Lexi, a sensitive 28 year old child psychologist joins her uber-wealthy friends on a trip to a mysterious vacation rental home deep in the desert. The group is attacked by strangers, and for the first time in their lives, the super rich are unable to buy their way out. Lexi is smart and strong but suffers from anxiety and faints at the sight of blood. She’ll need to work together with her ex-boyfriend's fiancée, Gina, a brazen 28 year old heiress, to survive a vicious game of survival.

STRANDED has the raw intensity of DELIVERANCE, and with many twists like GET OUT. Where Jordan Peele's thriller took on racism, STRANDED takes on class warfare and privilege. STRANDED uses suspense over gore to tell a terrifying story set at the AIRBNB from hell. STRANDED features three strong female leads who will appeal to the women who make up more than half of the thriller/horror audience.

TEAM

All are members of THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES, with some having received ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS.

Director, Producer, Co-Writer - Matthew Patrick - Directed movies, movies for television and short films. Nominated for an Academy Award for “Graffiti” and won a Student Academy Award for “Triptych.” Member of the Academy Short Film and Animation Executive Committee for over 20 years.

Editor - Larry Bock - “Bring It On,” “Down with Love,” Series “American Family,” “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” “Rambo First Blood Part 2.”

Production Designer - Kelly Berry – As Set Decorator, “Maze Runner,” “Spy,” “Expendables 3,” “Paranormal Activity 3.”

Visual Consultant - Bob Kurtz - Multiple Emmy winning animator, who has served as an Academy Governor.

Post Sound - Michael Dressel - “Dunkirk,” “A Star is Born,” “Sicario, “Sully,” ”American Sniper,” “Transformers the Last Knight.”

Godfather - Daniel Lupi

CAST

STRANDED features five smart, sexy characters in their late 20s, and Charlene: a multilayered 38-55 year old anti-villain who will do anything to save her sick daughter..

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STRANDED’S business plan is modeled after GET OUT, which cost $5 million and returned over $255 million worldwide. GET OUT received 3 Academy Award Nominations and one win, and with a great cast we have the potential of receiving recognition also. STRANDED is a franchise project with sequels already in the works.

90% of STRANDED will be shot at the Producer’s exclusive, 100 acre property in Joshua Tree known as SHADOW RANCH.

MATTHEW PATRICK - REVIEWS and CLIPS from thrillers he directed

TAINTED BLOOD "This neat little thriller directed by Matthew Patrick makes a valiant effort to conceal the killer’s identity and keep the level of interest high as one revelation after another sets the pendulum swinging between suspects.” CINEFANTASTIQUE

TAINTED BLOOD features five female leads including Raquel Welch and has over three quarter million views on my YouTube channel.

HIDER IN THE HOUSE “Is a tense psychological suspense film which cannily explores family politics with sour wit and distinctly macabre conclusions. TIME OUT

HIDER IN THE HOUSE “Patrick resists the clichéd mannerisms and overt violence of the contemporary horror movie in favor of uneasy intimacy, diffuse lighting and intelligent characterization. Worth looking out for." THE GUARDIAN

HIDER IN THE HOUSE "Director Matthew Patrick shares Hitchcock's preference for the power of suspense over surprise: what grips an audience most is not knowing what's going to happen but how and when." SUNDAY TRIBUNE

ATRAPADOS (Trapped) “Is a staggering and haunting film, directed by Matthew Patrick.” LOS ANGELES TIMES

ATRAPADOS (Trapped) "A real hybrid - an apocalyptic, science-fantasy. For an independent film, this is not only astoundingly original, but extremely well made, and so strange it's got to be believable. Colorful, mysterious and unlike anything you've ever seen." CITY PAGES