The Abandoned (also known as The Confines , and Confined ) is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by Eytan Rockaway , and written by Ido Fluk. It stars Jason Patric , Louisa Krause and Mark Margolis . The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 14, 2015, and was released in theaters and video on demand on January 8, 2016 by IFC Films . The film concerns a struggling young woman, who tries to reacquire her normal life by taking a job as a security guard at an abandoned apartment building. The Abandoned marked Rockaway's debut as director.
27-402: Julia Streak ( Louisa Krause ) is a troubled, antipsychotic -dependent young woman who takes a job as a night guard at a grand but abandoned apartment complex so she can support her daughter, Clara. She is accepted by master keeper Dixon Boothe (Ezra Knight) and introduced to the only other security guard for the complex, the rude paraplegic Dennis Cooper ( Jason Patric ), who has been working at
54-433: A hammer from Jim's belongings, Julia breaks the lock and discovers that camera 441 is a corridor leading to a dormitory. Meanwhile, Jim wanders anyway and follows Julia into the dormitory. There, Julia encounters a number of deformed children. She calls for Cooper's aid, but the two end up losing track of Jim. Jim, now at the dormitory, is then killed by a blonde girl, who smashes his head with a faucet. Julia searches through
81-535: A lot going for it. It eschews cheap scares, bloodletting, and gore. Instead, it works the audience with good, old-fashioned suspense. And it has heart." Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "The film is effective for long stretches, mainly due to Rockaway's superb use of his principal setting." Rob Hunter of Film School Rejects called it "A visually and emotionally-effective descent into darkness." Conversely, Michael Nordine of The Village Voice wrote, "Two second-act revelations alter its tired dynamic for
108-504: A new outlet for "poets, playwrights, actors, songwriters, and designers. ... The first great Off-Broadway musical was the 1954 revival" of The Threepenny Opera , which proved that off-Broadway productions could be financially successful. Critic John Gassner argued at the time, however, that "Broadway is just as eclectic – and just as footless – as 'Off-Broadway'." Theatre Row , on West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues in Manhattan,
135-531: A supporting role in the indie film Bluebird , released in 2015. She also has a supporting role in the 2014 independent film The Mend , which premiered at South by Southwest. Krause has appeared in several television roles, including in the Law & Order episode "Angelgrove" in 2008 as Brenda Tannerman, in Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the episode "Loyalty: Part 1" in 2010 as Jolie, and in Blue Bloods in
162-478: Is a concentration of off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway theatres. It was developed in the mid-1970s and modernized in 2002. Many off-Broadway shows have had subsequent runs on Broadway, including such musicals as Hair , Godspell , Little Shop of Horrors , Sunday in the Park with George , Rent , Grey Gardens , Urinetown , Avenue Q , The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee , Rock of Ages , In
189-542: Is a production of a play , musical , or revue that appears in such a venue and adheres to related trade union and other contracts. Some shows that premiere off-Broadway are subsequently produced on Broadway. The term originally referred to any venue, and its productions, on a street intersecting Broadway in Midtown Manhattan 's Theater District , the hub of the American theatre industry. It later became defined by
216-536: Is an American actress. After studying drama in college, she appeared in numerous off-Broadway productions while also appearing in episodes of New York -based network television series. Her first film role was in The Babysitters (2007). In 2017, she appeared in the lead role of Anna Garner in the television series The Girlfriend Experience . Krause was born May 20, 1986 in Falls Church, Virginia . Her father
243-527: Is in fact the deformed girl, being the daughter of "Dennis Cooper", whom she gave a new identity in her dream. Dixon is the doctor assigned to her, Jim a sickly old man being treated next to her, while Clara is the name of her doll. The film ends with Julia flatlining after being on life support since she was a child, next to her grieving father. The film had its first premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 13, 2015. It went on to play at
270-624: Is of half-Japanese descent (from Okinawa , Japan) and her mother is American. She has a younger brother, Nathaniel, who is a director. At a young age, she studied dance at the Washington School of Ballet in Washington D.C. Once she entered high school, dance took a backseat when she started performing in a variety of plays and musicals, including Side Show as Violet Hilton, Gypsy as Mama Rose, and Equus as Dora Strang. After graduating from George C. Marshall High School , she enrolled in
297-549: The Carnegie Mellon Drama School . Soon after, she felt she was ready to start her professional acting career, and earned her Equity card by performing in a summer-stock production of Aida . Krause began her career in theatre, appearing in numerous off-Broadway productions. In 2006, she appeared in the Huntington Theatre Company 's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses . In 2007, she starred in
