Red Sands

Red Sands (2009)

Spirits take no prisoners

A group of U.S. soldiers on a mission in the Middle East find themselves with nothing to do in their free time. Out of sheer boredom they end up destroying an old statue in the desert, only to unleash a horrific entity.

Date of release
2009-02-24
TMDB
4.3 / 10 (110)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Action, Horror, War
Director
Alex Turner

Casting

Interesting facts

Red Sands is a 2009 American horror film directed by Alex Turner and written by Simon Barrett, in their second collaboration following Dead Birds. The film stars Shane West, Leonard Roberts, Aldis Hodge, Theo Rossi, Callum Blue, Brendan Miller, Noel Gugliemi, and J.K. Simmons, and introduces Mercedes Mason.

Production

On June 5, 2007, under the title The Stone House, the film was announced as a sequel to Dead Birds with Simon Barrett and Alex Turner returning as writer and director respectively, with filming expected to begin that summer. The following day, Turner clarified that the film was not Dead Birds 2 but instead a "companion piece" similar to The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth.

Filming was underway by August 2007 and concluded on September 5, 2007.

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