While She Was Out

While She Was Out (2008)

Everyone has a breaking point. Tonight, she reaches hers.

Della Myers, a suburban housewife, lives with her twin children and her abusive husband, Kenneth. On Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall to buy gift-wrap. In the jam-packed parking lot, she notices an old car taking up two spaces and decides to leave a note on the windshield calling them out. After the mall closes, her car is blocked by the old car and she's threatened by four thugs. She escapes in her vehicle, but they drive after her. She crashes at a dead end construction site at the edge of a forest. What unfolds in the desolate woods is Della's lone fight for survival against a gang of angry young men with murderous intent.

Date of release
2008-10-27
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (203)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Horror
Director
Susan Montford

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Vancouver

While She Was Out is a 2008 American horror-thriller film starring Kim Basinger and Lukas Haas. Basinger plays a suburban housewife who is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs. It was written and directed by film producer Susan Montford based on a short story by Edward Bryant which was originally an episode of the TV series The Hidden Room in 1993. The film was produced by Mary Aloe and Don Murphy. Its executive producers included Guillermo del Toro and Basinger. The film was shot in 2006 and had a very limited release in five theaters in Texas during 2008.

Production

In November 2006, it was reported that Kim Basinger would star in the While She Was Out, a thriller written by Susan Montford from a short story by Edward Bryant with Montford making her directorial debut on the film. Filming took place in Vancouver, British Columbia in January 2007. According to Montford, the project came about after a planned project centered on the Manson Girls starring Vincent Gallo fell apart after the September 11 attacks.

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