''Raven's Cabin'', also known under the working title ''Redback'', is a 2014
independent
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Australian
thriller film
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shot in the
outback area of
Perth, Western Australia
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. The film is directed by Loren Johnson and stars Luke Ledger, cousin of
Heath Ledger
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.
Plot
At a wilderness boot camp for difficult teens, the desperate spirit of an alleged suicide victim seeks out the help of a young girl to expose the truth about her death.
Cast
* Andrea Burdett as Andrea Briggs
* Luke Ledger as Brian Carter
* Pia Prendiville as Jessica Howell
* Mauricio Merino Jr as Daniel Watts
* John McPherson as Harris
* Neal Huxley as Parker
* Jag Pannu as Jack Tyler
* David Ryan Kinsman as Cole Martin
* Elizabeth Frodsham as Claire Abbotts
* Scott O'Keeffe as Mechanic
* Laura Fairclough as Sarah White
* Leon Grey as Steven Wong
* Blake Prosser as Ryan Clarke
* Bradley Stevens as Billy
Production
''Raven's Cabin'' is directed by Loren Johnson and stars Luke Ledger, cousin of
Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, he moved to the United States in 1998 to further develop his film care ...
. The working title was ''Redback''.
which was the name of the youth modification facility in the film. More than 90% of the cast and crew were inexperienced, this being their first feature film, and the film was made on a very low budget.
[
Filming began in the outback hills of ]Western Australia
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, around 45 minutes' drive outside Perth
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, in early May 2010.
Release
''Raven's Cabin'' had its world premiere in the Monster Fest in Perth
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on 1 April 2014.
References
External links
*
''Raven's Club'' Movie website
''Raven's Club'' Movie
Facebook page
Australian thriller films
2014 thriller films
2014 films
Films shot in Perth, Western Australia
2010s English-language films
2010s Australian films
English-language thriller films
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