The Rizen
The Rizen is a 2017 horror film written by Matt Mitchell and produced by Clare Pearce for Lost Eye Films, directed by Matt Mitchell for Lost Eye Films and starring Laura Swift, Sally Phillips, Tom Goodman-Hill, Adrian Edmondson , Julian Rhind-Tutt and Bruce Payne. The film was cast and produced by Clare Pearce and for a UK independent film the cast is full of well known cameos.
| The Rizen | |
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| Directed by | Matt Mitchell |
| Produced by | Clare Pearce |
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| Cinematography | Jamie Burr |
Production company | Lost Eye Films Ltd |
Release date | 19 June 2017 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
In 1955, NATO and the Allied Forces have been conducting secret, occult experiments in a bid to win the Arms Race. Now, they have finally succeeded but what the Army has unleashed threatens to tear our world apart. One woman must lead the only survivors past horrors that the military has no way to control - and fight to close what should never have been opened.[1]
Cast
- Laura Swift as Frances
- Sally Phillips as The Suited Woman
- Tom Goodman-Hill as Number 37
- Bruce Payne as Admin
- Julian Rhind-Tutt as Blast Door Scientist
- Stephen Marcus as The Executioner
- Patrick Knowles as Briggs
- Lee Latchford-Evans as Capture The Flag 1
- Jayson Dickens as Capture The Flag 2
- Simeon Willis as Lieutenant Franks
- Adrian Edmondson as Interviewer
- Christopher Tajah as Baughman
- Laurence Kennedy as Dr. Julian Hicks
Production
The film was shot on-set in Kent in a huge warehouse and also in various Kent locations at Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker in Kelvedon Hatch,[2] and various town halls. Lost Eye Films managed to gain support from the local community throughout the production.
Further scenes filmed in Kent were at the Manor Way Business Park in Swanscombe which was used as a studio, supplemented by Gravesend Old Town Hall which featured as a Grand Hall, and one of the endless, dark corridors in the Powerhub in Maidstone was also used.[3]