Lexi, a sensitive 28 year old child psychologist joins her uber-wealthy friends on a trip to a mysterious vacation rental home deep in the desert. She is smart and strong but suffers from anxiety and faints at the sight of blood. The two couples are attacked by strangers, and for the first time in their lives the super rich are unable to buy their way out. Only if Lexi can team up with Gina, a 25 year old heiress, do they have a chance of escaping a vicious game of survival.
STRANDED has the raw intensity of DELIVERANCE, and with many twists like GET OUT. Where Jordan Peele's thriller took on racism, STRANDED takes on class warfare and privilege. STRANDED uses suspense, over gore, to tell of the terrifying journey to the AIRBNB from hell. With more than half the Thriller/Horror audience comprised of women, STRANDED features three strong leading women.
TEAM
All are members of THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES, with some having received ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS.
Director, Co-Writer, Producer - Matthew Patrick - Directed movies, movies for television and short films. Nominated for an Academy Award for “Graffiti” and won a Student Academy Award for “Triptych.” Member of the Academy Short Film and Animation Executive Committee for over 20 years.
Editor - Larry Bock - “Bring It On,” “Down with Love,” Series “American Family,” “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” “Rambo First Blood Part 2.”
Production Designer - Kelly Berry – As Set Decorator, “Maze Runner,” “Spy,” “Expendables 3,” “Paranormal Activity 3.”
Visual Consultant - Bob Kurtz - Multiple Emmy winning animator, who has served as an Academy Governor.
Post Sound - Michael Dressel - “Dunkirk,” “A Star is Born,” “Sicario, “Sully,” ”American Sniper,” “Transformers the Last Knight.”
Godfather - Daniel Lupi
CAST
STRANDED features five, smart sexy characters in their late 20’s, and Charlene: a multilayered 40-70 year anti-villain, who will do anything to save her sick daughter. Hollywood doesn’t typically write feature roles for women in this age group. And from a rich pool of talent, we will find the right, exceptionally talented award winning actress who will kill this part.
STRANDED’S business plan is modeled after GET OUT, which cost $5 million and returned over $255 million worldwide. GET OUT received 3 Academy Award Nominations and one win, and with a great cast we have the potential of receiving recognition also. With sequels, STRANDED can expand into a franchise that will play well in worldwide.
90% of STRANDED will be shot at the Director’s exclusive, 100 acre property in Joshua Tree known as SHADOW RANCH.
MATTHEW PATRICK - REVIEWS and CLIPS from thrillers he directed
TAINTED BLOOD "This neat little thriller directed by Matthew Patrick makes a valiant effort to conceal the killer’s identity and keep the level of interest high as one revelation after another sets the pendulum swinging between suspects.” CINEFANTASTIQUE
TAINTED BLOOD features five female leads including Raquel Welch and has over three quarter million views on my YouTube channel.
HIDER IN THE HOUSE “Is a tense psychological suspense film which cannily explores family politics with sour wit and distinctly macabre conclusions. TIME OUT
HIDER IN THE HOUSE “Patrick resists the clichéd mannerisms and overt violence of the contemporary horror movie in favor of uneasy intimacy, diffuse lighting and intelligent characterization. Worth looking out for." THE GUARDIAN
HIDER IN THE HOUSE "Director Matthew Patrick shares Hitchcock's preference for the power of suspense over surprise: what grips an audience most is not knowing what's going to happen but how and when." SUNDAY TRIBUNE
HIDER IN THE HOUSE “Solid performances, intriguing plot and an interesting play on the 'villain or victim?' theme make director Matthew Patrick's film a delight trimmed with cunning and terror." FILM MONTHLY
ATRAPADOS (Trapped) “Is a staggering and haunting film, directed by Matthew Patrick.” LOS ANGELES TIMES
ATRAPADOS (Trapped) "A real hybrid - an apocalyptic, science-fantasy. For an independent film, this is not only astoundingly original, but extremely well made, and so strange it's got to be believable. Colorful, mysterious and unlike anything you've ever seen." CITY PAGES
STRANDED: Read the script
Photos taken at SHADOWRANCH - The shooting location
MIND TEASE MEDIA Suite 600, 1626 N. Wilcox Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90028 310-880-1525
MATTHEW PATRICK - Website
SHADOW RANCH - Huffington Post Article about Matthew Patrick and the Shadow Ranch property
JOSHUA TREE PARADISE - Location photos of Joshua Tree Vacation Rental