Acolytes (film)

Acolytes
Australian film poster
Directed byJon Hewitt
Written byShayne Armstrong
S.P. Krause
Jon Hewitt
Additional writing:
Lynne Vincent McCarthy
James M. Vernon
Based onan original screenplay
by Shayne Armstrong
S.P. Krause
Produced byPenny Wall
Richard Stewart
StarringJoel Edgerton
Michael Dorman
Sebastian Gregory
Hanna Mangan-Lawrence
Joshua Payne
Belinda McClory
CinematographyMark Pugh
Edited bySimon Martin
Music byDavid Franzke
Production
companies
Stewart & Wall Entertainment
Film Finance Corporation Australia
Pacific Film & Television Commission
Australian Film Commission
Darclight Films
Acolytles Production
Distributed byPalace Films and Cinemas
Release date
  • 1 August 2008 (2008-08-01)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Acolytes is a 2008 Australian horror thriller film directed by Jon Hewitt. The plot is about three teenagers and their sudden involvement with murder and violence over the course of a dangerous week. It won awards at film festivals in Austin and Melbourne, including a tie for the Best Film of 2008 award at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival.[1]

  1. ^ "MUFF9 – Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2008". 7 August 2011. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011.