Cabin 28 (2017) Online

2017 Gareth Lawrence Terri Dwyer Lee Bane Andrew Jones

Original Title :: Cabin 28
Genre :: Movie / Horror
Year :: 2017
Directror :: Andrew Jones
Cast :: Gareth Lawrence,Terri Dwyer,Lee Bane
Writer :: John Klyza
Budget :: $10,000
Type :: Movie
Time :: 1h 23min
Rating :: 3.2/10

Cabin 28 (2017) Online

Suspense and screams abound in this shocking true story based on the most infamous unsolved murder case in American history. On April 11th 1981, Sue Sharp and her family are enjoying their stay at Cabin 28 in the peaceful holiday resort of Keddie. But a day of fun at the remote getaway turns into a heart stopping nightmare as nightfall brings masked strangers to the Cabin. A brutal battle for survival leaves several members of the family dead and one missing. An extensive Police investigation follows but no one is convicted of the crime. Now, over thirty years later, Cabin 28 finally gives up its deadly secret.

Credited cast:
	Gareth Lawrence	-	Bo
	Terri Dwyer	-	Sue
	Lee Bane	-	Marty
	Brendee Green	-	Sheila
	Harriet Rees	-	Tina
	Derek Nelson	-	Dana
	Jason Homewood	-	The Deputy
	Linny Bushey	-	Marilyn
	Ryan Michaels	-	The Sheriff
	Sean Rhys-James	-	Johnny
	Jevan White	-	Justin
	Lucas Bradwell	-	Greg
	Alexander Bradwell	-	Ricky

Inspired by the true story of the Keddie Murders, an unsolved 1981 quadruple homicide that occurred in the town of Keddie in the USA. The murders took place in cabin 28 on the evening of April 11, 1981. The victims were Sue Sharp, her son John and his friend, Dana Wingate. After the crime was discovered Sue's daughter, Tina, was reported missing. Her skull was recovered in 1984 in Camp Eighteen, California.

Shot entirely on location at a 7 cabin resort in Trefeglwys, Mid Wales, which the filmmakers took over for filming in February 2017.

In several scenes, the films 'Night of the Living Dead' (1968) and 'Plan 9 From Outer Space' (1959) play on the TV in the Cabin.

The shot of a running Tina being stopped in her tracks by the headlights of a car is an homage to a shot of Alice (Adrienne King) in 'Friday the 13th' (1980) when she first encounters the character of Mrs Voorhees.

In the UK, the film opened at #3 in the HMV New Releases chart and was the 5th highest placed DTV release in the Official UK DVD chart.

Some of the costumes are modeled on characters in the first four entries of the 'Friday the 13th' series. Most notably, the character Dana wears a denim and yellow T-shirt combination which closely resembles one of the costumes worn by the character Ted in 'Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter' (1984).

The first film produced by Andrew Jones which doesn't include a credit for him as a writer or co-writer.

The mysterious driver is played, in an uncredited cameo, by Producer/Director Andrew Jones. His voice was pitched down to sound deeper and more sinister in post production.

Although inspired by a real life case, the following disclaimer was added to the start of the film to leave audiences in no doubt that the film is a work of fiction with no resemblance to actual events: "The following film is inspired by true events which are a matter of public record. However, this is not a documentary. All events and person depicted herein have been exaggerated for dramatic effect to create a fictitious work of entertainment. The story, all names, characters and incidents depicted in this production are entirely fictitious and no identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings and organizations is intended nor should be inferred."

In Brazil, the film was released with the title "Cabana 28: Madrugada do Horror", translated into English as "Cabin 28: Dawn of Horror".

In Germany the film was released as "Cabin 28 - Sie sind längst da", translated into English as "Cabin 28 - You Are Already Here".

User reviews

Fohuginn

If you want to watch something worth your time, you might as well re-watch Strangers. Where do I start? The acting, the cinematography, the musical score, the pacing, the movie? All of it is terrible.

I was actually infuriated by the terrible accents, and god forsaken acting. The only reason I kept watching was to actually see if the movie could get worse, and SPOILER ALERT, it does. The gore is terrible, and you can't wait for the mother to be killed right from the beginning. Every character has an annoying trait that won't stop, and you constantly wish they are killed next. Save your time, your money, and your IQ for something with a little more substance.

Ddilonyne

I can'y believe I wasted my time With this movie. Ended up watching the Documentary. But back to this movie, the acting was horrible. There was no introduction with the characters, so it was kind all over the place. Also i felt the writer could've made the characters fight back a little stronger than what they did.

It's not much I can really say I was just mad I even wasted my time watching this movie.

