Shadowland

UPC: 684457885023

Studio: Pirate Pictures

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Graphic Violence]

Summary: When a mysterious woman emerges from the earth during a church renovation, an employ of the church sets out to track her down and reveal her for what she truly is - a bloodthirsty vampire. Under a starlit sky, a woman named Laura crawls up from the mud. She's been badly beaten; her throat has been cut, and she cannot speak. With no memory of the past to guide her, she ventures out into the city in search of food and clothes. Doing her best to blend in along the way, Laura begins to see small things that jog her memory -- a historical marker here, a map there. Has she been reincarnated, or is she something beyond human? Meanwhile, perplexed church officials hire a young man named Julian to find her. Somehow, Julian seems to know more about Laura than even she does, and before long, he has deduced that she is heading to the home she used to occupy over 100 years ago. Julian claims to want to help Laura, though he could be a part of the conspiracy to kill her. As Julian, the police, and the church continue to close in on Laura, she struggles to recall her past and unlock the mystery of her existence. But time is running out fast, and should she not succeed, she may well wind up buried in the ground for another 100 years, or worse. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Horror

Features: cc
Audio commentary by writer/director Wyatt Weed
Beneath the solil an in-depth look at the making of "Shadowland"
Low tech and hands on
Deleted scenes

Shadowland

Format: DVD

Release Date: 11/30/2010

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 99 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: Spanish,French,English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Shadowland
1. Then and Now [10:37]
2. Rebirth [:37]
3. The Diner [2:20]
4. The Homeless Man [:41]
5. Walking the Streets [:26]
6. Snap Out of It [1:07]
7. The Karma Compass [:23]
8. Trackinig Laura [:52]
9. Happier Times [1:20]
10. Mean Girls [:23]
11. The Homeless man (Pt. 2) [:33]
12. Under Suspicion [:17]
13. On the Run [:18]
14. Pieces of the Past [1:50]
15. San Carlos [1:19]

Derek Armstrong

The conventional wisdom about low-budget films is that even if the execution is bad, the ideas might still be good. See, execution costs money, and ideas are free. Of course, it's most often the case that both are bad. But if only one is good, you'd think it would be the ideas. Wyatt Weed's Shadowland is unconventional in that respect. It actually looks quite good for a film that was clearly made on a shoestring, but it has a fatal dearth of ideas moving the story forward. Even the acting is decent, which is not a guarantee, given that the lead (Caitlin McIntosh) was once a contestant in the Miss Teen USA Pageant. Too bad it's not in service of much of a script. From the moment Laura (McIntosh) unearths herself outside a church in the midst of renovation, Shadowland proves itself capable of greater technical feats than we would expect from a film made by unknowns. Unfortunately, Laura's adaptation to life above ground doesn't go anywhere. She presents an abstract danger to those with whom she comes in contact, and there's one foot chase where she demonstrates an inhuman ability to evade her captors, but beyond that, Shadowland is just a succession of scenes looking for a point. The film ends with an obligatory climax involving the priest (Jason Contini) who's been pegged to track her down. However, since stakes haven't been established about Laura's capabilities, nor why she needs to be found, the scene is utterly without dramatic weight. Shadowland's best moments involve imagining how an undead creature -- one with enough savvy to realize she has to blend in -- would go about trying to procure the appropriate clothing, etc. Tellingly, these scenes have nothing to do with the presumptive goal of trying to scare us. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Wyatt Weed  Director 
Wyatt Weed  Screenwriter 
Patrick Savage  Composer (Music Score) 
Holeg Spies  Composer (Music Score) 
Robert A. Clark  Executive Producer 
Gayle Gallagher  Producer 
Caitlin McIntosh  Actor 
Carlos Antonio Leon  Actor 
Jason Contini  Actor 

Country: USA