Haunted Poland
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Haunted Poland is an upcoming horror film
, pieced together from amateur footage. The film was produced by Maso & Co Productions. Told cinéma vérité-style, Haunted Poland depicts the contents of recorded tape filmed by a couple Ewelyn played by Ewelina Lukaszewska, and Pau played by Pau Masó
who visited Poland to meet and visit family. However, our duo soon find themselves disturbed by all manner of strange phenomena upon visiting the girl's hometown where she once played with a Ouija board. The film is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2012.
has garnered negative reviews and the director/actor has been accused of "borrowing liberally from Paranormal Activity". . In addition, the first teaser for the film holds a 90% negative bar rate on YouTube. The director released a statement on Dread Central to stop the negativity the trailer created "Haunted Poland was meant to be an 'experimental' project, says director Masó" and continues "This is not a Hollywood film with a budget of 20 million dollars. This film was completely shot on a consumer camera, with an estimate budget of 1000.00$." Additionally, the actor insisted later on, that the film was independent by making this statement "This movie is a no-budget and will be approximately 90 minutes"
's directorial debut Haunted Poland
won "Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script featuring Religiosus/Supernatural theme" on the American International Film Festival 2011.
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
, pieced together from amateur footage. The film was produced by Maso & Co Productions. Told cinéma vérité-style, Haunted Poland depicts the contents of recorded tape filmed by a couple Ewelyn played by Ewelina Lukaszewska, and Pau played by Pau Masó
Pau Masó
Pau Masó is a Catalan film director, producer, writer, model and actor, who appeared in the films Haunted Poland, Keep the Party Going, One Minute and Who's There?.-Film career:...
who visited Poland to meet and visit family. However, our duo soon find themselves disturbed by all manner of strange phenomena upon visiting the girl's hometown where she once played with a Ouija board. The film is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2012.
Plot
In 2011, a couple living in America, Ewelina and Pau, travel to Poland to meet the girl's family. As the film goes by, strange phenomena occurs, but her reluctant "non-believing" boyfriend, just pokes fun at her instead of supporting her, while she is actually having a hard time.Cast
- Ewelina Lukaszewska as Ewelyn
- Pau MasóPau MasóPau Masó is a Catalan film director, producer, writer, model and actor, who appeared in the films Haunted Poland, Keep the Party Going, One Minute and Who's There?.-Film career:...
as Pau - Irene González as Irene
- Dominik Lukszewski as Ewelyn's broher
Release
The film will premiere at the 2011 American International Film Festival (AIFF) on November 20th as well as the Sundance Film Festival.Reception
Haunted PolandHaunted Poland
Haunted Poland is an upcoming horror film, pieced together from amateur footage. The film was produced by Maso & Co Productions. Told cinéma vérité-style, Haunted Poland depicts the contents of recorded tape filmed by a couple Ewelyn played by Ewelina Lukaszewska, and Pau played by Pau Masó who...
has garnered negative reviews and the director/actor has been accused of "borrowing liberally from Paranormal Activity". . In addition, the first teaser for the film holds a 90% negative bar rate on YouTube. The director released a statement on Dread Central to stop the negativity the trailer created "Haunted Poland was meant to be an 'experimental' project, says director Masó" and continues "This is not a Hollywood film with a budget of 20 million dollars. This film was completely shot on a consumer camera, with an estimate budget of 1000.00$." Additionally, the actor insisted later on, that the film was independent by making this statement "This movie is a no-budget and will be approximately 90 minutes"
Awards and nominations
On October 2011, Pau MasóPau Masó
Pau Masó is a Catalan film director, producer, writer, model and actor, who appeared in the films Haunted Poland, Keep the Party Going, One Minute and Who's There?.-Film career:...
's directorial debut Haunted Poland
Haunted Poland
Haunted Poland is an upcoming horror film, pieced together from amateur footage. The film was produced by Maso & Co Productions. Told cinéma vérité-style, Haunted Poland depicts the contents of recorded tape filmed by a couple Ewelyn played by Ewelina Lukaszewska, and Pau played by Pau Masó who...
won "Best Movie/Documentary/Video/Script featuring Religiosus/Supernatural theme" on the American International Film Festival 2011.
External links
- "New Take on First Person Horror in Haunted Poland" on Bloody DisgustingBloody DisgustingBloody Disgusting is a website that covers horror movies with reviews, interviews and news. It is currently run by Brad Miska, and Tom Owen. According to one source, the site has 1.5 million unique visitors and 20 million page views each month. It is widely considered to be the "world's most...
- "Haunted Poland – (2012) Clip and 1 sheet" on Horror News
- "New Haunted Poland (Nawiedzona Polska) Trailer Creeps Online" on Dread Central
- "Przyjechał poznać rodzinę ukochanej, przeżyje horror w teaserze Nawiedzonej Polski" on FilmwebFilmwebFilmweb is the second largest online database of information related to movies, actors and television series. Filmweb is Polish language site. It was launched on March 18, 1998....
- "First Details, Poster & Trailer For Polish Horror Flick Haunted Poland" in the JoBlo.comJoBlo.comJoBlo.com is a website primarily focused on the film industry.JoBlo.com was started in 1998 by Berge Garabedian , a movie reviewer who is known for critiquing movies from the perspective of an average movie-goer. The website's name is, in fact, a play on the term Joe Shmoe, and registered users of...