BIFFF: Chris Graham's THE FERRYMAN
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Chris Graham's The Ferryman is scheduled to be screened at the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (BIFFF) on April 11th. The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is the international sales agent for the movie.
The screenplay for The Ferryman was written by Nick Ward, based on a story by him and Matthew Metcalfe. The movie stars John Rhys-Davies, Kerry Fox, Sally Stockwell, Amber Sainsbury, Tamer Hassan, Craig Hall, Julian Arahanga, Lawrence Makoare, and Ben Fransham.
Here's a description of The Ferryman from the BIFFF website: "Out on a dead calm ocean, in a thick fog, a group of tourists on a pleasure craft cross paths with an ancient and terrible evil. Sharing the same ocean, a sick, dying old Greek man drifts alone on a stricken yacht. The Greek has been cheating death for countless years, trading broken bodies for new ones over centuries. With him he carries a deadly and powerful weapon, the Shifting Blade, that allows him to do this. But now is the time of reckoning. The Ferryman, the ancient conveyor of death and the path to the afterlife is close, and he wants the Greek. The tourists and crew on board the yacht have rescued what they think is a sick and dying man. They have no way of knowing what a dangerous man the Greek is. There will be blood in the water by the time he's finished, but will he escape death again at the expense of the lives of everyone onboard? Or will the Ferryman play another game with everyone's lives?
From New Zealand comes a truly scary horror film, with a unique and original script and an acclaimed international cast, headed by John Rhys-Davies (Indiana Jones, The Lord of the Rings) as the Greek, and Kerry Fox (An Angel at My Table, Shallow Grave), Craig Hall (King Kong, Perfect Creature), and Lawrence Makoare (Die Another Day, Lord of the Rings) as his unsuspecting victims. Director Chris Graham follows in the footsteps of the classic horrors from the past such as The Shining and Dead Calm. You will love and hate its characters and their classic one-liners just before they are struck down by evil. The Ferryman will take you on a journey dark enough to satisfy even the most hardcore horror fan.
After realizing two shorts, Bus Stop (2002) and Water (which was shown at BIFFF in 2005), New Zealand director Chris Graham realized the hit comedy Samaon Wedding."
For more information on The Ferryman, see ScreenAnarchy's third, second, and first articles on it.
The Ferryman promo reel (downloadable 15.8 MB MPEG-4 file)