Yojin

"Cabin 28" is one of those movies that make the viewer regret to have spent time watching it. The story and the screenplay are lame; the acting is terrible; the cinematography and special effects are poor; in summary, this film is an awful garbage. The only thing that works is the wonderful art of the Brazilian DVD cover that lures the viewer. Advice when most needed is least heeded. Anyway, the advice is to stay away from this crap. My vote is one (awful).

Title (Brazil): "Cabana 28: Madrugada do Horror" ("Cabin 28: Dawn of the Horror")

VAZGINO

i would describe this film as no atmosphere,bleak,dull ,and so predictable it borders on cheese.its one of those films where you are constantly waiting for something to happen.i was maybe waiting for a family member to disclose some horrible reason why they moved to cabin 28,but it never happens.little black and white clips of the kids with depressing music playing.i am a big horror fan but i had to fast forward the torture scenes which they seemed to overplay just to get a reaction,where as i just found them sick .there is no ending it just drolls of into the distance with some more depressing music.so there you go ,i would definitely not recommend this film to anyone,i fast forwarded the last 20 mins out of sheer boredom.

Arcanefire

I hate to be too hard on what seems to be a low-budget production, but some of the greats were also low budget. Yet, many have managed to become something amazing despite so little so I have to speak frankly on what didn't work about this one:

1) The film didn't at all look like a representation of an event that took place in the early 1980s. The hook of this movie was basing it off of a real-life murder/kidnapping case of 1981. Unfortunately, neither the house nor the family conveyed a vibe of the 80s which put me off from it from the start.

2) The loud, over-dramatic music that told viewers when something major was being revealed or happening, as opposed to trusting your audience to know it for themselves. It got to the point where it became funny when this music played, which is a bit awkward of me to say about a movie with such grim subject matter but it almost seemed to border on parody at points. Ultimately, less is more and that's a weapon that low-budget productions need to utilize (and well) in order to succeed.

3) The look of the masked killers/intruders was not scary. I understand that ski masks and brown-sack bags with eye holes cut out have been done in other movies, but they at least look menacing as compared to these cheesy Halloween masks on display here.

4) I understand the concept of filler, but a movie as slim as this one shouldn't need it. Yet, there seems to be a lot of that going on here.

5) Finally, did we really need to hear "Night of the Living Dead" being played in the background on the TV? Did this really happen? Again, their hook was basing this on something that really happened, granted they did say that some things have been dramatized for effect at the start. Yet, it would have been nice for them to be a bit more choosy on WHAT they dramatized. Moments like this just remind you that you're watching a horror movie, not immersed in the terror along with the characters. Also, far too many self-aware horror-comedies play these classic horrors in their films (often as a loving wink by the creators to their favorites). So, it didn't do this one good to fall into that mix if it was trying to achieve something genuinely scary.

2 out of 10. I just could not get into this movie at all, though I will give it credit for having me look into the real-life case and learning about these poor people and what happened to them all those years ago. Movies like this remind us that the real horror resides not in the cinema but with us... in the real world.

Painbrand

The movie description says, "based on the true life murders which inspired The Strangers". I knew it would be a lower quality rip off, and it was, but I still expected better. Everything about this movie was mediocre at best. The pacing was really off, which felt like the cinematography version of an 'awkward silence'.

The characters are so dumb and pathetic that you don't even care what happens to any of them in the end, which is sad because these events actually happened. And what is going on with the Mothers accent?? Cabin 28 is empty, lazy, and neither pays tribute to, nor is a great representation to this real life tragedy.

Chilele

Possibly the worst film I've ever watched. Everything about this movie was just plain awful. The acting, the writing, I struggled to make it to the end. I had some hope for this movie based on the events that inspired the movie, it could have been something great, but it wasn't. If I could give this a 0/10 I would. Do yourself a favor and never watch this movie.

Andromathris

I am ten minutes into this and I just cant hack anymore of it. It would have got 2 stars if the fake american accents were not so bloody awful. Before I bought it I watched a quick trailer and that was it. The accents were so bad that while watching I had to look up the cast and thats when I find out they are brits. I have seen high school plays with better acting. Clearly the cast were just given a script and told to put on an american accent with no real training. Save your cash and your brain.

Burgas

Despite the bad rating i gave the movie a chance. Right from the start i was starting to regret my decision. The acting is in one word horrible. Then there is pretty bad camera work and very cheap and bad special effects.

Conclusion this is clearly a low budget production. I advice people not to waste there time watching this movie.

Mikarr

This production contacted me a year or two back wanting my assistance. I looked up their other titles and new they are schlock merchants, so I ignored them or told them to stuff it- I don't recall which.

First, the disclaimer at the beginning and tail are lies. Not supposed to represent people, living or dead? How does that work when it's advertised as a true story? Read their own description of this trash.

Next is the hokey dialogue- none of which ever took place. And why is the cabin so luxurious, and why is it in Wales? Keddie was a dive, 28 was a dive, and the Sharps and Smartts were all poor.

