Save Yourself (film)

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Save Yourself
Save Yourself poster.jpg
Theatrical film poster
Directed byRyan M. Andrews
Written byRyan M. Andrews
Mitchell Lackie
Produced byRyan M. Andrews
Jessica Cameron
Emma Jean Sutherland
Starring Jessica Cameron
Tristan Risk
Ry Barrett
Elma Begovic
Release date
  • 28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)(Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Save Yourself is a 2015 horror-thriller directed by Ryan M. Andrews. The film stars Tristan Risk (American Mary) and Jessica Cameron and was released on 28 November 2015. The film won Best Horror Feature at the 2016 Bare Bones International Film Festival and was inspired by a road trip director Ryan M. Andrews took with writing partner Chris Cull, from Toronto to Oklahoma. [1]

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Premise

Five female filmmakers en route to Los Angeles to a screening of their new horror film, experience real life terror when their paths cross with a maniacal scientist.

Reception

The Toronto Film Scene says, "Director and co-writer Ryan M. Andrews has crafted the perfect kind of straight-up horror film that many viewers will remember growing up on..." [2]

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References

  1. "Rue Morgue". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  2. William Brownridge (27 November 2015). "BITS 2015 Review: Save Yourself". Thetfs.ca. Toronto Film Scene. Retrieved 4 December 2016.