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The Seasoning House

  • 20122012
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  • 1h 30m
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6.1/10
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The Seasoning House (2012)
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Sold at a brothel deep in the woods to work as a caretaker, a hapless deaf girl must summon the courage to fight for her life.Sold at a brothel deep in the woods to work as a caretaker, a hapless deaf girl must summon the courage to fight for her life.Sold at a brothel deep in the woods to work as a caretaker, a hapless deaf girl must summon the courage to fight for her life.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
10K
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  • Director
    • Paul Hyett
  • Writers
    • Paul Hyett
    • Conal Palmer
    • Adrian Rigelsford
  • Stars
    • Rosie Day
    • Sean Pertwee
    • Kevin Howarth
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  • Director
    • Paul Hyett
  • Writers
    • Paul Hyett
    • Conal Palmer
    • Adrian Rigelsford
  • Stars
    • Rosie Day
    • Sean Pertwee
    • Kevin Howarth
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    • 69User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination

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    The Seasoning House
    Trailer 1:54
    The Seasoning House

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    Rosie Day and Ryan Oliva in The Seasoning House (2012)
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    Rosie Day in The Seasoning House (2012)
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    Rosie Day in The Seasoning House (2012)
    Kevin Howarth, Paul Hyett, Sean Pertwee, Jemma Powell, Michael Riley, Anna Walton, Rosie Day, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, and Ryan Oliva in The Seasoning House (2012)
    Rosie Day in The Seasoning House (2012)
    Sean Pertwee in The Seasoning House (2012)
    Sean Pertwee in The Seasoning House (2012)
    The Seasoning House (2012)
    Kevin Howarth in The Seasoning House (2012)
    Rosie Day in The Seasoning House (2012)

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    Rosie Day
    Rosie Day
    • Angelas Angel
    Sean Pertwee
    Sean Pertwee
    • Goranas Goran
    Kevin Howarth
    Kevin Howarth
    • Viktoras Viktor
    Anna Walton
    Anna Walton
    • Violetaas Violeta
    Jemma Powell
    Jemma Powell
    • Alexaas Alexa
    David Lemberg
    David Lemberg
    • Dimitrias Dimitri
    Amanda Wass
    • Arijanaas Arijana
    Sean Cronin
    Sean Cronin
    • Branimaras Branimar
    Tomi May
    Tomi May
    • Aleksanderas Aleksander
    Emma Britton
    • Samiraas Samira
    Katy Allen
    • Tatjanaas Tatjana
    Thomas Worthington
    • Vinkoas Vinko
    Gina Abolins
    • Jasminaas Jasmina
    Dominique Provost-Chalkley
    Dominique Provost-Chalkley
    • Vanyaas Vanya
    Fabiano De Souza Ramos
    • Draganas Dragan
    Christopher Rithin
    Christopher Rithin
    • Danijelas Danijel
    Rachel Waring
    Rachel Waring
    • Emiliaas Emilia
    Laurence Saunders
    Laurence Saunders
    • Stevanas Stevan
    • Director
      • Paul Hyett
    • Writers
      • Paul Hyett
      • Conal Palmer
      • Adrian Rigelsford
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Director of Dog Soldiers and The Descent, Neil Marshall, makes an uncredited cameo near the end of the film as a boiler room thug.
    • Goofs
      The movie takes place in 1996 yet the wad of money contains the redesigned 5 dollar bill which didn't come out to 2008.
    • Quotes

      Viktor: [to Angel] One day... one day things will be different. We can go away from this place. This is why I do all of this. So we can be together.

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    Top review
    9/10
    The Pigs Have It.
    The Seasoning House of the title is a Balkans Brothel, it's 1996 and young girls are being kidnapped during military attacks and sold to the owner of the Seasoning House. One such girl is Angel, a death and mute sufferer who the house owner takes a shine to and uses her as his assistant. When Angel strikes up a friendship with one of the girls, it is the catalyst for violence unbound.

    A thoroughly bleak and distressing viewing experience, but in turn it's also bold and brilliant film making. Debut director Paul Hyett paints a grim portrait of an all too real problem in certain parts of the world, but thankfully he never once lets the material slip into exploitation territory.

    The brothel is unsurprisingly an utterly desperate place, rife with squalor and abject misery. The windows are boarded up with crooked pieces of wood, the beds are filthy, the walls stained with years of dirty grime and the after effects of vile human actions. The girls are battered and bruised, chained to the beds and injected with drugs to make them compliant towards anything the human monsters so wish to do to them.

    For practically 70 minutes we the viewers are holed up in this awful place along with the girls. Daylight is only briefly glimpsed through the window shards, we can smell the fear along with the dankness, and claustrophobia is rife. Angel (a brilliant Rosie Day) is our conduit as Hyett builds relationships between her and the two other main characters. Viktor (Kevin Howarth) the ruler of this vile kingdom, and inmate Vanya (Dominique Provost-Chalkley), the latter of which is deeply touching and superbly crafted by those involved.

    Film then switches in tone after some truly awful scenes have paved the way for what transpires in the final third of the story. This switch to more conventional horror cinema has proved divisive, but the way Angel moves about the house, how she finds fortitude, is fascinating, and she has well and truly earned our utmost support as she seeks to erase some dastardly evil wrongs from history (headed by a suitably scary Sean Pertwee). This is not a cheap rape revenger movie, it's a survivalist horror, and some of the horrors inherent in The Seasoning House are tough to stomach, but necessary to balance the art and the reality. Stunning. 9/10
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    • Release date
      • June 21, 2013 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Дом терпимости
    • Production companies
      • Sterling Pictures Ltd.
      • Templeheart Films
      • Filmgate Films
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      • £850,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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