Donkey Punch (2008)

Interesting facts

Donkey Punch is a 2008 British horror thriller film directed by Olly Blackburn and written by Blackburn and David Bloom. Starring Nichola Burley, Sian Breckin, Tom Burke, Jaime Winstone and Julian Morris, it follows a group of English people on holiday in Spain who end up fighting for their lives.

Production

Blackburn commented that films including those by Nick Love, and The Descent, helped pave the way for Donkey Punch. He stated he was inspired by Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, Straw Dogs, Rosemary's Baby, George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead and John Carpenter.

The Philadelphia Inquirer compared Blackburn's work to films including filmmaker Peter Berg’s Very Bad Things and director Phillip Noyce’s Dead Calm. The Los Angeles Times additionally compared Blackburn’s work to Dead Calm as well as director Roman Polanski’s Knife in the Water. The A.V. Club observed that the movie appeared similar to Knife In The Water and Dead Calm, but with actors similar to those from The Real World.

Filmmaker Olly Blackburn directed Donkey Punch, which he co-wrote with David Bloom. He explained that he was in the offices of production company Warp X discussing television options with company co-founder Robin Gutch when he first thought to make a movie about the topic. He and David Bloom discussed the idea and concept with Warp X management and successfully convinced them to go ahead with the film.

His total budget for the film was £1 million.

In an interview with Total Film, Blackburn commented, "I think Donkey Punch is an extreme thriller or an extreme reality-based thriller. The whole point of the film is it’s grounded in reality." Blackburn wrote that he made Donkey Punch "to try to push the genre."

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