Comedown (film)

Comedown
Comedown
Directed by	Menhaj Huda
Written by	Steven Kendall
Produced by	Dominic Norris; Gareth Wiley
Starring	Geoff Bell; Adam Deacon; Jacob Anderson; Sophie Stuckey; Jessica Barden; Calum McNab
Music by	Theo Green
Production; companies	Serotonin Films; Phoenix Wiley
Distributed by	StudioCanal
Release date	4 October 2012 (United Kingdom);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$2,000,000

Comedown is a 2012 British urban horror film directed by Menhaj Huda, and written by Steven Kendall.^[2]^[3] Dubbed "Kidulthood meets Saw", the film stars Jacob Anderson, Adam Deacon and Geoff Bell in the lead roles.

Plot[]

In an abandoned tower, six friends turn the tower into a radio station and soon learn they are not alone as a resident psychopath begins hunting them down.

Cast[]

Jacob Anderson as Lloyd
Adam Deacon as Jason
Sophie Stuckey as Jemma
Calum McNab as Gary "Gal"
Jessica Barden as Kelly
Duane Henry as Colin "Col"
Geoff Bell as Ray Grady
Shizzio as Shafiq "Shaf"
Muazzin "Naga" Aziz as Nazar "Naz"
Gemma-Leah Devereux as Nurse Samantha Harris
Slaine Kelly as Nurse Sally Mitchell
Christos Lawton as PC Jon Murray
Deirdre Mullins as Alissa the Newsreader
Stephen Taylor as the Creeper

Production[]

Comedown was shot on a budget of $2,000,000, and was filmed in a suburb of London close to the O2 Arena.^[4]

Reception[]

Critical response[]

Stephen Dalton of The National wrote in his review: " A good slasher film is not about originality or realism, of course, but about execution – no pun intended. As such, director Menhaj Huda does a decent job with limited ingredients. But there is nothing in this pulpy, formulaic nerve-jangler that horror fans will not have seen countless times before."^[5]

Release[]

Comedown premiered on 4 October 2012, at film festival Grimmfest, but was not released to cinemas on general release, and instead was expected to be released direct-to-DVD on 11 March 2013.^[6]