Basement (2010 film)

Basement is a 2010 British horror film, starring Danny Dyer and written by Ewen Glass about six friends who are lured into a basement for a sinister experiment.

Basement
Directed by	Asham Kamboj
Written by	Ewen Glass
Produced by	Ish Jalal Asham Kamboj Terry Stone
Starring	Danny Dyer Jimi Mistry Emily Beecham
Edited by	Peter Davies
Production company	Gateway Films
Distributed by	Revolver Entertainment
Release date	17 August 2010 (2010-08-17)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

After returning from an anti-war demonstration, Gary (Danny Dyer), Sarah (Kierston Wareing), Saffron (Lois Winstone), Pru (Emily Beecham) and Derek (Jimi Mistry) stop in the country. Derek and Saffron discover a metal hatch in the middle of the forest, and they decide to explore inside. Gary, Pru and Sarah search for their missing friends and follow them into the hatch and find themselves locked in when it closes behind them.

Production and release

Basement is the first feature film from Paperknife Productions; a company based at Pinewood studios. Terry Stone's Gateway Films is also involved in Basement's production. The film premiered at The May Fair on 17 August 2010 in London and was then released straight to DVD and Blu-ray on 23 August 2010.

Reception

Critical reception for The Basement has been negative, with BeyondHollywood.com writing that the film could have been "enjoyable trash, though sadly its mind-numbing, soul-destroying lack of energy or originality drags it back down into the mire."^[1] HorrorNews.net called the film "poorly written", saying that "in general, it was just not a very good movie".^[2] Dread Central also reviewed the film, saying it was "an entertainment black hole. There isn’t a single line, performance, camera movement, idea, scene, shot, or piece of editing that warrants any kind of praise or attention."^[3]