DYING BREED

Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Duration:	91 minutes
Distributor:	Hoyts Distributors
Director:	Jody Dwyer
Starring:	Leigh Whannell / Nathan Phillips / Billie Brown / Mirrah Foulkes
Genre:	Horror

Set in the primitive wilderness of Tasmanian forests and drawing on the early colony’s violent past, Dying Breed is the latest in a strong tradition of Australian horror movie hits.

Zoology student Nina (Mirrah Foulkes) sets out with three friends to search for Tasmania’s legendary tiger and prove its existence. She is armed with a crucial piece of evidence: a paw print taken by her sister just before she met with a fatal accident eight years earlier.

The part of Tasmanian history Nina doesn’t know anything about is when murderous convict Alexander Pearce (known as the Pieman) broke out of prison and survived by eating his fellow escapees. Pearce was hung for cannibalism in 1824.

When the group stumbles on an isolated village of Pearce’s descendents, they discover Tasmania’s terrifying secrets and their expedition turns into a nightmare. In an ungodly wilderness, the Pearce clan has not only survived but is proud of its blood-thirsty past and purity of bloodline.

Soon they must fight for their own lives or risk becoming Tasmania’s next endangered species.

MASTERCLASS

Sat 1st Nov: 3-4pm

The Writer as Producer

Michael Boughen (writer and producer of the new Australian horror film Dying Breed) talks about how to be a creative producer and get your script on the big screen without directing. Michael will explore the myth that producers only focus on the financials of filmmaking.

Q & As & PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Sunday 2nd November

Dying Breed: 4.30pm Dendy Cinemas

Q & A by the writer and producer Michael Boughen

What the Critics say!

“Jump for jump, you’ll not see a more frightening movie all year”
Dean Treadway – Filmicability