And now, the first horror film ever shot entirely in Antarctica

Judging by the poke , South of Sanity is your distinctive no - budget repulsion motion picture , in which a bunch of spirited amateur have a go at their very own The affair ripoff . A bit of fun for all involved , but nothing too peculiar .

Except those amateur just materialise be from the British Antarctic Survey ( BAS ) , which means their film boast the most unique locations in film history . While documentary have previously been pullulate entirely in Antarctica , this is the first fictional moving-picture show known to be shot entirely on locating on Earth ’s coldest , southernmost continent . The movie is the inspiration of longtime BAS team member , documentary film producer , and mountaineering expert Kirk Watson , whose duty typically include helping the scientists navigate Antarctica ’s tricky terrain .

The film ’s cast and crew is entirely made up of BAS members , including maritime biologists , geologists , and mechanics . In an interview with BBC News , Watson shared some of the awesome details of the movie ’s output — at the risk of giving away an altogether manifestly spoiler , hypothermia was heavily involved in the fashioning of South of Sanity :

“ We filmed a couple of day scenes on a weekend and the ease was shot in the shadow just to make the cinema darker . So our actors suffered a bit in the cold as we had hoi polloi sitting outside for ages , or playing numb people lying in the snow . It became a morsel tricky with the ‘ numb people ’ as they shivered , so they were cautiously edit to get disembarrass of the movement . We had several actors with soft hypothermia during the cinematography . The good affair was they had survive there for a twelvemonth , so were pretty used to it . ”

The film will makes its UK launching this Halloween , and the film is currently looking for an American distributer . While the finished film is likely more curiosity than innovative classic , the preeminence of being the first film ever shot whole in Antarctica is one pit of a movement for curiosity . [ BBC ]

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