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Walled In

Walled In

Some secrets are best left buried.

20094.81h 32m

Overview

Having finally secured her first assignment from her family's demolition business, Sam Walczak is sent to supervise the destruction of an apartment house, only to discover a group of tenants still living in the condemned building. One such tenant, Jimmy, tells Sam an urban legend about a serial murderer who used to live in the building and entomb his victims in the walls. What's worse, the dead are believed to still harass the residents to this day.

Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Olivier Volpi, Rodolphe Tissot
Produced by Jean-Charles Levy, Clément Miserez, Ingo Vollkammer
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0M0

Top Cast

Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton

Sam Walczak

Cameron Bright

Cameron Bright

Jimmy

Deborah Kara Unger

Deborah Kara Unger

Mary

Noam Jenkins

Noam Jenkins

Peter

Eugene Clark

Eugene Clark

Burnett

Pascal Greggory

Pascal Greggory

Malestrazza

M

Mark D. Claxton

Richard

Sophi Knight

Sophi Knight

Julie

S

Shannon Jardine

Store Clerk

D

Darla Biccum

Liz Walczak

Themes & Keywords

suicidebased on novel or booknightmareexplosivedarknesskidnappingdemolitionarchitectengineermurdertenantstabbingkillertombblueprintax

About Walled In

Walled In is a horror, thriller film released in 2009 exploring themes of suicide, based on novel or book, nightmare, explosive, darkness, kidnapping. Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, it stars Mischa Barton, Cameron Bright, Deborah Kara Unger. Having finally secured her first assignment from her family's demolition business, Sam Walczak is sent to supervise the destruction of an apartment house, only to discover a group of tenants still living in the condemned building. One such tenant, Jimmy, tells Sam an urban legend about a serial murderer who used to live in the building and entomb his victims in the walls. What's worse, the dead are believed to still harass the residents to this day.

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