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Director: Alex Orwell.

Writer: Kenny Yakkel.

Cast: Texas Battle, Alexandra Staden, Victor McGuire and Adam Rayner.

The reality television based horror film is a difficult genre to pull off. From WatchUsDie.Com (2001) to FeardotCom (2002) and even farther back to the Running Man (1987), there have been a lot of films that try to capitalize on reality shows and their weak messages of the price of fame. The Task, a movie from After Dark Films, begins like a few of the films mentioned above, but Kenny Yakkel's script gains momentum as time ticks down. Overall, the film asks viewers to question what is real and what is not real? These are two questions that allow The Task to provide an interesting, unexpected twist ending.

Six contestants are kidnapped off the streets (of obvious closed sets) to appear on a television show which offers them 24K to stay overnight in a supposed haunted prison.

Title: The Task Directed by: Alex Orwell Starring: Alexandra Staden, Victor McGuire and Marc Pickering Running time: 94 minutes, Rated R Six people are abducted off the streets and taken to an abandoned prison only to be told they are the newest contestants of a not-yet-aired game show that they had auditioned for several months ago. They must complete several tasks and spend the night in the prison in order to win the game; the catch is that you only win if you survive. So this group of 20-somethings are in a prison, and like the short lived MTV game show Fear where it’s supposed to be the producers playing...

The Task

Stars: Texas Battle, Alexandra Staden, Adam Raynor, Victor McGuire | Written by Kenny Yakkel | Directed by Alex Orwell

Remember the remake of House on Haunted Hill and its sequel the truly horrible Return to the House on Haunted Hill? It’s a well worked out structure for a movie and it’ll work again right? That seems to be the concept of The Task.

Six young students are kidnapped off the streets and dumped outside of an abandoned prison where they are reminded that they all applied to be in a new reality show. Congratulating them the makers then proceed lock them in the prison telling them that they will have to all do tasks to escape and be the victor of the show. The twist of course for them is the prison is said to be haunted by a warden who sadistically used to torture his inmates and...

With the memories of this year’s After Dark Horrorfest entries thankfully starting to fade away, one of the diamonds in the rough will shortly be making an appearance on retail shelves within the UK courtesy of G2 Pictures and the After Dark Originals brand.

On July 11th, will you be ready to accept The Task?

Synopsis:

Something diabolical is taking place on the set of "The Task", a new reality show in which players complete terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison to win a hefty cash prize. As six young students explore their new environment, malicious spirits make their presence known in the most gruesome ways imaginable. Unable to escape the labyrinthine prison, the contestants become unwitting pawns caught at the centre of a blood-soaked night of terror.

Directed by Alex Orwell and starring Texas Battle, Alexandra Staden and Adam Raynor, The Task (certificate 15) will be...

G2 Pictures have announced the released of The Task the latest chilling new-feature from the After Dark Originals brand, coming to DVD & Blu-ray July 11th .

Something diabolical is taking place on the set of “The Task” a new reality show in which players complete terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison hoping to win a hefty cash prize. As six young students explore their new environment, malicious spirits make their presence known in the most gruesome ways imaginable. Unable to escape the labyrinthine prison, the contestants become unwitting pawns caught at the centre of a blood-soaked night of terror.

Directed by Alex Orwell and starring Texas Battle, Alexandra Staden and Adam Raynor, The Task is released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on July 11th.

Finally!! After Dark Films has finally unleashed a trailer that showcases all 8 of their horror films in the After Dark Originals lineup.

After Dark Films made an unprecedented commitment to the production of eight original horror films this year under the After Dark Originals label, continuing the Company’s mantra of supporting first time independent film writers and directors. The creation of the Ad Originals(http://www.afterdarkoriginals.com/) slate is just another example of the Company’s commitment to the Indie film industry.

Unlike After Dark’s “8 Films To Die For®”, After Dark Originals are wholly financed and produced by After Dark Films. The Ado slate runs the gamut of the genre, from paranormal phenomena, black magic, and vengeful ghosts to psychological trauma, murderous psychopaths, vampires and the undead. After Dark polled its fans and is delivering the kinds of movies they asked for!

The theatrical release date for...

The After Dark Originals will be released at the end of this month, on January 28th and the promotional material for these eight films is continuing to excite audiences. Now, an official trailer for all of the films is available, which shows hordes of zombies battling with Swat members, exploding warehouses, murderous scarecrows, and creatures unleashed from Area 51. Step inside the mayhem with the clip below and please be advised that the material is for over eighteen only.

Husk

Writer/Director: Brett Simmons.

Cast:Wes Chatham (Brian), C.J. Thomason (Chris), Devon Graye (Scott), Tammin Sursok (Natalie).

The synopsis:

"When a murder of crows smash into their car windshield, a group of young friends are forced to abandon the vehicle, leaving them stranded beside a desolate cornfield. Hidden deep within the cornfield they find a crumbling farmhouse – but they soon discover that instead of a sanctuary, the house is actually the...

After Dark Films made an unprecedented commitment to the production of eight original horror films this year under the After Dark Originals label, continuing the Company’s mantra of supporting first time independent film writers and directors. The creation of the Ad Originals(http://www.afterdarkoriginals.com/) slate is just another example of the Company’s commitment to the Indie film industry.

Unlike After Dark’s “8 Films To Die For®”, After Dark Originals are wholly financed and produced by After Dark Films. The Ado slate runs the gamut of the genre, from paranormal phenomena, black magic, and vengeful ghosts to psychological trauma, murderous psychopaths, vampires and the undead. After Dark polled its fans and is delivering the kinds of movies they asked for!

The theatrical release date for the After Dark Originals lineup is on January 28, 2011.

Films in the lineup include:

The Task- A group of contestants are locked...

What if a reality show turns to be reality? Perhaps inspired by "Survivor", After Dark Films presents "The Task" which revolves around six young students joining a new reality show in which their only task is to survive. A red band trailer for the movie is now available for preview.

Having to face terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison hoping to win a hefty cash prize, the youngsters are not prepared when malicious spirits take over the game. Unable to escape the labyrinthine prison, the contestants become unwitting pawns caught at the center of a blood-soaked night of terror.

"The Task" is directed by Alex Orwell and starring Texas Battle, Alexandra Staden, Adam Rayner, Ashley Mulheron as well as Antonia Campbell-Hughes. This horror film will make its way out on U.S. theaters on January 28.

There are lots of films to get excited about, if you are horror fan in 2011. There will surely be hundreds of horror and thriller releases in 2011, with several more planned for 2012 and 2013. Here on 28Dla, we offer a solid intro' on what to expect from the coming year, as directors Eli Roth, Wes Craven, John Carpenter, J.J. Abrams bring new films, including Scream 4, Fangland, Thanksgiving, and Super 8. Also, the After Dark Originals will release early in the New Year and fans of horror sequels e.g. Hostel III, Jeepers Creepers: Cathedral will be able to whet their appetites with several follow ups to successful film franchises, here.

So, step inside this huge list of horror films, which focuses on over thirty of the biggest productions and a few indies, as well. Let us begin with this horror list for 2011 (titles listed alphabetically)!

51 by Jason Connery.

Status: Completed.