The Roost (2005)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Ti West

Writer:

Ti West (written by)

Release Date:

13 January 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

CAUTION...If They Bite You...Kill Yourself!

Plot:

Part of a "special" late-nite television program...Four friends on their way to a wedding find themselves marooned on a mysterious farm. Creatures of the night awaken and the undead rise, as a night of relentless horror...Begins! |

Plot Keywords:

Police | Elderly Couple | Gun | Barn | Brother Sister Relationship

Cast

Tom Noonan	...	The Horror Host
Karl Jacob	...	Trevor
Vanessa Horneff	...	Allison
Sean Reid	...	Brian
Wil Horneff	...	Elliot
Barbara Wilhide	...	May
Richard Little	...	Elvin
John Speredakos	...	Officer Mitchell
Larry Fessenden	...	Tow Truck Driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Hamilton	...	Duncan (Radio Show)
Graham Reznick	...	Local DJ (Radio Show)
Heather Robb	...	Aubry Promise / Fake Shemp
Mary Schmidt	...	Sally (Radio Show)
Ti West	...	Professor (Radio Show)

Runtime:

USA:80 min | Argentina:80 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

UK:18 | Argentina:18 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

ECR Productions

Trivia:

The barn used in the film was also used in the Alfred Hitchcock film Marnie (1964).

Soundtrack:

I Raise Hell

The Barn of Horror

While driving to the wedding of their friend Mike, Trevor (Karl Jacob), Brian (Sean Reid), Allison (Vanessa Horneff) and her brother Elliot (Wil Horneff) leave the main road and have an accident, and their car falls in a ditch in a lonely road. The quartet seeks for help in an empty farm, but Elliot and Trevor decides to walk further, leaving Brian and Allison waiting for them in the farm. They meet the highway patrol Officer Mitchell (John Speredakos) that brings them back to meet Brian and Allison. Meanwhile Brian decides to go to the barn, where he is attacked by vampire bats. When the group seeks for him in the barn, they are trapped inside by the killer bats that turn people into zombies.

"The Roost" is not a totally bad low-budget movie, actually it is tense and has good acting of the unknown cast. However, it is a short story that is extended in low-pace to last 80 minutes running time, and becomes boring in a certain moment. The conclusion and the silly black and white insertions with The Horror Host are awful. I do not know if the intention of the director / writer Ti West was to extend the feature or try to make it cult with the insertions, but the fact is that it does not work. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Ataque dos Morcegos" ("Bats Attack")