| Andrew Gough | |
| Sarah Dunn | |
| Wes Dolan | |
| Layla Randle-Conde | |
| Dap C | |
| Nick Spencer | |
| Corjan | |
| Tony Rotherham | |
| Simon Dulay | |
| Suzy Deakin |
| Philip Gardiner | Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter |
| Corjan | Score Composer |
| Warren Croyle | Executive Producer |
| Andrew Gough | Executive Producer |
| Nik Spencer | Producer |
The premise here is that stones can be used to gain possession of a person's soul. This is shown via five free-thinkers (four Brits led by an American guru) who descend on an abandoned estate in Britain intent on conjuring spirits. It appears they've come to the right place when a local photographer informs them "this is one of the most haunted places in England."
The clothing and attitude is 60s, and much of the movie is brooding music accompanying brooding images. Only occasionally does the film break the spell by not taking itself so seriously, which I appreciated.
So it's "hippies suffer the Blair Witch Project on a Masterpiece Theatre location," which means it's a very different sort of film at first, not quite fiction and not exactly a mood-piece and certainly not a documentary either. But if you're patient, The Stone turns into a solid horror film, very scary and fun to watch.
The abandoned estate is the big star, and it's appropriately creepy and magnificent at the same time. The gang is visiting to "assist lost souls in moving to the next realm," but of course they have no idea what they're dealing with, and are soon in over their heads. And it shouldn't be any surprise that the spirits of the dead are none too grateful for the help. All in all, a decent horror movie made in an interesting way, with a couple of really good scares on the journey, (so don't let your guard down).
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