Clip: Alanna Chisholm in The Chair (High Quality)
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- Release Date: 2007
- Runtime: 89 min
- Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Starring: Alanna Chisholm, Lauren Roy, Nick Abraham, Paul Soren ... see all
- Director: Brett Sullivan
- Plot: Danielle, a young psychology student, is trying to rebuild her life when she sublets a century-old Victorian house. Unknowingly, she awakens an evil specter lurking in the dark recesses of... Read more
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| Jun 22, 2008popsyndicate.com
Awash in a horror film market filled with creepy-kid Asian remakes (and their originals), flaccid, overproduced PG-rated "shockers," and grisly, snuffy torture porn, The Chair is a refreshingly old-fashioned horror film that takes the time to get us involved with its characters, and amasses its unnerving ambiance brick by tingly brick. ... Full Review
| May 31, 2008DVD Talk
Instead, The Chair is more of an exercise in claustrophobic, psychological suspense, and for the most part, it works very well.
The commentary track to The Chair , a low budget Canadian horror flick, reveals that the inspiration for the movie comes from a short story by the legendary Edgar Allan Poe.
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Film Monthly
Also, that chick playing Danielle, Alanna Chisholm, is actually pretty good.
All in all, The Chair is a singularly freaky experience thatll really put some credibility back into the direct-to-video market.
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While reading through most of your reader reviews, it appears the majority of you didn't enjoy Brett Sullivan's THE CHAIR. Either way, Sullivan (Ginger Snaps II) is writing and directing the sequel to the film, which will see the resurrection... ... Full Article
Short Takes: 'Rails & Ties,' 'Boarding Gate,' 'On the Doll,' 'The Chair,' 'Razor Eaters,' 'Otis'
chicagotribune.com –
2008-06-16
Rails & Ties (Warner, 2007) Alison Eastwood, daughter of Clint, directed this contrived weepie that works despite itself, propelled by strong performances by old pros Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden and a remarkable youngster, Miles Heizer, now 14. ... Full Article
This past week B-D stringer Dominic Marceau chatted with Brett Sullivan (Ginger Snaps II) about the forthcoming release of his latest project, The Chair , which arrives on DVD May 27 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. ... Full Article
The Chair
popsyndicate.com –
2008-04-10
A classy and suspenseful horror film. Awash in a horror film market filled with creepy-kid Asian remakes (and their originals), flaccid, overproduced PG-rated shockers, and grisly, snuffy torture porn, The Chair is a refreshingly old-fashioned horror film that takes the... ... Full Article
A Dozen Questions for the director of this terrific new horror film.Brett Sullivan has a great pedigree for horror. As an award-winning editor, he has cut such films as Saw IV , the oddball vampire flick Blood and Donuts... ... Full Article
Lionsgate Home Entertainment announced today a May 27 DVD release for Brett Sullivan's (Ginger Snaps II) The Chair . In the film Danielle, a young psychology student, is trying to rebuild her life when she sublets a century-old Victorian house. ... Full Article