Gore, Quebec (film)

Gore, Quebec
Gore, Quebec
	DVD released by Entertainment One
Directed by	Jean Benoit Lauzon
Written by	Rick Mele
Story by	Rick Mele ; Jean Benoit Lauzon
Produced by	Rick Mele ; Kyle Fowler ; Luke Madigan ; Jean Benoit Lauzon
Starring	Rick Mele ; Peri Greig ; Kurt Ogilvie ; Andy Malone ; Myrthin Stagg ; Luke Madigan ; Blake Mawson ; Rachel Atherstone ; Kate Elyse Forrest ; Jean Benoit Lauzon
Cinematography	Kyle Fowler
Edited by	Mike Reisacher
Music by	Dillon Baldassero
Production; company	Green Lake Films
Distributed by	Entertainment One
Release date	October 14, 2014 (United States);
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	$7,000

Gore, Quebec is a 2014 horror film directed by Jean Benoit Lauzon, and written by Rick Mele.

Plot[edit]

A voiceover announces that the following footage was recovered from the camera of Dave Reynolds, who, in 2011, had left Ontario to spend a weekend in his parents' cottage in Gore, Quebec with his brother Sean, and their friends Katie, Brandon, Stacey, Colin, Erin, and Mike.

When Sean and Dave reach the cottage, they find a note informing them that the alarm was tripped a week ago, but that there were no signs of vandalism or theft; they also spot someone watching them from the woods, though Sean dismisses the observer as a neighbor or a hiker. Most of the others arrive, and mention that Brandon, Mike, and Mike's blind date Amanda should be there by tomorrow afternoon. A few hours into the group's partying, Katie stumbles into the cottage bleeding, followed by a man who attacks the others, and turns Dave's camera off. The film switches to a traditional third-person narrative, and shows the intruder breaking Erin's neck with an oar.

The next day, Brandon, Mike, and Amanda drive to the cottage as a newscast announces that new DNA evidence has cast doubt on the guilt of Nick Gleason, who was convicted of five counts of first-degree murder in 2003. Upon reaching the cottage, Brandon goes for a walk, and Mike and Amanda go out on the boat, and discover Katie's body in the lake. Mike and Amanda go in search of Brandon, who has stumbled onto a series of abandoned structures, some of which are covered in graffiti that appears to have been drawn with blood. The killer mutilates and hangs Brandon, and uses his blood to add to the graffiti.

Elsewhere, the wounded Dave awakens in the woods, surrounded by the corpses of Erin and Sean, and runs off in search of aid, finding Mike and Amanda. Dave tells the two what happened to the others, and as they head back to the cottage, the killer throws an axe into Dave's back. The killer chases Amanda and Mike to where Colin and Stacey's remains are, and a flashback shows how he framed Nick Gleason for the five murders he committed in 2003.

Amanda and Mike reach the cottage, as does the killer, who axes a visiting neighbor. When the killer enters, Amanda bludgeons him with an oar, and she and Mike make a run for it, reaching Brandon's car, which they crash. The film returns to the "found footage" format used at the beginning, with the killer using Dave's camera to film the posed bodies of his victims, and the captive Mike and Amanda.

Cast[edit]

Myrthin Stagg as Amanda
Blake Mawson as Mike
Andy Malone as David Edward Reynolds
Kate Elyse Forrest as Katie Farrell
Luke Madigan as The Killer
Jean Benoit Lauzon as Brandon
Kurt Ogilvie as Sean Reynolds
Peri Greig as Stacey
Rick Mele as Colin
Rachel Atherstone as Erin
Rufus Crawford as Nick Gleason

Reception[edit]

While Fangoria's Chris Alexander said Gore, Quebec is "as impoverished as they come, with a plot recycling just about every kids-in-the-woods horror trope known to man" he admitted that the "cheap charm is tempered by top notch craft and real, indie energy".^[2] In a review for Toronto Film Scene, William Brownridge wrote, "For $7000, this is pure indie filmmaking at its best. There's some great moments of horror, a couple of incredibly dark jokes, and an unsettling villain. It's not perfect, but is still one of the better indie horror films out there, and should be seen not only for the success of the film, but the success of the filmmaker for bringing it all together".^[3]

References[edit]

^ Doupé, Tyler (9 October 2014). "Gore, Quebec is Coming to DVD Next Week". wickedhorror.com. Wicked Horror. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ Alexander, Chris (13 October 2014). "Canadian Microbudget Slasher Gore, Quebec Hits DVD". fangoria.com. Fangoria. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
^ Brownridge, William (13 November 2014). "Review: Gore, Quebec". thetfs.ca. Toronto Film Scene. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

External links[edit]

Official website
Gore, Quebec at IMDb
Interview with Rick Mele at The Huffington Post.
Interview with Rick Mele and Jean Benoit Lauzon at Radio Montreal

[1] Doupé, Tyler (9 October 2014). "Gore, Quebec is Coming to DVD Next Week". wickedhorror.com. Wicked Horror. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

[2] Alexander, Chris (13 October 2014). "Canadian Microbudget Slasher Gore, Quebec Hits DVD". fangoria.com. Fangoria. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

[3] Brownridge, William (13 November 2014). "Review: Gore, Quebec". thetfs.ca. Toronto Film Scene. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

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