The Task

Name: The Task
Genre: Horror
Released: 2011-01-28
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 1
Cast: Texas Battle, Alexandra Staden, Adam Rayner, Tom Payne, Victor McGuire

The Audience Isn't The Only One Watching.

Rating

1.0 (1)

Release Date

1/28/2011

Runtime

90 mins

Genres

Horror

Overview

Something diabolical is taking place on the set of "The Task" a new reality show in which players complete terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison hoping to win a hefty cash prize. As six young students explore their new environment, malicious spirits make their presence known in the most gruesome ways imaginable, Unable to escape the labyrinthine prison, the contestants become unwitting pawns caught at the centre of a blood-soaked night of terror.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

Revenue

Homepage

How It Feels

Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.

A malevolent entity picks off contestants one by one inside a trapped, labyrinthine prison, turning their reality-show ordeal into a nightmare they can't escape. It's a siege of escalating dread with no exit in sight.

Mood

UnsettlingDread-soakedParanoidClaustrophobic

Themes

SurvivalIsolationMortality

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

HandheldHigh-contrast

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Graphic violence

Alexandra Staden

Connie

Victor McGuire

Big Daddy

Adam Rayner

Taylor

Antonia Campbell-Hughes

Angel

Ashley Mulheron

Shoe

Marc Pickering

Randall

Texas Battle

Dixon

Tom Payne

Stanton

Amara Karan

Toni

Reviews

brett

Apr 7, 2024

The Task is not original in terms of concept, but, for a 2011 film, pulls a few things off well.
The reality TV show premise works as it takes place in an abandoned prison complex where a number of contestants are trying to win a monetary prize. Immediately after the film began, I felt both <A HREF="https://boxd.it/1TZE">House on Haunted Hill</A> and <A HREF="https://boxd.it/1XjM">See No Evil</A> vibes all around, but I was surely mistaken. Cameras are present in most areas for filming, but the lack of full character development (they all had different personalities and traits per their audition tapes, but not used to any advantage in the film) and the plot leaves little to be excited for. However, the ending wasn't expected as it comes with a few surprising twists, but they were not able to wiggle itself out of a one-star rating.
Final thoughts:
Lock this up and throw away the key.

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