Afflicted (film)
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| Directed by | Derek Lee Clif Prowse |
| Produced by | Chris Ferguson Zach Lipovsky |
| Written by | Derek Lee Clif Prowse |
| Starring | Clif Prowse Derek Lee |
| Music by | Edo Van Breemen |
| Cinematography | Norm Li |
| Edited by | Greg Ng |
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| Distributed by | CBS Films |
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85 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $318,000 |
| Box office | $121,200 |
Afflicted is a 2013 Canadian found footage horror film that was written and directed by Derek Lee and Clif Prowse, and is their feature film directorial debut. It had its world premiere on September 9, 2013 at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won a special jury citation for Best Canadian First Feature Film. Lee and Prowse also star in Afflicted as two friends whose goal to film themselves traveling the world is cut short when one of them contracts a mysterious disease.
Afflicted received a theatrical and video-on-demand release on April 4, 2014.
Childhood friends Clif Prowse and Derek Lee have decided to venture all over the world to film their travel web series “Ends of the Earth”. Derek is making the trip in spite of his doctor's advice, as he has an AVM, which could cause his death at any moment.
Clif and Derek stop at Paris to meet with old friends currently on tour for their band. After their initially uneventful stay, Derek picks up a girl by the name of Audrey after telling her about his AVM. Later that night, Clif bursts into Derek's hotel room as a prank only to discover a bleeding and scratched Derek and no sign of Audrey. Derek insists he doesn't remember anything and they should continue on to their trip.
Upon getting to Italy, Derek passes out and sleeps for an entire day. Clif awakens him the next afternoon for lunch, in which Derek shows an aversion to sunlight. Upon getting to the restaurant, Derek hungrily devours his pasta dish before projectile vomiting it out and stumbling back home. Later, at a vineyard, Derek has an extreme reaction to sunlight and is forced to flee inside covered in burns. Back at the hotel room, Clif attempts to calm Derek down, only for Derek to explosively punch clean through the corner of a stone wall with his bare hands.
Over the next few days, Derek displays heightened strength, speed and agility. Clif attempts to persuade Derek to stop their trip and come home, but Derek continues to insist that there is nothing wrong with him. As Derek grows sicker due to not eating, he agrees to go to a hospital. On the way, they were almost hit by a car, and after a brief fight in which Derek completely overpowers the driver and passenger, he licks their blood off his hand.
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