‘A glamping psychodrama’
Killer Retreat is a 2018 British psychological thriller feature film in which seven people go on a therapeutic weekend that leads to violence and death.
Written and directed by Robert Mullan (Mad to be Normal; Gitel), the movie – which was originally titled This Weekend Will Change Your Life – stars David Bamber, Niky Wardley, Caitlin Innes Edwards and Kate Sissons.
Plot:
Seven people urbanites are seduced by a brochure offering change, personal growth, and a break from overcrowded and polluted London at a therapeutic weekend in the Cotswolds which will ‘change their life’. It does, but not in the way they imagine.
The weekend is facilitated by a husband and wife combo who immediately confiscate their mobile phones. They are ensconced in yurts and tipis on a farm, miles from anywhere…
Cast and characters:
- David Bamber … David
- Niky Wardley … Pam
- Caitlin Innes Edwards … Cynthia
- Kate Sissons … Joan
- James Utechin … Matt
- Adam Paul Harvey … Jim
- Tom Richards … John
- Hannah Nic … Sue
- Lucie Glynn … Jess
Filming locations:
- Charbury, Chipping Norton, Radford and Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
- Paddington Station London, England
Technical details:
- 101 minutes
- Aspect ratio: 2.35: 1