Following its premiere at FrightFest 2020, British horror-thriller “The World We Knew” debuts on VOD and DVD in the USA on January 11th.
Turning the contemporary British gangster movie on its head, “The World We Knew” is a stylish haunted house film blending pitch-black humor and creeping dread with a touch of macabre surrealism.
After a botched armed robbery, a gang flees to a mysterious safe house. The archetypes are in place. The hard-boiled leader. The old-timer out for one last score. The washed-up ex-boxer looking for another shot. The nightclub owner with a chip on his shoulder. The young kid way out of his depth. Tormented by their past misdemeanors, mutual distrust, and by things that go bump in the night, the men must confront the very edges of their sanity. But is it ghosts or their guilt that finally pushes them into a hell of their own making? And who or what will survive until morning.
Shot on a micro-budget in a derelict 16th-century manor house, the film stars Johann Myers (“The Wheel of Time,” “Small Axe,” “Undergods”) Struan Rodger (“Kill List,” “The Enfield Haunting,” “Dr. Who”), and Finbar Lynch (“Treadstone,” “Proof”). “The World We Knew” is an entirely independently financed film and is the debut feature from co-directors WW Jones and Luke Skinner. The soundtrack has been composed by cult French band The Limiñanas and is released on vinyl by Because Music.
Available on DVD and VOD January 11th
