Based on the Clive Barker short story, Dread, which made its world premiere at the 2009 edition of Montreal’s Fantasia film festival, is remarkable on two fronts: Barker’s striking departure from his traditional macabre story lines, and Anthony DiBlasi’s impressive directorial debut.
The film tells the story of three students who decide to study people’s fears for a video documentary college class. Initially they simply interview their subjects but then one of the students progresses to setting up situations where the subjects are forced to confront their fears. Stars Jackson Rathbone of Twilight.