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The Horseman (film)

The Horseman
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Theatrical film poster
Directed by Steven Kastrissios
Produced by Rebecca Dakin
Steven Kastrissios
Written by Steven Kastrissios
Starring Peter Marshall
Caroline Marohasy
Evert McQueen
Music by Ryan Potter
Cinematography Mark Broadbent
Edited by Steven Kastrissios
Production
company
Kastle Films
Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment
Screen Media Ventures
Release date
  • 29 June 2008 (2008-06-29)
Running time
96 minutes
Country Australia
Language English
Gaelic

The Horseman is a 2008 Australian vigilante action film directed and written by Steven Kastrissios and starring Peter Marshall, Evert McQueen and introducing Caroline Marohasy.

After the drug-induced death of his teenaged daughter, Christian (Peter Marshall) is sent a video tape, a "snuff film" involving his daughter and several men. Christian then decides to avenge his daughter by killing all those linked to the sex tape. Along the way he meets a teenage runaway named Alice (Caroline Marohasy) and a fragile friendship begins to unfold.

The Horseman was conceived as a short film.

The film came out on DVD and Blu-ray on 1 March 2010 in the UK. The film was part of the Sitges Film Festival,Fantasia Festival, the Film4 FrightFest and South by Southwest 2009. Screen Media Ventures set the limited theatrical run for the United States on 15 June 2010.

While it has been criticised for the brutal violence and content matter, receiving an R rating, writer and director Steven Kastrissios has mentioned he believes that the brutality is essential to the story. It currently has 61% on the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes.


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