Timothy V. Murphy, Stan Kirsch, Lindsey Stoddart

A naked teenage boy covered in blood appears at a remote sheriff's station one year after the brutal unsolved murder of a local girl. Now Sheriff Jack Shepherd, guilt ridden over the girl's murder, mu...( read more  read more... )st confront his own demons as he desperately searches for the boy's true identity and possible victims. Little does Jack realize that he has started down a path that will bring him face to face with an unthinkable horror. Before sunrise the living will pay for the pain the dead have suffered.

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Directed by: Sheldon Wilson

Release Date: April 24, 2004

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DVD Release Date: June 28, 2005

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  • February 20, 2008
    Saw it quite a while ago.

    This is exactly how I remember it.
  • October 24, 2007
    A plot summary by Claudio Carvalho on IMDB: "While preparing to shutdown a sheriff's station in the woods, the deputies Stuart Dempsey (Stan Kirsch) and Laura Russell (Lindsey Stoddart) are surprised by a naked teenager covered in blood and with a hunt knife in his hand. The b...( read more)oy is arrested and Sheriff Jack Sheppard (Timothy V. Murphy) is summoned by his assistant. While investigating the identity of the boy, Jack hopes to solve the disappearance of many people in the area, including his girlfriend. When the identity of the boy is disclosed, the mystery increases. "


    Horror may be the wrong genre for this film. Sure it has some killings and blood, but it's more of a mystery. I was never 'scared' nor 'horrified' during the movie, but I sure wanted to know what was going on and who was doing the killing. As an added bonus, this film has some supernatural undertones running throughout it. It's not a masterpiece and the acting is most definitely B level, but it is a movie well worth its rental fee.

  • June 28, 2006
    Some of the things just didn't make any sense. Like what did the drug dealer had to do with the rest of the story? And what was that blue creature?
  • December 27, 2007
    trange movie not without its moments but tame really.
  • May 14, 2007
    Pretty cool horror film from a coupla years back.
  • October 24, 2009
    looks too gory for my taste
  • April 6, 2009
    Disturbing... I loved it! The movie kept you on the edge of your seat waiting for more!
  • February 10, 2009
    "A naked teenage boy covered in blood"? Sorry, not for me, but I'll have to recommend it to my Uncle Charlie.
  • August 9, 2008
    good idea. bad filming.
  • July 4, 2008
    This Is Called "HORROR"
    So Scary (Y)

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  • JDFortuneFan
    October 25, 2007
    This film is quite interesting. It's not truly horror, though there is blood and killings. It's more of a mystery and a fairly well done B movie.

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