The School (film)

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The School is an Australian horror and psychological thriller film, directed by Storm Ashwood [1] and released in 2018. The film stars Milly Alcock, [2] [3] Will McDonald, Nicholas Hope, Megan Drury, [4] Texas Watterston, Jack Ruwald and Alexia Santosuosso and it played at the Vision Splendid Film Festival. [5] The School was filmed in 2017 at Gladesville Mental Hospital [6] [7] in Sydney, Australia. The film was produced by Jim Robison at Lunar Pictures and Blake Northfield at Bronte Pictures and was sold to North American distributor Vertical Entertainment [8] by film sales agent Cinema Management Group. [9]

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