Red Velvet is a 2009

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 American

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 independent

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 horror film

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 directed by Bruce Dickson and written by Anthony Burns and Joe Moe. The film stars Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas

Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr. is an American actor and musician. He has appeared in more than 40 films and is best known for his role as Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.-Early life:...

 and Kelli Garner

Kelli Garner

Kelli Brianne Garner is an American actress. Her credits include Man of the House, The Aviator, Bully and Thumbsucker. She appeared in two Green Day music videos "Jesus of Suburbia" and the unreleased ""...

 and is the final film of Forrest J Ackerman

Forrest J Ackerman

Forrest J Ackerman was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan...

.

Synopsis

A man meets a young woman, leading to a tale wherein a man in a white suit kills everyone at a birthday party.

Partial cast

• Henry Thomas
  Henry Thomas
  Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr. is an American actor and musician. He has appeared in more than 40 films and is best known for his role as Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.-Early life:...
  
   as Aaron
• Kelli Garner
  Kelli Garner
  Kelli Brianne Garner is an American actress. Her credits include Man of the House, The Aviator, Bully and Thumbsucker. She appeared in two Green Day music videos "Jesus of Suburbia" and the unreleased ""...
  
   as Linda
• Forrest J Ackerman
  Forrest J Ackerman
  Forrest J Ackerman was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan...
  
   as Himself
• Natalia Baron
  Natalia Baron
  Natalia Barón is an American actress.She went to Ransom Everglades High School in Miami along with Ilan Arboleda, Robin Paul, Marieh Delfino and Phil Lord and studied musical theatre at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.She is notable for her television role as Carmen Torres in Boston Public.She is...
  
   as Amy
• Eric Jungmann
  Eric Jungmann
  Eric Joseph Jungmann is an American film and television actor perhaps best known for his role of Jain McManus in Night Stalker. He also had a recurring role of Ivan, Larry Beale's yes-man in the Disney Channel original sitcom Even Stevens...
  
   as Roy
• S.A. Griffin as Father
• Carol Ann Susi as Mother
• Carlie Westerman as Sister
• Austin Whitlock as Brother
• Kevin Wheatley as Jon
• Lateef Crowder
  Lateef Crowder
  Lateef Crowder Dos Santos is a Brazilian-born American actor, stunt performer, and martial artist. As a member of the ZeroGravity stunt team since 2000, he has been featured in multiple internet short videos and demo reels, such as Inmate 451. He's a 26-year experienced practitioner in the art of...
  
   as Maniac
• Earl Roesel ... Maniac
• Lewis Tan as Maniac
• Cristen Coppen as Pat
• Bret Roberts as Frank
• Ryan Doom ... Ken
• Jordan Hagan ... Kyle
• Michele Nordin as Jenny
• Bret Roberts as Frank

Reception

Thomas M. Sipos of Hollywod Investigator wrote that it is a slasher film but not quite a horror film. And of the film's protagonist, wrote "He's psychotic, but he's also vulnerable, literate, and identifiable. He has more common with the suspense psychos of Psycho

Psycho (1960 film)

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and Frenzy

Frenzy

Frenzy is a 1972 British thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and is the penultimate feature film of his extensive career. The film is based upon the novel Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square by Arthur La Bern, and was adapted for the screen by Anthony Shaffer. La Bern...

than with the superhuman psychos of Halloween

Halloween

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and its progeny.". Dread Central wrote that "Henry Thomas yet again proves to be one of those hidden gems", and that "Red Velvet is deranged and inspired in equal measures, sometimes both at the same time."

Legal controversy

It is alleged that film producers Jim McConville and Nicole McConville were involved in a series of real estate scams and that the film itself was funded from these proceeds. The producers and 3Mac Productions are under investigation by state and federal authorities and several victims are suing the studio.