Scrawl (film)

Scrawl
First film poster
Directed by	Peter Hearn
Produced by	Annabelle Le Gresley Peter Hearn
Written by	Peter Hearn
Starring	Mark Forester Evans Daisy Ridley Nathalie Pownall Elizabeth Boag Liam Hughes Joe Daly Annabelle Le Gresley Ellie Selwood Chris Casey
Music by	Dan Hall
Cinematography	Matty Crawford
Edited by	Matty Crawford
Release date	17 October 2015 (Select film festivals) TBA September 2017 (Worldwide)
Running time	81 minutes (Extended version is only played in festivals)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Scrawl is a 2015 independent British supernatural horror-thriller film written and directed by Peter Hearn and produced by Annabelle Le Gresley and Hearn. It stars Liam Hughes, Joe Daly, Daisy Ridley, Mark Forester Evans, Le Gresley, Nathalie Pownall, Catherine Ruddick and Derek Jones. It tells the story of two best friends, Simon and Joe, who must rewrite the happenings from the comic book, Scrawl, after realizing that the events occurred from the comic begins to happen. It is also Ridley's film debut just before Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The film received positive reviews. In 2016, the film lines up for indie horror festivals, playing a longer version than the final cut.The film is expected to be released soon on September 2017.

Loners and best friends Simon (Liam Hughes) and Joe (Joe Daly) had written a horror comic book featuring characters from their daily lives. But when a murder on the beach occurred, and a girl based on the book, Hannah (Daisy Ridley), suddenly appears, they began to realize that the events from the comic book are starting to happen for real. With the help of Annie (Annabelle Le Gresley), Frank (Mark Forester Evans) and Rosie (Ellie Selwood), they must prevent a massacre in the woods that occur in the book, while battling Death, facing what they have written.

Scrawl's stylistic production harks back to the 70s and 80s horrors Phantasm and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, as well as fantasy films such as Big. Hearn had been teaching film at Andover College, and conceived the project as a hands-on training exercise for his students, influenced by Brian De Palma's Home Movies. Much like that film, Hearn's students were given the responsibility of raising money (via crowdfunding), as well as shooting and editing the film, all under Hearn's supervision. The cast consisted of professional actors, mostly British, such as Star Wars and upcoming Hollywood actress Daisy Ridley, as well as award winning theatre and film actress Elizabeth Boag, Mark Forester Evans and Nathalie Pownall from the horror film Credo. Both Boag and Pownall had worked before with Hearn on his short film 'Motto' as well as a previous feature film. Hearn stated that this film will likely attract a wider audience because of Ridley's appearance. Many of the students involved have subsequently gone into the industry or onto film school.