John Chard
Sexy is unique.
Dread is a deliciously spiteful British horror adapted from a Clive Barker short story. Plot has three college students meeting up and working together on a documentary about the nature of peoples fears. As things progress it becomes apparent that one of them has an ulterior motive.
Director and screenplay writer Anthony DiBlasi spends a considerable portion of the film establishing the psychological make-ups of the principal players, which is a key component to making the film work. Theo Greens music trundles away menacingly during this portion of pic, while Sam McCurdys photography is on the money, with unnerving shades of green, reds and blues stripped back for a perfect troubled world feel.
Once the worm turns, ...