Triangle (2009)

Directed by

Christopher Smith

Genre

horror film, mystery film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 3,040 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A single mother and her friends take a boating trip that goes wrong. They seek refuge on an abandoned ocean liner, but there they realize a mysterious figure is hunting them. The story is inspired by the myth of Sisyphus and a curse of repetition.

suspensefulanxiousloopingdisorientingtensebleakclaustrophobicunsettling

What happens

Triangle is a 2009 psychological horror film written and directed by Christopher Smith and starring Melissa George, Michael Dorman, Rachael Carpani, Henry Nixon, Emma Lung, and Liam Hemsworth. George portrays a single mother who goes on a boating trip with several friends. When they are forced to abandon their ship, they board a derelict ocean liner, where they become convinced that someone is stalking them. The screenplay is partly based on the story of Sisyphus, the Greek mythological figure cursed to repeatedly push a boulder up a hill without ever successfully reaching the top. A British-Australian co-production, Triangle was financed by UK Film Council, which awarded £1.6 million ($2.8 million) of public money from the National Lottery fund towards the development, production, and distribution of the film. Smith cited a number of influences on the screenplay, ranging from The Twilight Zone to the films Dead of Night (1945), Back to the Future (1985), and Memento (2000). The film was shot on sets and on location in Queensland, Australia. Smith insisted on having a set constructed that depicted the exterior of a cruise liner, in order to minimize shooting in front of green screens. Triangle premiered at the London FrightFest Film Festival on 27 August 2009, and was released theatrically in the UK on 16 October 2009. The film received generally positive reviews from film critics and grossed $1.3–1.6 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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