They stole a lot of info from my site (keddie28.com), including whole stretches of dialogue lifted from the DOJ interview with killer Marty Smartt, so why did they fill the film with absolute lies? Marilyn had no contact with Sue, there was no visit at the dinner table, the only time Marilyn was known to have contact with Sue that day is when she, Marty, and Bo entered the cabin and killed them. And her son, Justin, was 12, not 8, and it is known he was also not just a witness but a participant in the murders. Cold hard facts.

The murders did not go down even remotely close to how the film depicts them. And, of course, there were no masks- but you have to have masks in order to properly rip off another film NOT BASED ON THE KEDDIE MURDERS, The Strangers.

This film is worthy of a class action lawsuit. And guess why I chose not to participate in this piece of filth.

Malogamand

Plot spoilers: A family moves from a trailer to a cabin. There is a brief introduction, but we don't get to know too much about them. Two male neighbors visit them, not overly friendly, and leave. The family is murdered by three people in masks. The two guys we saw earlier are interviewed by the police. The end.

Based on a true story. It showed because it was fairly boring, mediocre acting due to lack of good imaginative dialogue.

Guide: no swearing, sex, or nudity.

Agantrius

I went into this expecting it to be based on the Keddie Murders, which is what it is said to be based on, and it's essentially coming to the point that there's no real correlation, though similarities; in addition to that, it's very poorly paced, the blood and gore is bad, the acting is atrocious, and it made me laugh just out of pure pity with how poorly the movie was executed.

This movie is shameful, and I definitely do not recommend it.

Only watch this if you hate your life.

Ballazan

Worst movie ever. The acting was terrible. Had to turn it off

Puchock

I made it 41 minutes.....which I will never get back! The acting in this film, if you want to call it that, is ridiculously bad. Don't waste your time on this. It's a shame someone tried to pass this off as a "based on true events" movie. If I were a relative or family friend to the people who were killed in that cabin, I would be upset as how they portrayed them. Just don't waste your time.

Yahm

This is the first time I feel compelled to review a film I haven't even finished watching, but with this one I have to. I simply cannot watch any more without sharing my annoyance of the characters and a couple of 'long scenes'.

Well here is the spoiler so far, until 30min in: Woman moves away from trouble into a cabin. Lots of bad men around. One tries to con his way in, wearing a skeleton mask. Wow. He gets in anyway. Then the incredibly stupid decisions happen. I can't even be bothered to write them all out, needless to say that if you hit a dangerous intruder on the head and he is out, you don't leave the house as the mother, to get help and leave the guy on the floor with all the kids and leave him there untied, or really, really knocked out, you know, extremely!

And then, as if the character knows just how little the perpetrator is knocked out, she tiptoes around him, she knows he could wake up from her foot steps alone...yeah, guess what?

At that moment I gave up. Who wrote this? A 12 year old?

Oh and the other thing is the 'long scenes'. They are scenes, right, that are veeeeery loooong, unnecessarily so. I guess the director wanted to convey some sort of emotion with them, but what they really did was made me fast forward.

I will now continue this film with the knowledge I feel needed sharing. The fact that I am giving it another chance should help in some way to tell you it wasn't all THAT bad...but I don't think it will go over 3/10.

doesnt Do You

This could have been so much better, the acting was terrible so wooden. The mother was annoying, in-fact all the characters were dull as dishwater.The most scariest thing about this movie is, it's based on a actual murder of, Glenna Sue Sharp (née Davis), known as Sue (age 36), her son John (age 15), and his friend, Dana Wingate (age 17), the youngest daughter's skull was found two years later miles from the house her family were murdered in, no-one had been charged with the murders. They had all the ingredients for a brilliant movie, to give some understanding what this family went through, instead the roles were given to untalented nobody's who are in need of a good acting coach

Zan

Like other reviewers, agree it's a bad ripoff of the strangers. Weak acting, stupid plot, and goofy conspiracy theories. Supposed to believe, a small town law officer is powerful enough to cover up a multiple homicide and quell a DOJ investigation. So stupid. It's annoying seeing such weak characters that you can't even root for their survival. And you're supposed to buy skull man getting cracked in the head with a bat wasn't fazed, and angry clown can be stabbed and still fully function?

Perdana

the writers are obviously ripping off the Strangers even down to it starting with a voice at the door but there are some surprising effective scenes owing mostly to decent acting from the family who are attack in their cabin by three killers with masks. the movie is obvious who the killers are so there's not mystery but there's some creepy scenes which make it worthwhile watch. 5/10

Kakashkaliandiia

I have rated so far many films but I never gave 1 to any... but this one ... does not deserve even rating 1, but ZERO!

So, killers are entering a house and mother and daughter do not know how to fight back? Mother has a bat lying on the floor but she is looking for something else???

