WRITERS RETREAT is a horror film written by Jeremy Sheldon C.M. Taylor set on fictional Kilton Island where strangers come together to develop their writing. Mark Twain famously said Write what you know. But how far would you go to find material for the ultimate bestseller At a writer's retreat on an isolated island, novelist Zandra finds herself amongst a group of strangers confronting their darkest secrets as they write. When a member of the party mysteriously disappears, Zandra fears there is a more sinister presence trapped on the island with them. WRITERS RETREAT is filmed in a classic British Hammer Horror style using the strange features of its location to create a hauntingly terrifying film with atmosphere and menace. The script delves deep into human emotions and honesty, causing the characters to ask questions about themselves that they didn't know they had and question the audience as to whether things are quite what they seem.
故事发生在十九世纪末北欧，混乱的局势衰颓的经济令人民们陷入了民不聊生的境地。农民拉斯卡森（马克斯·冯·西多 Max von Sydow 饰）带着儿子佩尔（贝利·赫维内加拉德 Pelle Hvenegaard 饰）来到丹麦，希望能够在这里依靠自己的双手挣得更体面的生活。 然而，现实却远不如想象中那么美好，父子两人好不容易在农庄里找到了一份清理马厩的工作，无处可去的两人只能和马只一起睡在茅草堆上，白日里还要受到雇主的责难和剥削，生活苦不堪言。长工埃里克（比约恩·格拉纳特 Björn Granath 饰）积极的领导工人们同压迫他们的管家作斗争，埃里克的自由精神深深鼓舞了佩尔，使他决定离开庄园，开拓新的天地。