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Directed by Adam Spinks Cinematography Daniel Gahnstrom Director Adam Spinks Budget 10,000 GBP Written by Adam Spinks | 6/10 IMDb Music by Buz Edited by Phillip Biggs Running time 1h 32m Music director Buz Kohan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starring Joanne Gale
Simon Burbage
David Anderson
Adrian Annis Distributed by Continuum Motion Pictures
Matriarch Multimedia Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Survivors is a 2015 British horror film directed by Adam Spinks, co-written by Spinks with Laurence Timms.
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- Dayz the survivors short film
- Survivors star wars fan made film
- Plot
- Main cast
- Production
- Release and reception
- References
Survivors star wars fan made film
Plot
The film follows journalist Kate Meadows (Joanne Gale) and her cameraman Duke (Simon Burbage) as they embark on a mission to uncover whether or not a government weapons contractor has secretly been using humans as their test subjects.
Main cast
Production
The film was made on a budget of £10,000 and was crowdfunded. Initial filming began in 2012, with additional pick ups in 2014. In between filming blocks, Spinks shot the feature film Extinction.
Release and reception
Survivors was released in the UK on October 26, 2015 on DVD and on VOD, having being made available in the US, Canada and Mexico a week earlier on October 20.
Critical reaction to the film was generally positive. James Simpson of Infernal Cinema described the film as "a superb British horror". Elliott Maguire of UK Horror Scene praised the actors, particularly Burbage, as well as the visual effects and sound design, but was critical about the pacing of the film. Trilbee commented on a number of production deficiencies but was again complimentary about the acting quality, in particular that of Gale, concluding that the film "does something rather unique in the low-budget scene in that it brings the subgenre back to what made it so relevant and popular in the first place; that it’s not about the zombies or the make-up, it’s about the people."
The film won "best director" at the Mac Horror Film Festival 2015.