Summaries

A writer, possessed by a terrifying story hunts for its secret heart in a mysterious landscape. He journeys into unknown, dreamlike places, haunted by the infamous Hum emitted from a strange factory.

Have You Ever Had A Dream So Strange You Were Sure It Wasn't Your Own? Victor is a writer, possessed by a terrifying story as he hunts for four refugee performers of a theatre destroyed in a mysterious fire: Drawn to a remote settlement founded by the mysterious Stronheim, owner of a Factory hidden deep within a dreamlike landscape. Victor finds his friends under the wing of an aristocratic noble and her child-like ward who both watch over the settlement for Stronheim. A dangerous pact is made between Victor and Stronheim. The destroyed theatre will be reconstructed, and in return, Victor must complete the story, no matter the cost. Stronhem requires it to be performed at the village Festival Of Memories, where bizarre rituals are enacted by the villagers under the influence of the Factory's hallucinogenic effluence. Following the dangerous, twisted paths to the heart of inspiration and creativity, Victor's imagination and the fragmented memories and emotions of the performers violently collide in an act of creation that not everyone can survive.—John Harrigan

Details

Keywords
  • secret
  • writer
  • haunting
  • theater
  • creativity
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Horror
  • Drama
Release date Oct 25, 2013
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Filming locations Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
Production companies FoolishPeople

Box office

Budget $20000

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 12m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

A writer, haunted by an idea for a new story hunts for four refugee performers of a theater destroyed in a mysterious fire. He locates his friends in a remote, pagan settlement founded by Stronheim; owner of a strange factory hidden deep in the local countryside that emits the infamous hum. Victor enters into a dangerous pact when a vow is made to re-build their theater if the story is completed in time for it to be performed at the village festival, where bizarre rituals are enacted by the villagers under the influence of a hallucinogenic effluence siphoned out of the strange factory. Victor's imagination and the fragmented memories of his friends collide in a violent fiction that not everyone can survive.

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