Straight into Darkness
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Directed by | Jeff Burr |
Produced by | Mark Hannah Chuck Williams |
Written by | Jeff Burr |
Starring | Ryan Francis Scott MacDonald Linda Thorson |
Music by | Michael Convertino |
Cinematography | Viorel Sergovici |
Edited by | Lawrence A. Maddox |
Production companies | Chuck Williams Productions Silver Bullet |
Distributed by | Screen Media Ventures |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Straight into Darkness is a 2004 American horror war film directed by Jeff Burr and starring Ryan Francis and Scott MacDonald. It was produced by Mark Hanna and Chuck Williams.
Plot
Cast
- Ryan Francis as Losey
- Scott MacDonald as Demming
- Linda Thorson as Maria
- James LeGros as Soldier
- Daniel Roebuck as Soldier
- David Warner as Deacon
- Liliana Perepelicinic as Anna
- Gabriel Spahiu as The Lunatic Priest
- Nelu Dinu as Nelu
- Mihai Verbintschi as Buchler
- Ion Bechet as Sergeant
Release
Home media
The film was released on DVD by MCA Home Video and Bleiberg on June 6 and November 13, 2006 respectively. In 2010, it was released twice by Screen Media as both a single-feature, and multi-feature movie pack. It was released for the first time on Blu-ray by Willette Acquisition Corp. on December 8, 2015.[1]
Reception
Scott Weinberg from eFilmCritic gave the film 4/4 stars, writing, "Jeff Burr's Straight Into Darkness starts out like a straight war flick, almost turns into a horror movie, slowly becomes a moving piece of drama, and spits you out on the other side both impressed with the end product...and more than a little shaken."[2] Robert Koehler of Variety wrote, "Jeff Burr’s neo-gothic WWII drama Straight Into Darkness ends up resisting categorization. There’s pleasure to be had in watching a period war pic made with a personal touch and with a self-conscious pedigree, but this diminishes as Burr excessively lays on themes and action."[3] Ian Jane from DVD Talk gave the film 3/5 stars, writing, "Straight Into Darkness is an interesting and at times almost surreal war film that does a good job of mixing horror movie elements with some serious drama. Unfortunately it gets a little buried under its own message but that doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile."[4] Jon Condit from Dread Central awarded the film a score of 2.5 out of 5, calling it "fundamentally flawed", but commended the film's visuals.[5]
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