Dread (2009)

Director
Anthony DiBlasi

Main cast
Jackson Rathbone; Shaun Evans; Hanne Steen; Laura Donnelly; Jonathan Readwin

Genres
Horror, Drama, Thriller

Description
Three college students set out to document what other people dread most.


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