The Fields is a 2011 American suspense thriller directed by Tom Mattera and Dave Mazzoni. The film is touted as being a "semi-autobiographical account" of what happened to Harrison Smith, the film's writer, as a boy growing up on a grandparents' farm on the outskirts of Easton, Pennsylvania.[2] The film stars Cloris Leachman and Tara Reid. Filming wrapped in October 2009, and the film played in festivals in Fall 2011.[3]

The Fields
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Directed by	Tom Mattera Dave Mazzoni
Written by	Harrison Smith
Produced by	Harrison Smith Tom Mattera Dave Mazzoni Faust Checho George Englund, Jr. Jonathan Ilchert
Starring	Cloris Leachman Tara Reid Bev Appleton Faust Checho Brian Anthony Wilson Karen Ludwig Joshua Ormond
Cinematography	Daniel Watchulonis
Edited by	Tom Mattera Dave Mazzoni
Music by	John Avarese
Production companies	Expressway Productions MazWa Productions Mr. Big Productions
Distributed by	Fabrication Films Breaking Glass Pictures
Release dates	September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24) (Buffalo Niagara Film Festival) April 24, 2012 (2012-04-24) (United States)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18.1 million[1]

Plot

The film takes place in a small Pennsylvania town in 1973, and tells the story of a young boy (Joshua Ormond) and his family (Tara Reid, Faust Checho, Cloris Leachman, Bev Appleton) as they are terrorized by an unseen presence in the surrounding fields.[4]

As a young boy, Steven deals with a very difficult home life, as his parents are constantly at odds. After a potentially dangerous incident, Steven's mother sends him to stay with his grandparents on their farm for a few weeks. Soon after he arrives, an unseen presence begins terrorizing the farmhouse, using the massive surrounding cornfields to remain hidden.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Faust Checho with Mr. Big Productions, in association with MazWa Productions.[5] Tommy Lee Wallace was attached as an associate producer.[6] Production spanned six weeks, throughout September and October 2009, and was shot on location in the Pocono Mountains region in Bartonsville, Pennsylvania and in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania. Some scenes were filmed in one of the oldest amusement parks in America, Bushkill Park, originally opened in 1902.[7]

Release

The film was anticipated to be released in late 2011, it was finally released on April 24, 2012 in the USA on DVD and Blu-ray by Breaking Glass Pictures.[8]

References

External links

• Official website
• Official USA distributor, Breaking Glass Pictures
• The Fields at IMDb
• The Fields at Rotten Tomatoes