While She Was Out

While She Was Out

Everyone has a breaking point. Tonight, she reaches hers.

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Release Date

10/27/2008

Runtime

82 mins

Overview

Della Myers, a suburban housewife, lives with her twin children and her abusive husband, Kenneth. On Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall to buy gift-wrap. In the jam-packed parking lot, she notices an old car taking up two spaces and decides to leave a note on the windshield calling them out. After the mall closes, her car is blocked by the old car and she's threatened by four thugs. She escapes in her vehicle, but they drive after her. She crashes at a dead end construction site at the edge of a forest. What unfolds in the desolate woods is Della's lone fight for survival against a gang of angry young men with murderous intent.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$498,088

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A tightly-wound survival thriller where a woman trapped by her own life is forced to fight for it against brutal strangers. The Christmas Eve setting and isolated forest setting transform a domestic nightmare into something visceral and primal.

Mood

TenseDefiantDread-soakedBleak

Themes

SurvivalPowerComing apartRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Single location

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Graphic violence

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