Following its February US release, British feature DarkGame directed by Howard J. Ford is now available to stream in the UK, after filming at The Bottle Yard Studios.
(Please be advised, DarkGame is rated 18, with depictions of strong violence and suicide)
Co-written and produced Tom George, CEO of Bristol company Happy Hour Productions, the gripping horror thriller stars Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl) as a determined US detective on a race against time to stop a twisted game show on the dark web, where captives are forced to compete for their lives.
Although set in Portland, Oregon, the shoot was carried out at The Bottle Yard Studios, with additional filming also taking place at a Bristol office location arranged by the city’s Film Office.
Go behind the scenes of the shoot at The Bottle Yard Studios on Instagram here.
Producer Tom George says: “DarkGame is a film inspired by lockdown. Whilst we were all contained in our homes, I had this idea of making a contained thriller about a dark web reality game show – this was before Squid Game was a thing. I wanted to make something that would tick the genre box, but would also provide some commentary on our fascination with reality TV, even when it features peoples suffering, and how social media helps propagate that fascination.
“I also knew I wanted to develop something I could make if lockdown lasted for years, something primarily studio and interior location based that I could produce here on my own doorstep in Bristol, but that would look and feel international, something that was set in the US. So DarkGame was born.”
Andrew P Stephen (Wool), Natalya Tsvetkova (Brief Encounters), Lola Wayne (Pandora), Rory Alexander (Alex Rider) and Rose Reynolds star alongside Westwick.
Watch now in the UK on Sky Store, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Microsoft Video Store, YouTube Movies and Rakuten TV.