The Cottage (1982)

UK, 1982
26m, 2352 feet/717 metres
35mm film, colour
English

A British short horror film directed by Mark Chapman.

Plot Summary

A young writer is visited at her remote country cottage by an elderly woman who claims to be the house’s previous resident. But the woman exerts a strange influence on the writer as she reveals the cottage’s horrific history.

Credits

Crew
Director: Mark Chapman
Aspect Film and Television
Script: Paul Sommers
Camera: Mark Chapman, Paul Sommers, Kenneth Lowe
Editors: Juris Eksts, Stefna Smal
Music: Colin Purbrook
Sound Recordists: David Batchelor, David Welch
Make-up: Miranda Davidson

Cast
Nicola Pagett
Ann Heffernan

References

Books

  • English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.273