Death Dive Explained

Death Dive
Native Name:
Director:Alain Vézina
Producer:Daniel Morin
Starring:Éric Gagné
Édith Côté-Demers
Alexandre Landry
Raymond Bouchard
Béatrice Picard
Music:Réjean Doyon
Cinematography:Jean Kavanagh
Editing:Marc Plana
Alain Baril
Studio:Boréal Films
Distributor:Filmoption International
Runtime:78 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:French

Death Dive (French: Le Scaphandrier) is a Canadian horror film, directed by Alain Vézina and released in 2015.[1] The film centres on a zombie invasion in a small town in the Gaspésie region of Quebec, spawned after a journalist tries to investigate the appearance of a mysterious ghost ship in the St. Lawrence River.[2]

The film's cast includes Éric Gagné, Édith Côté-Demers, Alexandre Landry, Raymond Bouchard, Béatrice Picard, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Pascale Létourneau, Benoit Rousseau, Widemir Normil, Charles Dauphinais, Félix-Antoine Duval and Dominique Laniel.

It premiered in Quebec theatres in February 2015,[1] and was subsequently screened at several international horror and fantasy film festivals, including the Sitges Film Festival.[3] At the Torremolinos Fantastic Film Festival, it won the awards for Best Special Effects and Best Direction.[4]

Joan-Patricia Parris and Mario Soucy received a Quebec Cinema Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Scaphandrier, Le – Film de Alain Vézina". Films du Québec, January 26, 2015.
  2. Éric Moreault, "Le scaphandrier: 20 000 zombies sous le fleuve". Le Soleil, February 21, 2015.
  3. Marc Larouche, "«Le Scaphandrier» sélectionné dans des festivals internationaux". Info-Dimanche, October 4, 2015.
  4. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/455197/des-prix-pour-le-scaphandrier "Des prix pour Le scaphandrier"
  5. Maxime Demers, "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal, March 20, 2016.