Black Site (2018 film)

Black Site is a 2018 British science-fiction action horror film directed by Tom Paton, starring Samantha Schnitzler, Mike Beckingham, Kris Johnson, Bentley Kalu, Angela Dixon, Phoebe Robinson-Rodrigues, Sophia Del Pizzo, Andy Gibbins, Jessica-Jane Clement, Fredi Nwaka and Alana Wallace.

Cast

 * Samantha Schnitzler as Ren Reid
 * Esme Douthwaite as Young Ren
 * Mike Beckingham as Sam
 * Kris Johnson as Erebus
 * Bentley Kalu as Jay Austin
 * Angela Dixon as Jennifer Wilkinson
 * Phoebe Robinson-Rodrigues as Ker
 * Sophia Del Pizzo as Danforth
 * Andy Gibbins as Agent Joe Washbourn
 * Jessica-Jane Clement as Agent Ackerman
 * Fredi Nwaka as Agent Braus
 * Alana Wallace as Helen Reid
 * Lauren Ashley Carter as Agent Leonhart
 * Henry Douthwaite as Rob Reid
 * Toby Osmond as August Kellerman

Release
The film premiered at FrightFest on 27 August 2018.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 9 reviews.

James Perkins of Starburst rated the film 7 stars out of 10 and wrote that it is "more proof that Tom Paton is a true rising Director in British Independent cinema and must be championed for taking inspiration and adding his own flavour."

Anton Bitel of SciFiNow called the film a "loving homage to the kind of anything-goes paranoid sci-fi actioners which were once the specialty of Carpenter and Cronenberg."

Kevin Scott of PopHorror wrote: "The fluidity of funneling the character development, the mythos, and the action sequences into the plot make it an automatic recommend."

Bobby LePire of Film Threat gave the film a score of 4.5/10 and wrote: "Paton is a fantastic visual stylish with a flair for action, but despite the efforts of a talented cast, the characters have little depth and spend so much expositing about this world that nothing happens for a while."