1.18.2009

Jan
18


Perkin's 14

January 9th, 2009
Craig Singer
Lane Shadgett
Josh Davidson, Trey Farley, Katherine Pawlak, Heather Tocquigny
After Dark Films
Horror, Thriller
massify.com/films/perkins14, horrorfestonline.com
R for graphic bloody violence, terror, language and some sexuality
1 hour 35 minutes

A decade ago, 14 people--including the son of policeman Dwayne Hopper--disappeared with almost no clues as to their whereabouts. When Dwayne meets a prisoner named Perkins who could be a suspect in the old case, he murders him in anger over his son who is presumed dead. But his son and the 13 others aren't dead; they've been brainwashed and now they are capable of murder.
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Craig Singer ("Dark Ride," "Dead Dogs Lie," "A Good Night to Die"), with a screenplay by Lane Shadgett ("Luna Park," "All Lost Souls"), "Perkins' 14" was developed online at Massify.com. Writers were invited to upload story pitches, and actors submitted audition videos. The site's community members then voted on their favorite story and on which actors they thought deserved to be cast in the four main roles.


The winning idea, submitted by Jeremy Donaldson, follows Robert Perkins, who at age six, becomes mentally unstable when his parents are brutally murdered inside their home. His psychosis has him living the rest of his life convinced that the killers will return in the future to kill him as well. At age 34, Perkins kidnaps 14 people from his hometown of Stone Cove and brainwashes them, creating a unified team of psycho killers.