Black Site (2018 film)

Black Site is a 2018 British science-fiction action horror film directed by Tom Paton, starring Samantha Schnitzler, Mike Beckingham, Kris Johnson, Bentley Kalu, Angela Dixon, Phoebe Robinson-Rodrigues, Sophia Del Pizzo, Andy Gibbins, Jessica-Jane Clement, Fredi Nwaka and Alana Wallace.

Black Site
Directed byTom Paton
Written byTom Paton
Produced byGeorge Burt
Craig Hinde
Mikel Iriarte
Alexa Waugh
Starring
CinematographyGeorge Burt
Edited byTom Paton
Music byMax Sweiry
Release dates
  • 27 August 2018 (2018-08-27) (FrightFest)
  • 1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) (US)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cast

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Release

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The film premiered at FrightFest on 27 August 2018.[1]

Reception

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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 9 reviews.[2]

James Perkins of Starburst rated the film 7 stars out of 10 and wrote that it is "more proof that Tom Paton is a true rising Director in British Independent cinema and must be championed for taking inspiration and adding his own flavour."[3]

Anton Bitel of SciFiNow called the film a "loving homage to the kind of anything-goes paranoid sci-fi actioners which were once the specialty of Carpenter and Cronenberg."[4]

Kevin Scott of PopHorror wrote: "The fluidity of funneling the character development, the mythos, and the action sequences into the plot make it an automatic recommend."[5]

Bobby LePire of Film Threat gave the film a score of 4.5/10 and wrote: "Paton is a fantastic visual stylish with a flair for action, but despite the efforts of a talented cast, the characters have little depth and spend so much expositing about this world that nothing happens for a while."[6]

References

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  1. ^ Barkan, Jonathan (12 July 2018). "FrightFest 2018: Exclusive BLACK SITE Trailer Mixes Carpenter and Lovecraft With Martial Arts". Dread Central. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Black Site". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. ^ Perkins, James. "BLACK SITE". Starburst. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  4. ^ Bitel, Anton (27 August 2018). "BLACK SITE FIRST LOOK REVIEW ARROW VIDEO FRIGHTFEST 2018". SciFiNow. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. ^ Scott, Kevin (12 April 2019). "Tom Paton's Sci-Fi Horror Hybrid, 'Black Site,' (2019) Movie Review". PopHorror. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  6. ^ LePire, Bobby (22 April 2019). "BLACK SITE". Film Threat. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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