About this episode

This episode features writer/director ANTON SIGURDSSON discussing his psychological thriller REFUGE, which explores themes of tension, terror, and friendship amidst a tragic backdrop.

This week on BEHIND THE LENS, it’s all about tension and terror, blood and brutality with writer/director ANTON SIGURDSSON’s psychological thriller/mystery, REFUGE. Four estranged friends reunite on a fishing trip, but a missing child and a desperate father's accusation turn the reunion into a deadly reckoning. Brutal, bloody.....lots of duct tape involved. Terror-filled. A twisted ending that will probably surprise most. Written and directed by Icelandic filmmaker ANTON SIGURDSSON, REFUGE boasts a wonderful cast of Adam Sinclair (Sam), Adam Dorsey (Mike), Donald Paul (Barry), and Christopher Dietrick (Jay). Behind the lens, we have high storytelling production values thanks to cinematographer Gunnar Audum Johansson and editor Sharif M.Es. Ali, amazing production designer Jarrett Staaf, and a score by Yu Miyashita. Shot in Lake Placid, the story is set outside Philadelphia, which you get from the film’s opening with a beautiful superimposed montage of multiple news reports that cover the disappearance and presumed murder of a little girl in the area. Her father is Sam, one of the four friends who get together at this “cabin in the woods”. There’s something deceptively simple…

People in this episode

Host: btlradioshow

Guest: ANTON SIGURDSSON

Topics covered

• psychological thriller
• mystery
• friendship
• suspense
• grief
• accusation

Keywords

• REFUGE
• ANTON SIGURDSSON
• psychological thriller
• mystery
• suspense
• friendship
• grief
• accusation
• Lake Placid
• Philadelphia

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: REFUGE

Places: Lake Placid, Philadelphia

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