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| Await Further Instructions | |
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Release poster |
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| Directed by | Johnny Kevorkian |
| Written by | Gavin Williams |
| Produced by |
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| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Annika Summerson |
| Edited by | Richard Smither |
| Music by | Richard Wells |
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Production |
Dark Sky Films |
| Distributed by | Shudder |
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Release date |
5 October 2018 |
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Running time |
91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3,617 |
Await Further Instructions is a 2018 British science-fiction horror film written by Gavin Williams and directed by Johnny Kevorkian. The film follows the members of a dysfunctional family who are trapped in their house on Christmas by a mysterious black membrane that begins to send them cryptic instructions through text that appears on their television.
Plot[edit]
Nick travels to the home of his parents, Tony and Beth, to spend Christmas there and introduce the family to his girlfriend Annji even though he has a strained relationship with them at best. His pregnant sister Kate, her husband Scott, and his grandfather are also there. Tensions arise after Kate and the grandfather both make racist remarks to Annji, who is of Indian descent. The family members quickly find that they are surrounded by a strange black substance and that they cannot leave the home. They receive messages warning them that their food is contaminated and instructing them to cleanse themselves with bleach, as well as take vaccines which are dropped down their chimney. Annji is suspicious of the vaccines as the syringes look used, but Tony forces everyone to inject them. The grandfather suddenly dies while vomiting black liquid.
Text appears on the television screen in the living room, informing them that one of them is infected. Tony, Beth, Kate, and Scott believe it to be Annji and lock her in an upstairs bedroom with the grandfather’s corpse despite Nick’s protests. Nick unplugs the television, but Tony plugs it back in and warns Nick against unplugging it again. Kate urges Scott to attack Nick, but she is injured in the chaos. A desperate Nick tries to find a way to secretly flee the home, only for the television to reveal this to the others. He attaches his phone to a long stick and uses it to record footage of the space where the toilet pipe leaves the house, capturing footage of a snake-like entity attacking the phone. Tony and Scott rush in, knock him unconscious, and drag him downstairs. The television tells them that Nick is a spy and that they must get information from him. Tony refuses to look at the phone footage and tortures Nick until Beth interrupts them to let them know that Kate has died.
The surviving family members are told to return to the first floor as the television is activating quarantine. Nick is able to get Annji downstairs but is unable to save Beth, who dies after being exposed to a mysterious black smoke. Nick and Annji rush downstairs to find the television displaying a bright light before Nick unplugs it. However, the light stays on and the house begins shaking. The television proclaims that it is being «resurrected» just before Nick passes out. He awakens to find that he and Annji have been restrained, and that the television wants Tony and Scott to sacrifice them. Tony attempts to kill Annji with an axe but Nick and Scott stop him, prompting him to murder Scott with the axe before fighting Nick. Tony is killed when Nick crushes his head with the television, which then pulls itself upright before the black wires crawl out of it and enter the back of Tony’s head to take control of his corpse.
Nick and Annji realise that the black substance is composed entirely of the living wires. Nick confronts the wires and throws the axe into the television. The wires seemingly die, but soon begin moving without the television’s help. Tony, being controlled by the wires, kills Nick and Annji with the axe. The wires digest Kate’s body, leaving only her skeletal remains and her newborn baby. Tony brings in another television, which names the baby «Ruby» and displays colourful patterns to get her attention before changing to text that says «worship me». Outside, it is revealed that every single house has been wrapped in the same black wires.
