Taglines: Pray for the prey.
Inspector Hazel Micallef (Susan Sarandon), a police detective living with her mother Emily (Ellen Burstyn) in the small rural Ontario town of Fort Dundas, has her normally quiet routine interrupted when she is called to check in on elderly woman Delia Chandler and instead finds Chandler gruesomely murdered with her face moulded into an apparent open-mouthed scream. Informed by the local coroner that shaping the face would have required the killer to hold it in position for at least an hour post-mortem, Micallef begins to consider that she is dealing with more than a simple killing.
Working with fellow Fort Dundas detective Ray Green (Gil Bellows) and new officer Ben Wingate (Topher Grace), recently transferred from Toronto after the death of his life partner, Micallef uncovers a series of killings ranging from a neighbouring town to areas across Canada and attempts to stop the killer before he strikes again.
The Calling is a Canadian crime thriller film adapted from the 2008 novel of the same name by Michael Redhill (published under the pen name Inger Ash Wolfe). The film stars Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows, Ellen Burstyn, Topher Grace, Donald Sutherland, and Christopher Heyerdahl.
The Calling
Directed by: Jason Stone
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Gil Bellows, Ellen Burstyn, Topher Grace, Donald Sutherland, Ella Ballentine, Kristin Booth, Katy Breier, Amanda Brugel
Screenplay by: Scott Abramovitch, Inger Ash Wolfe
Production Design by: Oleg M. Savytski
Cinematography by: David Robert Jones
Film Editing by: Aaron Marshall
Costume Design by: Georgina Yarhi
Set Decoration by: Christina Kuhnigk
Music by: Grayson Matthews
MPAA Rating: R for violent content, disturbing images and some language.
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
Release Date: August 29, 2014
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