The Loved Ones is the first feature film for short filmmaker Sean Byrne. The Ambience Entertainment production was completely shot in Melbourne, Victoria, including interior school scenes shot at Box Hill Senior Secondary College and Kew High School. The film stars Xavier Samuel, Jessica McNamee, Robin McLeavy, and Richard Wilson.
The Loved Ones
(2009)4
" You don’t have to die to go to hell"
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| Runtime | 1 hr 24 min |
| Premiere: World | $358 399 January 4, 2010 |
| Premiere: USA | October 31, 2009 |
| Digital: World | September 11, 2013 |
| Parental Advisory | Frightening & Intense Scenes, Violence & Gore, Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking, ... |
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| Also Known As | Cita de sangre United States |
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When Brent turns down his classmate Lola’s invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.Сast and Crew
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A surprisingly impressive body horror, some moments were almost numbing. The atmosphere is solid, the antagonists fully fulfill the goal of evoking fierce hatred towards themselves. It’s worth watching if only to feel that unusual Australian nerve.
The fact that the film, while frightening, shakes the nerves is a fact and its main merit. At the same time, its conventionality is not stupid, as is often the case in films of this genre, but quite organic. Thanks to competent development, black humor and brilliant acting. It’s a pity that Byrne filmed so little.
With such a synopsis, yes, in a black comedy… But no, everything is so severe with the Australians that even without the fierce brutality in the frame, what is shown will cause genuine tremors in any person with a normally developed imagination. The absence of Hollywood adds a point to the piggy bank of individuality.
Australians do have their own individual taste in horror and mania. There are some "fairytale" moments, of course, but overall…wow! Lively.
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