The Collingswood Story (tbc)
- Run time: 1 hour 20 mins
- Genre: Horror
- Release date: 1st January 2002
- Starring: Stephanie Dees, Johnny Burton, Vera Madeline
- Directed by: Michael Costanza
- Official Website: http://www.collingswoodstory.com
Plot Synopsis
A revolutionary experiment in the supernatural, director Michael Costanza's tense exercise in terror is that rare example of a hyper-low budget shocker that actually manages to be creepy, scary, devilishly inventive and captivating.
When his girlfriend Rebecca Miles (Stephanie Dees) went away to college garage worker Johnny (Johnny Burton) thought webcams would help them keep in touch. But chatting on her birthday idle curiosity leads to dark secrets being uncovered when they contact on-line psychic Vera Madeline. For she tells them the house Rebecca has rented was the site of horrific murder. Worse, the slaughter was all tied to a deadly ancient French cult that worshipped at altars drenched with the blood of human sacrifice. Packing more genuine fear in its short running time than a host of mega-million horror blockbusters, Costanza's inspired premise is conceptually clever and atmospherically chilling. Well acted by the very likable leads, superbly written with the accent on total believability, masterfully directed (the moody black-and-white inserts rival the visual hallucinations in The Exorcist) and expertly edited, the final heart-pounding 30 minutes is classic genre moviemaking.