The Off Season is a 2004

2004 in film

The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

 independent

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 horror film

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 directed by James Felix McKenney

James Felix McKenney

James Felix McKenney is an American writer, director, producer and actor, raised in Saco, Maine and currently living in New York City.-Career:...

 and produced by Larry Fessenden's

Larry Fessenden

-Life and career:He is president of Glass Eye Pix, an independent film production company based in New York City. Fessenden produced the Dark Sky film The Inkeepers which is directed by Ti West and the thriller Hypothermia, besides his work as producer he stars in the psychological thriller I Can...

 Glass Eye Pix

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. It was filmed in Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Old Orchard Beach, Maine

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 and distributed

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 through Lionsgate Home Entertainment

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Cast

• Angus Scrimm
  Angus Scrimm
  Angus Scrimm is an American actor, best known for playing the Tall Man in the 1979 horror movie Phantasm and its sequels.-Life and career:...
  
   – Ted
• Larry Fessenden
  Larry Fessenden
  -Life and career:He is president of Glass Eye Pix, an independent film production company based in New York City. Fessenden produced the Dark Sky film The Inkeepers which is directed by Ti West and the thriller Hypothermia, besides his work as producer he stars in the psychological thriller I Can...
  
  – Phil
• Christina Campanella – Kathryn Bennett
• Don Wood – Rick Holland
• Ruth Kulerman – Mrs. Farthing
• Brenda Cooney – Nora
• Jamie Sneider – Stacy
• Jordan Kratz – Kurt

Plot

In the beginning, The Off Season appears to be the story of a young couple from New York City moving up to Maine to get away from it all. Soon, strange things begin to happen in the one-room apartment that they occupy -- things that the once close couple cannot discuss with each other. This is not a typical ghost story resulting from a tragic death, but the tale of a place haunted by guilt and the fear of abandonment.

Unlike most traditional ghost stories, which take place in an old mansion, castle or other giant structure, The Off Season is about the haunting of a tiny room. The main characters have nowhere to hide when confronted by unhappy spirits. It can be easy to run away and slam a door between yourself and something that scares you, but few things are more terrifying than being forced to look the source of your fear directly in the eye.

Production

The Off Season was shot in a motel in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, a town that neighbors the one in which writer and director James Felix McKenney grew up and shot his first feature, CanniBalistic!

While filming, the cast stayed at the Waves and Viking motels where the film was set.