Cast[edit]
- Sam Gittins as Nick Milgram
- Neerja Naik as Annji
- Grant Masters as Tony Milgram
- Abigail Cruttenden as Beth Milgram
- Holly Weston as Kate Milgram
- Kris Saddler as Scott
- David Bradley as Grandad
Production[edit]
Await Further Instructions follows a family being forced into an obedience experiment by an unearthly entity; the family’s surname of Milgram is a reference to the infamous Milgram obedience experiment, while their home is located on Stanford Street in a reference to the Stanford prison experiment.[1] The script was written by Gavin Williams, with director Johnny Kevorkian stating that he chose to direct the film as «it was so different to the usual stuff that comes across [his] desk». Williams began writing the script after listening to the song «Apartment Story» by The National, taking inspiration from the lyric: «Stay indoors until somebody finds you / Do whatever the TV tells you.»[2] Filming took place in Yorkshire.[3]
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Await Further Instructions was released by American streaming platform Shudder. It grossed $3,618 worldwide with an additional $35,152 from home media sales as of July 2023.[4]
Critical response[edit]
Await Further Instructions received a 81% on Rotten Tomatoes from 21 reviews.[5] The film was named a Critic’s Pick by the New York Times.[6] It also received positive reviews from RogerEbert.com and The Guardian.[7][8] Matt Donato reviewed it for Dread Central, stating that it «launches into survivalist psychotics that embrace walled-in escalation, always building towards that finale […] the ride is filled with highs and lows, but damn if Johnny Kevorkian doesn’t stick that landing».[9]
External links[edit]
- Await Further Instructions at IMDb
References[edit]
- ^ https://imdb.com/title/tt4971408
- ^ «On the Set of AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS». STARBURST Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ «Await Further Instructions (2018) – Financial Information». The Numbers. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ «Await Further Instructions (2018) – Financial Information». The Numbers. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ «Await Further Instructions (2018)». Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (4 October 2018). «Review: In ‘Await Further Instructions,’ a Family Home Becomes a Battleground». The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ «Await Further Instructions review – sweatily tense Christmas horror». The Guardian. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ Abrams, Simon. «Await Further Instructions movie review (2018) | Roger Ebert». rogerebert.com. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ «Scary Movies XI: AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS Review – How Screen Obsessions Will Kill Us All». Dread Central. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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В ночь перед Рождеством семья Милгрем обнаруживает, что их дом окружила некая чёрная субстанция. Что это: техногенная катастрофа, атака террористов или, может быть, ядерная война? В панике семейство включает телевизор, из которого им сообщают: «Оставайтесь дома и ожидайте дальнейших инструкций». Но с телепередачей что-то не так — трансляция влияет на семью, и их паранойя усиливается.
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Original title: Await Further Instructions
- 2018
- TV-MA
- 1h 31m
A family’s Christmas takes a strange turn when they awake to find themselves trapped inside and begin receiving mysterious instructions through the television.A family’s Christmas takes a strange turn when they awake to find themselves trapped inside and begin receiving mysterious instructions through the television.A family’s Christmas takes a strange turn when they awake to find themselves trapped inside and begin receiving mysterious instructions through the television.
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‘Await Further Instructions’ did have much going for it. The premise was one of the best for any film seen recently (pretty bold and creative for low-budget), there were some really interesting ideas, the cover was so attention-grabbing and it looked great. So there was a lot of promise, this was hardly and a long way from being a film that was doomed from the start.
Did ‘Await Further Instructions’ live up to the potential it had? Not quite. Did it waste it? No. For me ‘Await Further Instructions’ was one of those difficult to rate and review films due to not being sure what my thoughts are between liking/loving or disliking/hating it. If needing to choose, my opinion would be somewhere in between and being neither extreme. It is a wildly uneven film, but did find myself appreciating what it tried to do and the effort that was put into it, because ‘Await Further Instructions’ was not one of those non-trying films (a try-too-harder actually).
There are good things. For low-budget it looks pretty good, there is a great moody atmosphere, stylish photography, editing that is actually coherent and far from shoe-string-looking production design. The haunting moodiness is also present in the music score, which didn’t feel intrusive or obvious.
Found the acting better than average on the most part, with good performances from Sam Gittins and David Bradley. ‘Await Further Instructions’ started off very well, it does have tension and suspense and the mystery element intrigued and compelled. The direction has assurance generally before losing control a bit later on.
However, there are exceptions to the acting and they are Holly Weston and Neerja Naik, both try too hard and irritate. It is largely to do with the characters themselves, their characters coming off worst in a film full of indecisive and not always logical character writing which makes the characters not as easy to endear to as needed. The writing is uneven, sometimes thought-provoking and at other times very corny and rushed.
It is a shame that some of the second half didn’t live up to the standard set by the first. The tension, suspense and creepiness isn’t as strong and things become predictable, silly and contrived with some suspend disbelief parts and a mess of too many ideas not explored enough or gelling together. The ending is sadly one that ends on a whimper than a bang and the lack of polish in the effects does stick out like a sore thumb (sure there have been far worse in film history, but it was obvious that the writing and effects weren’t paid much attention to).
