''Long Time Dead'' is a 2002 British horror film, co-written and directed by Marcus Adams in his directorial debut. Set in the

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, the film follows a group of college students in which they experiment with an

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and inadvertently summon a

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, an

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spirit of fire, which puts their lives in danger. The film stars Alec Newman,

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and

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alongside

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, Lara Belmont, Melanie Gutteridge and

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Premise

After a night of hard-partying, a group of college students decide to try their hands at a seance by using a homemade

. Things take a turn for the worse when they end up summoning a

that soon begins to hunt down and lead each one of the students towards untimely deaths. To stop the djinn, Liam, desperate for the sake of his friends, will have to face his fear of the supernatural; even if it means paying the ultimate price.

Cast

* Alec Newman as Liam *

as Lucy *

as Rob *

as Webster *

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as Spencer *

as Joe * Lara Belmont as Stella * Melanie Gutteridge as Annie * Tom Bell as Becker

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