Scar (film)

Infobox Film
name = Scar


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director = Jed Weintrob
producer = Christian D. Bruun
Jamie Gordon
Daniel Hank
Courtney Potts
Allison Powell
Norman Twain
writer = Zack Ford
starring = Angela Bettis
Kirby Bliss Blanton
Devon Graye
Ben Cotton
Christopher Titus
music = Roger Neill
cinematography = Toshiaki Ozawa
editing =
distributor =
released = est. February 2008
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country = USA
awards =
language = English
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imdb_id = 0847520

"Scar" is an upcoming horror/crime thriller film with an estimated release date in 2008. It stars actress Angela Bettis, known for starring in the horror film "May". The film will be the first live action film presented in HD 3-D.cite web| title=B-D Catches a Glimpse of 'Scar' in HD 3-D!| publisher= bloody-disgusting.com| url= http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/8780 | accessdate= 2007-08-12] "Scar" will follow Bettis' character Joan as she is tormented by a serial killer who had previously kidnapped and tortured her, as well as her best friend.

Cast

*Angela Bettis ... Joan Burrows
*Kirby Bliss Blanton ... Olympia Burrows
*Devon Graye ... Paul Watts
*Ben Cotton ... Bishop
*Christopher Titus ... Jeff
*Brittney Wilson ... Young Joan Burrows
*Monika Mar-Lee ... Sandra
*Brandon Jay McLaren ... Howard
*Carey Feehan ... Brian
*Al Sapienza ... Delgado
*Bill Baksa ... Melvin Gray
*Emma Duncan ... Principal

Plot

Joan Burrows (Bettis) returns to her hometown to attend her niece Olympia's (Blanton) high school graduation, but finds herself confronted by her past in the town. Before the graduation is to occur, a young couple goes missing and within a few days a mutilated body is found in the water during a town fish festival. This initiates flashbacks in which Joan's dark past is learned. When Joan was 16, she and her best friend were kidnapped and tortured by a serial killer by the name of Bishop (Cotton). Bishop bound Joan and her friend to an autopsy table where one girl was tortured while the other had the power to make it stop simply by demanding the death of the friend.cite web| title= Scar| publisher= fangoria.com| url= http://www.fangoria.com/ghastly_review.php?id=4796 | accessdate= 2007-08-13] Joan was able to escape and kill her captor, but was left as the sole survivor of the spree with a scar on her cheek. With the present day's body count rising, questions arise whether Bishop had evaded death or if a new copy cat killer has arisen.

Production

The production office opened on September 5, 2006 and had a scheduled 25 days of shooting in Calgary, Canada beginning October 3, 2006.cite web| title= Angela Bettis in 3-D... on the Big Screen?!| publisher=bloody-disgusting.com| url= http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/7056 | accessdate= 2007-08-13]

Despite the use of 3-D an early review by Fangoria.com explains that the 3-D "doesn’t overshadow the film, which would be just as effective without it; instead of tossing in over-the-top, in-your-face FX like those seen in "Jaws 3-D" and "Friday the 13th Part 3", SCAR’s dimensional cinematography encourages a subtler, more voyeuristic feel".

Scheduled for a 2008 release, pre-screenings of the film have occurred. During one instance a man was "out cold and paramedics were actually called" and "one viewer ran out of the theater and threw up"

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847520/ Scar] at the International Movie Database
* [http://www.fangoria.com/ghastly_review.php?id=4796 Scar Early Review] at Fangoria.com