| release date | March 29 2002 |
| studio | Sony/Columbia Pictures |
| director | David Fincher |
| writer | David Koepp |
| starring | Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Jared Leto |
| rating | R |
| tagline | It was supposed to be the safest room in the house |
| site | spe.sony.com/movies/panicroom |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
The thought of being terrorized in the safety of your own home will always rank right up as one of people’s biggest fears. Filmmakers are very aware of this since they’ve been dwelling into this terrifying concept time and time again with the never passé, home invasion subgenre. It’s been the perfect avenue for directors to showcase/show-off their technical craft. Some of my favorites have been Straw Dogs (the Peckinpah original, of course) Black Christmas (don’t you dare ask which one), Funny Games (both versions actually), Panic Room, Inside and the criminally underseen, Them. READ MORE
The thought of being terrorized in the safety of your own home will always rank right up as one of people’s biggest fears. Filmmakers are very aware of this since they’ve been dwelling into this terrifying concept time and time again with the never passé, home invasion subgenre. It’s been the perfect avenue for directors to showcase/show-off their technical craft. Some of my favorites have been Straw Dogs (the Peckinpah original, of course) Black Christmas (don’t you dare ask which one), Funny Games (both versions actually), Panic Room, Inside and the criminally underseen, Them. READ MORE
On the heels of the success of THE STRANGERS, Overture Films has acquired a pitch from Karl Gajdusek (“Dead Like Me”) called Taken, with veteran producer Irwin Winkler attached to produce. The project is a dramatic thriller in which a married couple that has been coping with infidelity and other adversity heals its wounds after a home invasion; it is described as containing elements of “Panic Room” and “Unfaithful.” FUNNY GAMES was also a recent home invasion movie to do moderately well. (more…) READ MORE
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