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Dread

Dread

Your Time Will Come.

20095.51h 48m

Overview

Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out to secretly be a sadistic psychopath who uses this knowledge to gruesomely torture the subjects.

Directed by Anthony DiBlasi
Written by Anthony DiBlasi, Clive Barker
Produced by Charlotte Walls, Lauri Apelian, Clive Barker
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Top Cast

Jackson Rathbone

Jackson Rathbone

Stephen Grace

Shaun Evans

Shaun Evans

Quaid

Hanne Steen

Hanne Steen

Cheryl Fromm

Laura Donnelly

Laura Donnelly

Abby

Jonathan Readwin

Jonathan Readwin

Joshua Shaw

Vivian Gray

Vivian Gray

Tabitha Swan

C

Carl McCrystal

Axe Man

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Steven Clarke

Bruno

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Adam Davenport

Alex Hustler

Elissa Dowling

Elissa Dowling

Tamsin Kendall

Themes & Keywords

experimentprimal fearnightmarepsychopathtorturefearheld captivesadistic torturecollege student

About Dread

Dread is a horror, drama, thriller film released in 2009 exploring themes of experiment, primal fear, nightmare, psychopath, torture, fear. Directed by Anthony DiBlasi, it stars Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Evans, Hanne Steen. Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out to secretly be a sadistic psychopath who uses this knowledge to gruesomely torture the subjects.

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