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{{Infobox film
| name           = Comedown
| image          = Comedown.jpg
| director       = [[Menhaj Huda]]
| producer       = Dominic Norris<br />[[Gareth Wiley]]
| writer         = Steven Kendall
| music          = [[Theo Green]]
| starring       = 
{{plainlist|
* [[Jacob Anderson]]
* [[Adam Deacon]]
* [[Sophie Stuckey]]
* [[Geoff Bell (actor)|Geoff Bell]]
* [[Jessica Barden]]
* Calum McNab
}}
| studio         = Serotonin Films<br />Phoenix Wiley
| distributor    = [[StudioCanal UK|StudioCanal]]
| released       = {{Film date|2012|10|4|United Kingdom|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://grimmfest.com/grimmupnorth/2012-lineup/|title=2012 Schedule|access-date=27 October 2012|archive-date=15 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015091946/http://grimmfest.com/grimmupnorth/2012-lineup/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| runtime        = 90 minutes
| language       = English
| country        = United Kingdom
| budget         = $2 million 
}}

'''''Comedown''''' is a 2012 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[urban area|urban]] [[horror film]] directed by [[Menhaj Huda]], and written by Steven Kendall.<ref name="Comedown">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/786048/comedown#credits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414150758/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/786048/comedown#credits|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2021|title=Comedown|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]]|location=United States|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/17715 Afm '09: Urban Horror Pic 'Comedown' to Debut]</ref> Dubbed "''[[Kidulthood]]'' meets ''[[Saw (2004 film)|Saw]]''", the film stars [[Jacob Anderson]], [[Adam Deacon]] and [[Geoff Bell (actor)|Geoff Bell]] in the lead roles.

==Plot==
In an abandoned tower, six friends turn the tower into a radio station and soon learn they are not alone as a resident psychopath begins hunting them down.<ref>{{Citation |last=Huda |first=Menhaj |title=Comedown |date=2013-04-25 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1376168/ |type=Horror |access-date=2023-05-30 |others=Jacob Anderson, Sophie Stuckey, Jessica Barden |publisher=Serotonin Films, Phoenix Wiley}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Jacob Anderson]] as Lloyd
*[[Adam Deacon]] as Jason
*[[Sophie Stuckey]] as Jemma
*Calum McNab as Gary "Gal"
*[[Jessica Barden]] as Kelly
*[[Duane Henry]] as Colin "Col"
*[[Geoff Bell (actor)|Geoff Bell]] as Ray Grady
*Shazad "Shizzio" Khan as Shafiq "Shaf"
*Muazzin "Naga" Aziz as Nazar "Naz" 
*[[Gemma-Leah Devereux]] as Nurse Samantha Harris
*[[Slaine Kelly]] as Nurse Sally Mitchell
*Christos Lawton as PC Jon Murray
*Deirdre Mullins as Alissa the Newsreader
*Stephen Taylor as the Creeper

==Production==
''Comedown'' was shot on a budget of $2,000,000, and was filmed in a suburb of [[London]] close to the [[The O2 Arena|O2 Arena]].<ref>[https://dreadcentral.com/news/33797/a-comedown-trespassers A Comedown on Trespassers]</ref>

==Reception==
===Critical response===
Stephen Dalton of ''[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]'' wrote in his review: " A good slasher film is not about originality or realism, of course, but about execution – no pun intended. As such, director [[Menhaj Huda]] does a decent job with limited ingredients. But there is nothing in this pulpy, formulaic nerve-jangler that horror fans will not have seen countless times before."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-review-comedown-1.452713|title=Film review: Comedown|first=Stephen|last=Dalton|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|publisher=International Media Investments|location=[[Abu Dhabi]]|date=24 April 2013|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref>

===Release===
''Comedown'' premiered on 4 October 2012, at film festival Grimmfest, but was not released to cinemas on general release, and instead was expected to be released [[direct-to-DVD]] on 11 March 2013.<ref>[http://shocktillyoudrop.com/news/afmnews.php?id=12657 Full Plot Details for Comedown]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=1376168|title=Comedown}}


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[[Category:2010s hood films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Gareth Wiley]]
[[Category:Films shot at Pinewood Studios]]
[[Category:Films shot in London]]
[[Category:Films directed by Menhaj Huda]]
[[Category:2012 English-language films]]
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[[Category:Films scored by Theo Green]]
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