Pray for Morning (2006)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Cartney Wearn

Writer:

Cartney Wearn (writer)

Release Date:

2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Fear the Night

Plot:

A group of high schoolers break into an abandoned resort hotel, unaware that it is haunted.

Plot Keywords:

Supernatural Power | Suspense | Teen Horror | Supernatural

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Udo Kier	...	Edouard Leopold Edu
Jonathon Trent	...	Jesse
Jessica Stroup	...	Ashley
Dennis Flanagan	...	Dylan
Ashlee Turner	...	Lilly
Jackson Rathbone	...	Connor
Brandon Novitsky	...	Topher
Kip Martin	...	Rand
Rachel Veltri	...	Bunny
Robert F. Lyons	...	Proctor
Peter Pasco	...	Robert
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Talya Carroll	...	Rebecca
Justin Mooney	...	Chaz
Ginna Rutter	...	Lady Dunsmoore

Runtime:

USA:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Pray For Morning LLC

Trivia:

The director, Cartney Wearn, went to great pains to convince the actors in pre-production that the severed hands their characters would discover inside the abandoned Royal Crescent Hotel would be real cadaver hands. He made them follow strict protocol when handling the "real" corpse hands on set, and even had the props department take great pains to maintain the illusion. And they did not in fact see the hands until they shot their first take. So the reactions you see in the film are real, even if the hands aren't.

Quotes:

Dylan: Alright, when you stand at a bar, it's casual. One arm up, one arm down. A thousand yard stare. People will look at you. Alright. You don't look at them.
Topher: [after positioning himself in the wrong kind of formation] Like this, Dylan?
Dylan: [laughs; sarcastically] Yeah.
Topher: Really?
Dylan: No! You look like a frickin' retard!

Overrated

I personally thought that I would be in for a pleasant surprise but low and behold I was mistaken. I don't have any preconceptions about B movies I like to watch all kinds of quality work. This movie however, was not fun to watch. The plot is OK, it isn't written especially well but it's not that hard to listen to. The acting on the other hand was dreadful. I mean painful to watch. It wasn't the horror that had me cringing in my seat, it was the acting. I was looking for a hopeful for a glimpse of an up and coming actor in this movie, surely you won't find any one of the actors in upcoming A movies. They might be seen in one of those late night infomercials instead.

For this one I say Thanks but No Thanks.