What do you remember most about college? Maybe it was the parties, the procrastination, or the joy of eating Ramen for every meal? In the upcoming horror/thriller film The Quiet Ones, a group of students will have slightly more terrifying memories of dorm life.
Spun in the magical world of 1974, Professor Coupland (Jared Harris) decides to conduct a secret experiment. Although Bill Nye the Science Guy would likely disagree, Coupland believes he can use his knowledge of physics to create poltergeists. You know, the paranormal forces that supposedly hide your car keys and make weird noises in your apartment at 4:00am. I would blame my cats, but hey, let’s not rule ghosts out just yet.
Coupland recruits the best and the brightest of his Ph.D students, including Brian McNeil (Sam Claflin), to assist and film the project. The plan is simple. Step One: find an alluringly disturbed young woman (Olivia Cooke). Step Two: put her in a situation that will release the dark energy in her psyche. Step Three: create a poltergeist. Step Four: allow things to go horribly awry. The group is confronted by a force more devastatingly evil than they ever could have imagined… act break. And did we mention this is inspired by true events?
The Quiet Ones is directed by John Pogue and produced by Hammer Films, a trusted supplier of horror goodness since the 1930’s. Boom ops Elliott Gilhooly and Ramon Pyndiah teamed up with sound mixer Henry Milliner to record the film’s production audio. Tom Boykin came aboard as re-recording mixer and supervising sound editor. DP Mátyás Erdély lens’d the film, and Glenn Garland was tapped as picture editor. A team of VFX companies conjured up the supernatural effects, including Gradient Effects, Rez-Illusion, and Lit Post. Take a peek at the trailer below to see the poltergeist in action. Catch The Quiet Ones when it creeps into theaters on April 25th.