Walled In (V)

1910-poster
release date March 17 2009
studio Leomax Entertainment/Anchor Bay
director Gilles Paquet-Brenner
writer Paquet-Brenner
starring Mischa Barton, Deborah Kara Unger, Cameron Bright
trailer 1 Trailer #1

Synopsis

Recent engineering graduate Sam Walczak travels to the middle of nowhere to supervise demolition of the mysterious Malestrazza Building. She soon comes face to face with the horrifying secrets of the building and its past inhabitants, many of whom were entombed alive within the walls of the pristine building by its obsessed architect. As Sam begins to unravel the clandestine details of the architect's life and his astonishing building, she is drawn into the dark and frightening reality which forces her to accept her own dark past and turn the tables before she becomes the last victim.

Official Review

If Watchmen is a big hit, I bet we still start to see a lot more “outside of the box” comic adaptations being put into production, alongside the traditional Marvel and DC films. And that means we’ll probably get a lot of direct to video stuff like Walled In, which is based on a rather obscure French comic named “Les Emmurés” – something I wasn’t aware of until after I had watched the movie. It’s curious then, that Anchor Bay would splash “based on the best-selling graphic novel!” on the back of the DVD and not provide the title or author, especially for a US release. Why bother calling attention to it when the intended audience won’t be familiar with it anyway? …Read More

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Official Score: 3 / 5