Greystone Park

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Greystone Park
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Directed by Sean Stone
Written by
  • Sean Stone
  • Alexander Wraith
Produced by
  • Csaba Bereczky
  • Giullia Prenna
  • Kalia York
Starring
CinematographyEduardo Enrique Mayén
Edited byChristopher Donlon
Production
companies
  • Mind the GAP Productions
  • Headlong Entertainment
Release date
  • September 6, 2012 (2012-09-06)(United Kingdom)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Greystone Park is a 2012 found-footage horror film written by Sean Stone and Alexander Wraith, directed by Sean Stone, and starring Sean Stone, Alexander Wraith, Antonella Lentini, Oliver Stone and Bruce Payne. [1]

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Plot

The film is said to be based on true life experiences. Sean Stone and Alexander Wraith play filmmakers who meet at a dinner with Oliver Stone (Sean's real-life father) when Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps was being filmed in October 2009. They start to discuss ghost stories. As a result, Sean and Alexander decide to visit an abandoned psychiatric hospital in New Jersey, famous for its radical treatment of patients with mental illness, 'to explore whether or not they believe in the supernatural'. [2] Once inside the institution, they soon discover that they are not alone.

Cast

Reception

Greystone Park has received negative reviews from critics.[ citation needed ]

Release

The working titles of the film were Graystone and SecretStone. The film was released on DVD in the UK in August 2012, under the title The Asylum Tapes, and it is due to be released in the US in October 2012.

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References

  1. Bibbiani, William (October 18, 2012). "DVD Review: Greystone Park". CraveOnline . Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  2. Ghosts Run the Asylum at Graystone | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central