Storm Warning (2007 film)

Plot

Rob and Pia are a young couple who travel out for a day of sailing along coastal marshland. They become lost in a heavy storm and end up on a desolate island. They come across a decrepit old house and nearby barn with no one home. There is a large amount of marijuana growing in the barn that suggests the homeowners may not welcome their presence. There is also no telephone or means of communication with the outside world. But when the deranged, redneck owners—Brett, his brother Jimmy, and their even more terrifying father Poppy—return, Rob and Pia realise a fear far beyond anything they have ever known. Resentful of the affluent intruders, the three monstrously sadistic hillbillies imprison and enslave the couple, who—fearing for their lives—are submitted to appalling degradation and humiliation. When Rob and Pia learn their kidnappers have no intention of ever letting them go alive, they finally understand they must do whatever it takes to survive, and whatever it takes means going to a limit they could never have imagined, which leads to the violent climax and ending; they will have to kill all three of the hillbillies by themselves in order to escape and survive.

Cast

Production

The script was written in the early 1990s.

Reception

Despite no approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of today, Storm Warning was met with positive reviews from critics and audiences. The film also received reviews from various sites, such as:

Accolades

Justin Dix won the Screamfest Festival Trophy for Best Special Effects.

DVD release

Dimension Extreme released an unrated version of Storm Warning on 5 February 2008. The DVD contains an audio commentary by director Jamie Blanks, screenwriter Everett De Roche, actor Robert Taylor, cinematographer Karl von Moller, production designer Robby Perkins, and special FX artist Justin Dix, and a making-of featurette. The DVD was released in Australia on 5 June 2008.