Den (film)
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Directed by | Greg Arce |
Written by | Greg Arce |
Produced by | Greg Arce |
Starring | Greg Arce Stephanie Rettig Lee Schall Dana J. Ryan Sabrina O'Neil |
Cinematography | Jacky Hay |
Edited by | Tomer Almagor Rom Lipschitz |
Production company | Clown Tears Productions |
Distributed by | Wonderphil Productions Force Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Countries | United States Australia |
Language | English |
Den (marketed as DeN) is a 2001
Den was partly filmed in Australia and was briefly mentioned in Peter Shelley's Australian Horror Films, 1973-2010.[5]
Plot
The film begins with a bearded man waking up in his house and going through his morning routine. He touches his
It is revealed that Den is storing them under a church where he works as a priest. Den uses the captive's secrets to turn one against the other. But Cassandra takes all the physical and mental abuse and throws it back at Den with all the strength and stamina she can muster.
As the final day approaches the body count rises: Den has cut off Lolita's finger because she was pointing at him. She dies from an infection, although Den was kind enough to cauterize the wound with a soldering iron. With Milton's sexual orientation and affair with Lolita exposed, Den manipulates Steven into stabbing and killing Milton with a crucifix-knife. He offers to let Steven get away with the killing, but recants, and when Steven attacks him in anger, Den beats him to death. The final scene has Cassandra verbally attacking the Bible and Den's beliefs. She calls out several mistakes that are written in this holy text and, thereby proves, if there is a God, he had no hand in the making of this religious manuscript. Den, after supposedly killing a few children, returns to kill Cassandra. He stabs her in the chest with the crucifix-knife. He taunts her about pulling the knife out so she can kill him. She doesn't and he feels that this is proof of the "no atheist in foxholes" theory. As he turns to leave, Cassandra removes the knife and tosses it at Den. The knife skewers his head. He removes the knife and rushes to kill her, but convulses and dies on her. Cassandra is unable to escape and dies. Their final death tableau forms the Pietà position.
Cast
- Greg Arce as Den
- Stephanie Rettig as Lolita
- Lee Schall as Steven
- Dana J. Ryan as Cassandra
- Sabrina O'Neil as Milton
Awards
- 2002, won 'best actress' at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival for Dana J. Ryan[6]
- 2002, won 'best actor' at the New York City Horror Film Festival for Dana J. Ryan[7]
References
- Twitch Film. Archived from the originalon 2 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Anderson, Steve (12 January 2009). "Sawdenly Stolen?". Film Threat. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Clinton, Paul (23 March 2002). "Doing it Digitally". CNN. Archived from the original (video file of newscast) on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2014.video transcript
- ^ Forbis, Wil. "Saw's Secret: Interview with Greg Arce". Acid Logic. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ISBN 978-0786489930.
- ^ staff. "Den (2001), Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ staff (7 November 2002). "New York City Horror Flm Festival Announces Winners". Film Threat. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.