Overall, very mixed here but appreciated the effort. 5/10 Bethany Cox
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- Nov 3, 2018
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Пока в Голливуде издеваются над «Суспирией», британцы продолжают радовать малобюджетными, но приличными ужастиками, которые, по крайней мере, не являются ужасными ремейками. Один из них – «Ожидайте дальнейших инструкций» 2018 года о простой британской семье, застигнутой в канун Рождества крайне необычным бедствием.
Осторожно! Спойлеры. Если пропустили, посмотрите «Ожидайте дальнейших инструкций» сами, это отличный фильм с неожиданно актуальными смыслами даже помимо тех, что были вложены в него изначально. А, может, ОНИ ЗНАЛИ???👽
Фильм ужасов «Ожидайте дальнейших инструкций» 2018: сюжет
Собравшись под Рождество в своем доме, большая британская семья внезапно оказывается намертво блокирована в своем доме неведомой массой, сплошь состоящей из непробиваемых железных… тентаклей. Связи с внешним миром нет, ни телефонная линия, ни интернет не работают. А на экране ТВ высвечивается надпись «Оставайтесь дома и ожидайте дальнейших инструкций». Что случилось? Ядерная война? Эпидемия? Нападение пришельцев? Эксперимент правительства? Или…
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На деле хоть фильм камерный и малобюджетный, он получился крепко сколоченным, с интригующим сюжетом и впечатляющей концовкой. И даже крылатым высказыванием от отца семейства «Будь лучшим в свой худший день». Последние 10 минут тентаклей, черного дыма и младенца, к которому тентакли обращаются с умоляющей просьбой ПОКЛОНИСЬ МНЕ! вообще великолепны.
Ну и конечно здесь поднимаются серьезные вопросы: нужно ли верить всему, что говорят по ТВ, например. Есть наблюдения о разнице поколений: так, отец свято верит ТВ, а под конец сравнивает телевидение с Христом (без шуток). В то же время молодежь предпочитает буквально умереть, чем жить с промытыми мозгами. Ну и мораль: нечего приезжать к семье на праздники. Шучу. Она в другом. Хотя, не исключаю, что и в этом.
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Скандальная британская семья все же вызывала некоторое недоумение своим желанием ни за что ни про что убивать и калечить друг друга, притом что они даже не распивали спиртные напитки (вроде бы). Также концовка могла быть чуть-чуть поинтересней, чем притча о том, что пора выключить ТВ с передачами Малахова и пойти прогуляться. С другой стороны, все это подано динамично и захватывающе, так что придираться не хочется.
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Одна из задач, которую ставит телевизор перед семейством – уколоться неизвестным препаратом, отчего отъезжает дедуля. Ничего не напоминает? Нет?
Буйство проводов в финальной сцене – отсылка к “Тэцуо”.
Схожий сюжет был в фильме для ТВ Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspense Child’s Play 1984. Там семья тоже застревала в ужасном доме без возможности выбраться… и концовка тоже была мрачной. Хотя совершенно в ином духе, чем в “Ожидайте дальнейших инструкций”.
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Await Further Instructions is a 2018 British science-fiction horror film written by Gavin Williams and directed by Johnny Kevorkian. The film follows the members of a dysfunctional family who are trapped in their house on Christmas by a mysterious black membrane that begins to send them cryptic instructions through text that appears on their television.
| Await Further Instructions | |
|---|---|
|
Release poster |
|
| Directed by | Johnny Kevorkian |
| Written by | Gavin Williams |
| Produced by |
|
| Starring |
|
| Cinematography | Annika Summerson |
| Edited by | Richard Smither |
| Music by | Richard Wells |
|
Production |
Dark Sky Films |
| Distributed by | Shudder |
|
Release date |
5 October 2018 |
|
Running time |
91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3,617 |
Plot
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Nick travels to the home of his parents, Tony and Beth, to spend Christmas there and introduce the family to his girlfriend Annji even though he has a strained relationship with them at best. His pregnant sister Kate, her husband Scott, and his grandfather are also there. Tensions arise after Kate and the grandfather both make racist remarks to Annji, who is of Indian descent. The family members quickly find that they are surrounded by a strange black substance and that they cannot leave the home. They receive messages warning them that their food is contaminated and instructing them to cleanse themselves with bleach, as well as take vaccines which are dropped down their chimney. Annji is suspicious of the vaccines as the syringes look used, but Tony forces everyone to inject them. The grandfather suddenly dies while vomiting black liquid.
