The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Manchester, the present. Michael divides his time between the job center and the pub. A chance meeting with Lee, an introduction to her Uncle Ian and a heavy night on the lash lead to a job working the door at a Northern Quarter massage parlor. After witnessing the violent death of one of the punters, Michael experiences blood-drenched flashbacks and feels himself being sucked into a twilight world that he doesn't understand but that is irresistibly attractive. When he eventually finds out what goes on in the room below Cloud 9, Michaels' life will never be the same again.
Ratings
IMDb5/10
36 audience votes
Key crew
- Simeon HalliganDirector
- Simeon HalliganScreenplay
- Claude FoisyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- William AshIan
- Jessica BardenLee
- Roxanne PallettAlex
- Louis EmerickDave
- Sally CarmanMand
- Elliot J. LangridgeMichael
- Andrew EllisDig
- Andrew ShawCrowd Extra
- Joanne MitchellKatie
- Robert BeckGrant
- Emmanuel IghodaroSean
- Garth MaundersEddie
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookoverdosewitnesschildhood traumamassage parlorviolent deathcannibalunemployment benefitsmanchesterunderbelly