She knocked down one killer and she is stepping over him and goes into the corridor without taking off his mask to see who is he ?????????????!!!!!!!! Is this even real? Wouldn't that be the 1st thing to do if someone masked enters your house and is lying unconscious on the floor??????

Daughter is being tortured by killers and mother is ... what ... this is so bad that I find myself silly for doing/writing anything.

The interview led by the cop or whatever... Was that a joke? Was that a big joke?

The other daughter is entering the house with eyes closed?????!!!!!! Only to see her mother and brother killed on the floor with a friend and she does what next ????!!!! Enters more into the house? Really???

And the song at the end of the film. Pathetic!

Really, this film - based on true story - does have an intriguing story but everything about it is BAD BAD beyond bad!

My rating is ZERO! 1 is too kind.

Armin

Im very sorry i had to turn this off after 40 minutes , the acting was appalling only 2 actors seemed to have any acting talent which is strange as i looked up the other actors on IMDb and most are established competent actors ,Terri Dwyer was the worst very wooden like she was reading her lines off an autoque , maybe it was bad directing lack of budget British actors trying to be Americans, i don't know? I turned it off just as the teenage son came home and he went upstairs as the mother rushed out of a door with a baseball bat and seemingly walked forward (one shot) baseball bat moving slowly) second shot head next to baseball bat third shot, cut to 4th shot boy on floor,the editing was appalling ( bit like my spelling and grammar ).

Which brings me to the previous Act , 17 nearly 18 year old girl acting like a 10 year old talking to a stranger through a door who was was clearly putting on a fake (Elvis impersonation) voice , she was too scared to open the door but had an opportunity to use the phone as the stranger asked her to phone someone but didn't alert any one , supposedly the phone was cut anyway but this would have been found out and given them time to do something about it as they then went outside after the stranger had gone?, and if a stranger knocked, you had 3 small children in the house and your mum, would you not direct them to your neighbour which had a male there? to use there phone. which again brings me to the 3 small children in the house , hiding under a bed two 5/6 year old's and a 9/10 year old under a bed mum and big sis terrified (although mum didn't really look that bad more of a blank expression) in the room hiding behind a bed , but no sound, no way could they have kept quiet . These were my observation in the first 30 minutes or so i don't know how many more their would be if i had stuck through the rest of the film .

Ienekan

This movie had me in its grip from the beginning , some very intense and well acted scene's ..I was very Petuckered

Wizer

Whether it was really based on a true event (as they elaborately claim) or not, I kept wondering why the makers of this... well, what exactly? torture horror? .... were thinking, when they considered doing this project. This movie has no head nor tail, we're more or less plunged into the horror of a nice family who is suddenly terrorized by unknowns for no apparent reason and we never get any explanation. In the first 20 minutes we come to meet the nice family and are served with all kinds of innuendos of complicated background stories (no dad, daughter with an unwanted pregnancy, another daughter sexually harassed), with which nothing whatsoever is done, so they might as well not have bothered. Then the attack begins, by the way very well introduced with a hair-raising scene of the daughter communicating through a closed door with one of the assailants. But when everyone is caught and bound to chairs the whole thing collapses into an overlong part of gruesome and very intense abuse, torture and killing. And then it's the next morning, another daughter finds them dead and snap: the end. After just some 70 minutes of film we are forced to read an endless commentary on how the culprits were never trialled or even found out. Oh, to add to the "true events"-claim, there are some scenes in which a young but slightly exasperated police-officer interrogates the two neighbours who the movie clearly wants us to believe are the most likely suspects. To no avail, obviously. We see another police-officer convincing the young one that in these parts you'd better not stir up too much dust, in other words: "let's not dig too deep, it's all part of the ways of this community". Wow, it's shamelessly profiling the redneck territory cliché again: "the hell with the law, we can get away with anything and we cover each others back!". Really?!? So, as I already wondered, what makes the production-team come up with such a shallow and unsatisfying movie? Laziness? Arrogance? Who did they think to please with it? Okay, maybe a few gore and torture aficionados. But horror fans like me are just baffled and actually a bit offended for not being taken seriously. It's a pity, because the daughters acting was fairly good and as I said the scene where she is trying to back-off one of the attackers is great, so this director does have potential. Oh, and the creepy masks worked too. But that was about it.

Kerahuginn

The story could be cool. If it were told by better actors. Every single one of these hackjobs are horrible.

Aria

This movie doesn't get off the ground! Characters remain flat. Even though it was based on actual events, it is full of flaws. Waste of my time.

Mejora

I thought this was a shockingly poor movie. The dialogue was poor, and the acting was poor. The lead actress managed to get facial expressions and her dialogue to conflict with each other.... and i am not even going to comment on the weak attempt to model itself on "Strangers"..... Please don't waste your time watching this, it is just a really bad movie

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