THE POOL
DE POEL
DE POEL
World Sales: m-appeal
Lennaert and Rob take their families on a low-budget camping trip in the woods. They pitch their tents in a secluded haven on the margins of a pool. Tension among the group is immediate as things go missing maggots infest the food and Lennaert appoints himself as corporate management leader of the group. Something lives in the pool and its presence releases pent up jealousies and hatred in an unhappy group of people.
Chris Mitchell combines elements of horror with that of enchantment in a film that is as much about human disillusionment and weakness as it is about the supernatural forces that exploit it. Original and genuinely frightening.
Country: Netherlands
Year: 2014
Duration: 1hr 20
Version: Dutch, with English and French subtitles
Country: Chris W. Mitchell
Producers: Eric de Groot, Jan Doense, Frank Groenveld
Screenplay: Chris W. Mitchell, Gijs Scholten van Aschat
Cinematography: Gabor Deak
Editing: Manuel Dias da Silva
Music: Vidjay Beerepoot
Cast: Gijs Scholten van Achat, Carine Crutzen, Bart Klever, Alex Hendrickx