Being Locked in a Room is a True Test of Wills

Collective Development's production Locked in a Room recently completed shooting with help from At Risk Entertainment. The film hosts an assortment of genre favourites including Carlucci Weyant (Karma), Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (The Preacher's Kid), Robert Miano (Donnie Brasco), Dean Teaster (Dean Teaster's Ghost Town), and DJ Perry (An Ordinary Killer). Distribution has not been confirmed yet, but expect this film to be available in the fourth quarter of 2010 (a prediction).

If you are not familiar with the story, Locked in a Room starts with three teenagers locked in "three separate rooms" (28DLA). Sounds simple enough, except events get mysterious and deadly when an anonymous male voice demands they escape, but can they? These dressed down one or two set constructions have been popular e.g. Nine Dead because of their reliance on characterizations and writing rather than complex set design and multiple locations. Further info' below.

The synopsis for Locked in a Room:

"This is a story about three teenagers, that are trapped in three separate rooms. They are monitored and watched by a masked man who takes notes on their every move, or emotion. These three are further tormented by an eerie voice of someone outside of each room. Though they cannot escape, they must their minds and wits to figure out why they are there and how to break free. As time elapses, desperation sets in and the chances for survival grow slimmer. The question remains, who is behind this? And what does this tormentor have in store for them" (28DLA)?

Release Date: 2010-11.

Director: Larry Simmons.

Writer: DJ Perry.

Executive Producer Gordon Djordjevski.

Cast: Above.

*Expect this one at Cannes in 2010.

Sources:

DJ Perry. Interview. 19 April 2010.

Locked in a Room Here at 28DLA (Intro')