Text appears on the television screen in the living room, informing them that one of them is infected. Tony, Beth, Kate, and Scott believe it to be Annji and lock her in an upstairs bedroom with the grandfather’s corpse despite Nick’s protests. Nick unplugs the television, but Tony plugs it back in and warns Nick against unplugging it again. Kate urges Scott to attack Nick, but she is injured in the chaos. A desperate Nick tries to find a way to secretly flee the home, only for the television to reveal this to the others. He attaches his phone to a long stick and uses it to record footage of the space where the toilet pipe leaves the house, capturing footage of a snake-like entity attacking the phone. Tony and Scott rush in, knock him unconscious, and drag him downstairs. The television tells them that Nick is a spy and that they must get information from him. Tony refuses to look at the phone footage and tortures Nick until Beth interrupts them to let them know that Kate has died.
The surviving family members are told to return to the first floor as the television is activating quarantine. Nick is able to get Annji downstairs but is unable to save Beth, who dies after being exposed to a mysterious black smoke. Nick and Annji rush downstairs to find the television displaying a bright light before Nick unplugs it. However, the light stays on and the house begins shaking. The television proclaims that it is being «resurrected» just before Nick passes out. He awakens to find that he and Annji have been restrained, and that the television wants Tony and Scott to sacrifice them. Tony attempts to kill Annji with an axe but Nick and Scott stop him, prompting him to murder Scott with the axe before fighting Nick. Tony is killed when Nick crushes his head with the television, which then pulls itself upright before the black wires crawl out of it and enter the back of Tony’s head to take control of his corpse.
Nick and Annji realise that the black substance is composed entirely of the living wires. Nick confronts the wires and throws the axe into the television. The wires seemingly die, but soon begin moving without the television’s help. Tony, being controlled by the wires, kills Nick and Annji with the axe. The wires digest Kate’s body, leaving only her skeletal remains and her newborn baby. Tony brings in another television, which names the baby «Ruby» and displays colourful patterns to get her attention before changing to text that says «worship me». Outside, it is revealed that every single house has been wrapped in the same black wires.
Cast
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- Sam Gittins as Nick Milgram
- Neerja Naik as Annji
- Grant Masters as Tony Milgram
- Abigail Cruttenden as Beth Milgram
- Holly Weston as Kate Milgram
- Kris Saddler as Scott
- David Bradley as Grandad
Production
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Await Further Instructions follows a family being forced into an obedience experiment by an unearthly entity; the family’s surname of Milgram is a reference to the infamous Milgram obedience experiment, while their home is located on Stanford Street in a reference to the Stanford prison experiment.[1] The script was written by Gavin Williams, with director Johnny Kevorkian stating that he chose to direct the film as «it was so different to the usual stuff that comes across [his] desk». Williams began writing the script after listening to the song «Apartment Story» by The National, taking inspiration from the lyric: «Stay indoors until somebody finds you / Do whatever the TV tells you.»[2] Filming took place in Yorkshire.[3]
Reception
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Box office
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Await Further Instructions was released by American streaming platform Shudder. It grossed $3,618 worldwide with an additional $35,152 from home media sales as of July 2023.[4]
Critical response
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Await Further Instructions received a 81% on Rotten Tomatoes from 21 reviews.[5] The film was named a Critic’s Pick by the New York Times.[6] It also received positive reviews from RogerEbert.com and The Guardian.[7][8] Matt Donato reviewed it for Dread Central, stating that it «launches into survivalist psychotics that embrace walled-in escalation, always building towards that finale […] the ride is filled with highs and lows, but damn if Johnny Kevorkian doesn’t stick that landing».[9]
External links
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- Await Further Instructions at IMDb
References
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- ^ https://imdb.com/title/tt4971408
- ^ «On the Set of AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS». STARBURST Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ «Await Further Instructions (2018) – Financial Information». The Numbers. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ «Await Further Instructions (2018) – Financial Information». The Numbers. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ «Await Further Instructions (2018)». Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (4 October 2018). «Review: In ‘Await Further Instructions,’ a Family Home Becomes a Battleground». The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ «Await Further Instructions review – sweatily tense Christmas horror». The Guardian. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ Abrams, Simon. «Await Further Instructions movie review (2018) | Roger Ebert». rogerebert.com. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ «Scary Movies XI: AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS Review – How Screen Obsessions Will Kill Us All». Dread Central. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2022.