“We’ve taken a holiday to a Swedish horror film.”
Technically, Get Away is Dutch, but point taken, Nick Frost. After all, you wrote it. Tweaking folk horror such as The Wicker Man and Midsommar, Frost plays a family man who didn’t have to convince me not to use AirBNB. From the looks of the trailer, director Steffen Haars has a good sensibility to match Frost’s sense of humor. I’d see it anyway; after all, he’s like my identical twin that I’ve only met once. I don’t see it, but I’ve been mistaken for him at film festivals.
Should you need the synopsis:
In Get Away, a family’s vacation to a remote getaway takes an unexpected turn when they discover the island they’re on is inhabited by a serial killer.
About the Director
Steffen Haars first rose to prominence as founding member of the Dutch comedy group “New Kids” (with creative partner, Flip VanderKuil), for which they wrote, directed, starred and edited material. A TV adaptation of “New Kids” from 2007 to 2009 proved to be so successful that it spun off into a feature film, New Kids Turbo, in 2010, which became a smash hit in the Netherlands and Belgium and spawned a significant cult following throughout northern Germany. The film shattered Dutch box office records and was quickly followed by a sequel, New Kids Nitro, in 2011. New Kids Nitro would go on to break the duo’s own records.The “New Kids” films also brought the duo to global attention as they went on a successful festival run, drawing a huge response from festival programmers that led directly to Austin’s Fantastic Fest creating a comedy competition section within the festival, so that Steffen and Flip’s work would be eligible for awards, of which they’ve now won several. Steffen and Flip followed up their “New Kids” work with two other Dutch features – Bro’s Before Ho’s in 2013 and Ron Goossens: Low Budget Stuntman in 2017, both of which also topped Dutch box office results.
Director: Steffen Haars
Screenwriter: Nick Frost
Cast: Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, Sebastian Croft, Maisie Ayres, Eero Milonoff
Producers: Lee Kim, John Hegeman, Nick Frost, Aram Tertzakian, Nick Spicer, Maxime Cottray
Executive Producers: Vince Totino, Nate Bolotin, Pip Ngo, Patrick Fischer, Jennifer Eriksson, Simon Lewis, Julia Stuart, Laura Grange Cinematographer: Joris Kerbosch
Editor: Brian Ent Composer: Hybrid
Language: English
Running Time: 86 minutes
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