‘Cross your heart. Hope to die.’
Needlestick is a 2016 American horror thriller film written, produced and directed by Steven Karageanes, making his feature debut. Veteran genre composer Harry Manfredini (Friday the 13th and sequels) provided the movie’s score. Cinematographer Bryan Greenberg’s previous horror work was on Simon Says (2006).
The film is currently on the festival circuit awaiting a planned January 2017 release.
Main cast:
Lance Henriksen (Daylight’s End; Stung; Aliens), Harry Lennix (The Fright Night Files), Jack Noseworthy (The Nurse; Fear Itself; Event Horizon), Michael Traynor (The Walking Dead), Jordan Trovillion (Eloise; Kampout; Fractured), Katie Savoy (Crush the Skull), Cindy Chu, Anita Nicole Brown, Rob Putansu, Tim Kaiser, Alara Ceri, Lena Drake, Linda Boston, Richard Goteri, Wayne David Parker.
Plot:
Alexander Crick MD (Henriksen), a famous heart surgeon, makes the greatest discovery in human history. But to extract it kills the patient. If he only gets a little more serum, he can mass produce it. Crick has only one night to protect his discovery and save himself from his double-crossing CEO. Out of desperation, he locks down South Union General Hospital and sends his son in to capture more subjects… then blow the hospital and any evidence against him out of existence.
However, his prized student, Everett Barnard (Traynor), is still inside South Union, hiding with his passionate ex-girlfriend nurse, his spunky resident friend, and a young suicidal dancer who is dying before their eyes. They must race against the clock to escape the hospital and confront the once kindly surgeon who has turned into a desperate maniac willing to do whatever it takes to protect his gruesome work..
Filming Locations:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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