Severance (film)

Severance
Severance
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Christopher Smith
Screenplay by	James Moran; Christopher Smith
Story by	James Moran
Produced by	Jason Newmark; Finola Dwyer
Starring	Danny Dyer; Laura Harris; Tim McInnerny; Toby Stephens; Claudie Blakley; Andy Nyman; Babou Ceesay
Cinematography	Ed Wild
Edited by	Stuart Gazzard
Music by	Christian Henson
Production; companies	Qwerty Films; UK Film Council; Isle of Man Film; N1 European Film Produktions; Dan Films; HanWay Films
Distributed by	Pathé Distribution; (United Kingdom); Splendid Film (Germany)
Release date	25 August 2006;
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; Germany
Language	English
Budget	$10 million
Box office	$5.95 million

Severance is a 2006 comedy horror film co-written and directed by Christopher Smith. Co-written with James Moran, it stars Danny Dyer and Laura Harris.^[4] The film tells a story of group of British and Canadian co-workers who go to a remote mountain forest in Hungary, where they become victims of murderous attacks by a group of poachers.

Severance received mostly positive reviews. In 2009, media interest in the film was revived following the alleged copycat murder of a UK teenager.^[5]^[6]

^ "Severance". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
^ "Release". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Severance (2007) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
^ Buchanan, Jason. "Severance". Allmovie. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
^ "Three killers jailed over 'spoof horror film' murder". The Daily Telegraph. London. 26 June 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
^ "Three Found Guilty of Horrific Petrol Murder". Sky News. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010. The article contains relevant Flash video.

[1] "Severance". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

[2] "Release". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

[numbers-3] "Severance (2007) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

[4] Buchanan, Jason. "Severance". Allmovie. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.

[Telegraph-5] "Three killers jailed over 'spoof horror film' murder". The Daily Telegraph. London. 26 June 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

[Sky_News-6] "Three Found Guilty of Horrific Petrol Murder". Sky News. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010. The article contains relevant Flash video.

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