nispel | THE ASYLUM, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, FRIDAY THE 13TH". Starburst. Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  7. ^ Boiselle, Matt (June 30, 2015). "Marcus Nispel Talks Exeter, Remakes, and More!". Dread Central. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  8. ^ Squires, John (December 10, 2014). "Marcus Nispel's Backmask Renamed to Exeter". Dread Central. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  9. ^ Bussey, Ben (March 30, 2015). "Marcus Nispel? The Asylum? No, God, No! (Oh, wait…)". Brutal as Hell. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  10. ^ Siegemund-Broka, Austin (June 29, 2015). "An Exorcism Movie With Humor? 'Exeter' Director Hopes to Add "Irony" to Horror". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  11. ^ Jones, Gareth (April 30, 2015). "Asylum, The (DVD)". Dread Central. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  12. ^ Torfe, Pat (May 12, 2015). "[Review] Low Expectations and Dumb Fun Is Found In 'The Asylum'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

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