Absentia

Absentia (2011)

There are fates worse than death.

Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on. As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house.

Date of release
2011-03-03
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (413)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Director
Mike Flanagan

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $70K
  • Filmed in: California

Absentia is a 2011 American independent supernatural horror film written, edited and directed by Mike Flanagan in his directorial feature film debut, and produced by FallBack Plan Productions. The film's principal photography phase was funded by way of the film's project page on crowdfunding website Kickstarter. Courtney Bell stars as a pregnant woman whose missing husband briefly reappears after an unexplained seven-year absence.

Production

In January 2024, on the Scream Dreams Podcast, Flanagan shared that the film was subconsciously inspired by the 1983 Fraggle Rock episode "The Terrible Tunnel".

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