''Compound Fracture'' is a 2013 American supernatural thriller. Co-written and starring

Tyler Mane Daryl Karolat (born December 8, 1966) is a Canadian character actor and retired professional wrestler, better known by the name Tyler Mane. He is known for playing Sabretooth in ''X-Men'', Ajax in ''Troy'', and Michael Myers in the remake of '' ...

, the film also features veterans of the horror genre such as

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and

Muse Watson Muse Watson (born July 20, 1948) is an American stage and screen actor. He became known for his roles as Ben Willis, the primary antagonist in the ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' franchise, Charles Westmoreland on the Fox television series ...

Plot

The film revolves around Michael Wolffsen (Tyler Mane), who is engaged to Juliette (Renae Geerlings), and both take care of teenager Brandon (Alex Saxon). The teenager is Michael's nephew, the son of his sister Chloe (Susan Angelo), who has died. After a call from Michael and Chloe's father, Gary (Muse Watson), the trio arrives to the family estate to meet him and learn that he has

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and loses his mind. Gary's new wife, Annabelle (Leslie Easterbrook), takes care of him but has decided to leave him because he was abusive and beat her. Things turn dark after an obscure presence arrives with them and starts chasing them. Odd accidents and curious wounds happen. Gary tries to warn them, but because of his dementia, nobody believes him and doesn't trust them. We learn that Michael had shot and killed William, his brother-in-law, and Brandon's dad after William stabbed Chloe when she attempted to leave him and move in with Michael and Juliette. Gary is surprised to know that William's ghost is there because only those with Nordic marks carved on their skin for a passage ritual can stay lingering in the place the ritual has been done. Soon the group discovers that Chloe had carved the rune into her family years ago before William became abusive. Annabelle walks away from protection and is murdered by the ghost with her niece. A pair of cops who come to check the estate also are taken and savagely killed by ghost William, who is furious and seeking revenge against those who had taken his life. A battle against William starts as they try to undo the bond done by Chloe and banish him once William breaks the spiritual defenses in the house. Gary does the only thing he thinks he can do to fight him and takes his life, giving the opportunity to Michael to banish William. After the bitter triumph, the surviving trio leaves the estate.

Cast

as Michael Wolffsen *

as Gary Wolffsen *

as William *

Renae Geerlings Renae Geerlings (born November 4, 1974) is an American actress, singer, writer, film producer and comics editor. She is best known for starring in the 2009 horror remake '' Halloween II'' as well as the supernatural thriller ''Compound Fracture ...

as Juliette *

Leslie Easterbrook Leslie Easterbrook is an American actress and producer. She played Sgt./Lt./Capt. Debbie Callahan in the ''Police Academy'' films and Rhonda Lee on the television series ''Laverne & Shirley''. Early life Easterbrook was adopted when she was nin ...

as Annabelle * Alex Saxon as Brandon *Jelly Howie as Christine *Susan Angelo as Chloe *

Todd Farmer Todd Farmer (born November 21, 1968) is an American screenwriter and actor known for his work in the horror film, horror genre. He wrote or co-wrote the story or screenplay for ''Jason X'' (2001), ''The Messengers (film), The Messengers'' (2007), ...

as Jack *

Daniel Roebuck Daniel James Roebuck (born March 4, 1963) is an American actor and writer. His best known roles include Deputy Marshal Robert Biggs in ''The Fugitive'' and its spinoff film ''U.S. Marshals'', Jay Leno in ''The Late Shift'', and Dr. Leslie Arz ...

as Jim

Release

''Compound Fracture'' was exclusively screened in Los Angeles on September 25, 2012. Throughout 2013, Mane and Geerlings embarked on a limited release and film festival tour in major cities across the United States and Canada, starting with Mane's hometown of

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. The film opened the Dark Matters Film Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and was the official selection at the

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. ''Compound Fracture'' was released on DVD on May 13, 2014.

Reception

HorrorSociety.com gave the film 4.5 out of 5 'skulls,' noting, "This film is the ultimate proof that you do not need to have a major studio or millions of dollars behind you to make horror gold."

Fangoria ''Fangoria'' is an internationally distributed American horror film fan magazine, in publication since 1979. It is published four times a year by Fangoria Publishing, LLC and is edited by Phil Nobile Jr. The magazine was originally released i ...

called the film "a solid first outing from Mane Entertainment, utilizing an excellent cast in a layered story of madness, knotted family roots, and supernatural revenge."

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gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, going on to say, "These days, in a 'been there, seen that' genre world where there seems to be very few surprises left for us fans, Mane and his co-writer Geerlings deliver a fantastic little supernatural revenge tale that should keep the indie genre fans out there pleased." The film was awarded "Best of Festival" at the 2013 Hot Springs Horror Film Festival.

References

External links

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