A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Damon Abdallah, Brooke Bailey, Mike Brandt
Written by:
Jessica Dolan
Susannah Lowber
Directed by:
Juan Mas
Release Date:
January 1, 2005
Original Title:
The Choke
Alternate Titles:
Axe
Genres:
Horror
Production Companies:
North by Northwest Entertainment
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
A band playing their final gig in a former meat packing factory find themselves being stalked by a psychopath
A hot young band playing at clubs and raves across the Northwest. Handsome lead singer Dylan Brown has a bit of an ego problem, guitarist Mike Prichard is a true womanizer, dark and mysterious bassist Beatrice London has a death and destruction fetish, and drummer Robert "Nancy Boy" Nancy just wants everybody to get along. Nevertheless, one thing is for sure, they rock! Unknown to the rest of the band, Dylan and Mike have decided to go solo; unfortunately they choose to play their last gig at a rave at the notorious Club 905 a performance that will change their lives forever. Elliot Brown, Dylan's younger brother, attends to film his rockumentary on the band. When club owner Guy Johnson runs out of alcohol he quickly loses the crowds. Mysteriously the band finds itself trapped in the cavernous, old meat packing plant that is now Club 905, along with Guy's red-hot, intriguing girlfriend Star and Dylan's sweetie Vanessa Jones lovingly called Jonesy. Tension increases when the mutilated body of a flirty groupie turns up in a meat locker and the group realizes they are locked in with a vicious killer. Gruesome slaughter, fear and death stalk the band and their friends through the labyrinth of rooms and passageways of the old building. As secrets are revealed, people turn up dead, bodies disappear, and emotions run rampant as everybody turns into a suspect. As the body count rises, they must stick together to survive and find a way out. But how well can you really know someone? Is it possible that the hard feelings among the band have spawned a killer within? Who will live and who will die? As the group's bassist London morbidly points out, "The only way to become a rock legend is to trash a hotel room or die a violent death."
Cinematography:
Douglas Cheney
Director:
Juan A. Mas
Editor:
Jason A. Payne
Producer:
Juan Mas
Dave Tanner
Rich Cowan
Dan Heigh
Marc Dahlstrom
Taye Voye
Writer:
Jessica Dolan
Susannah Lowber
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