Antidote
original title: Antidote
2021, 87 min., color, English
COUNTRY: USA
PRODUCTION : BUDGET : $750 000
CAST
Ashlynn Yennie, Louis Mandylor, Augie Duke, Yorgos Karamihos, Ravi Naidu, Scott Alin
CREW
Director : Screenplay : Peter Daskaloff, Matthew TorontoCinematographer : Lucas Pitassi
Producers : Peter Daskaloff, Alexi Stavrou, Ashlynn Yennie
SYNOPSIS
IMMORTALITY COMES WITH PAIN
A young woman is held captive in an underground medical facility where selected individuals are perpetually mutilated and then healed using a secret Antidote. The clinical research is brutal — human endurance is put to the test and she must find a way to escape or continue to be used as a human Guinea pig.
PRESS
“Our set was supposed to be this enormous facility with a maze of dark tunneling corridors lined up with countless rooms. The problem was that we could afford only a 5,000 sqft warehouse. So we built one long hallway, and kept re-dressing it as the actors moved around to create the reality of many different hallways in a large facility. Basically, what we learned on that set was that you don’t need a big budget to make things look big.” – Peter Daskaloff to Frankie Stein, Film Daily
“Where the film shines is in creating an oppressive, claustrophobic atmosphere and tapping into that primal fear and helplessness that comes (at no extra charge) with every hospital visit.” – Film Threat by Enrique Acosta
“…director Daskaloff creates a suitably sinister setting with a good cast and a menacing villain. However, Antidote is a little more than the usual torture porn setting as it goes into Sharyn’s past and fleshes out her life as she looks back at the things she’s done and the regrets she has.” – Battle Royale with Cheese by Joel Fisher