FilmSurvival Monster & Creature Psychological

Splintered2010

Name: Splintered
Genre: Survival, Monster & Creature, Psychological
Released: 2010-09-03
Rating: 4.4

“Don't be Frightened. You're Safe Here”

Directed by Simeon Halligan

4.4

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 3.9Rotten Tomatoes 25%TMDB 4.8

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Year

2010

Runtime

86 min

Box Office

Budget

$2,300,000

The premise

Sophie is a troubled young girl, haunted by the abuse she suffered as a child and harbouring a deep fascination with the unexplained. In the hope of satiating her obsession with the latter, she instigates a trip to the Welsh countryside with four friends, aimed at tracking down the legendary Beast of Bodmin. It seems the mythical creature – often thought to be a large wildcat or fox – has caught the public's attention once more thanks to a spate of attacks on livestock and one local farmer. Armed with a video camera and a case of beer, the group head off into the woods but they soon uncover much more than they bargained for, with Sophie falling foul of a mysterious madman who locks her away in an apparent attempt to protect her from some unnamed terror.

Horror Vault's take

Sophie carries deep psychological wounds from her past, and a fascination with the unexplained leads her and four friends deep into the remote Welsh wilderness in search of a legendary beast. What begins as an amateur creature-hunt quickly unravels into something far more sinister when Sophie finds herself imprisoned by a stranger whose motives are disturbingly unclear. The Welsh landscape itself feels oppressive and hostile, trapping the group between the threat lurking in the trees and the horrors closing in around Sophie. Blending rural isolation with a fractured protagonist's inner turmoil, Splintered is a low-budget British chiller with a darker edge than its creature-feature premise suggests.

Content: Violence, Themes Of Childhood Abuse, Captivity And Confinement, Threat Of Physical Harm