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#1732844691207324-661: The Barrow Street Theatre and later the National Theatre . Her first film credits came in 2007, with supporting roles in The Speed of Life and The Babysitters . In 2009, she appeared in Taking Woodstock and Toe to Toe . She is known for her work in independent cinema and has appeared in several short films. Krause gained more prominence with a role in the 2011 feature film Young Adult ; her comedic scene as
351-535: The Chicago International Film Festival on October 16, and Screamfest on October 18, 2015. After the Los Angeles screening, the rights for distribution were acquired by IFC Films . The film opened in select theaters and on video on demand on January 8, 2016. The Abandoned received mixed reviews from film critics. Tirdad Derakhshani of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, "The Abandoned has
378-579: The Lucille Lortel Award (created in 1985 by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres & Producers), and the Drama League Award . Although off-Broadway shows are not eligible for Tony Awards , an exception was made in 1956 (before the rules were changed), when Lotte Lenya won Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for the off-Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera . Capacity
405-552: The Signature Theatre Company's production of Iphigenia 2.o , in the lead role of Iphigenia . That same year, she starred in the world premiere of In a Dark Dark House , at the Lucille Lortel Theatre , June 7 – July 7, 2007. She has continued working on stage, appearing in 2013 as Rose in the world premiere of Annie Baker 's The Flick at Playwrights Horizons , a role she reprised two years later at
432-564: The 2011 episode "Silver Star" as Kimberly. In 2017, she played Anna Carr/Garner, one of the lead roles in the second season of the anthology television series The Girlfriend Experience . Off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres , but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer than 100. An "off-Broadway production"
459-646: The Broadway Box are the Laura Pels Theatre and The Theater Center . The off-Broadway movement started in the 1950s as a reaction to the perceived commercialism of Broadway and provided less expensive venues for shows that have employed many future Broadway artists. An early success was Circle in the Square Theatre 's 1952 production of Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams . According to theatre historians Ken Bloom and Frank Vlastnik, off-Broadway offered
486-921: The Heights , Spring Awakening , Next to Normal , Hedwig and the Angry Inch , Fun Home , Hamilton , Dear Evan Hansen , Hadestown , and Kimberly Akimbo . In particular, two that became Broadway hits, Grease and A Chorus Line , encouraged other producers to premiere their shows off-Broadway. Plays that have moved from off-Broadway houses to Broadway include Doubt , I Am My Own Wife , Bridge & Tunnel , The Normal Heart , and Coastal Disturbances . Other productions, such as Stomp , Blue Man Group , Altar Boyz , Perfect Crime , Forbidden Broadway , Nunsense , Naked Boys Singing , Bat Boy: The Musical , and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change have had runs of many years off-Broadway, never moving to Broadway. The Fantasticks ,
513-574: The League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers as a professional venue in Manhattan with a seating capacity of at least 100, but not more than 499, or a production that appears in such a venue and adheres to related trade union and other contracts. Previously, regardless of the size of the venue, a theatre was considered a Broadway (rather than off-Broadway) house if it was within the "Broadway Box", extending from 40th Street north to 54th Street and from Sixth Avenue west to Eighth Avenue , including Times Square and West 42nd Street . This change to
540-454: The better, but those changes are undone by cheap scares and a climactic revelation that's more ho-hum than horrifying." On Rotten Tomatoes , the film received positive reviews from 50% of surveyed critics and an average rating of 5.2/10, sampled from 14 reviews. Metacritic gives the film a score of 38 out of 100 based on eight reviews, signifying "generally unfavorable reviews". Louisa Krause Louisa Noel Krause (born May 20, 1986)
567-431: The complex since it opened. While patrolling, Julia hears whispers from Room 441, whose access is blocked by a locked door. Cooper denies that there is anything unusual behind the door, claiming that the owners left the room unfinished. Sometime later, a homeless man, Jim ( Mark Margolis ) attempts to enter the complex. Cooper refuses him access, but Julia allows him shelter under the condition that he does not wander. Using
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#1732844691207594-457: The contractual definition of "off-Broadway" benefited theatres satisfying the 499-seat criterion because of the lower minimum required salary for Actors' Equity performers at Off-Broadway theatres as compared with the salary requirements of the union for Broadway theatres. The adoption of the 499-seat criterion occurred after a one-day strike in January 1974. Examples of off-Broadway theatres within
621-459: The deformed children. Following Cooper, Julia meets an apple-cheeked boy (Henry Kelemen), who gives her more details about Wellville: the children, four in total, attempted to escape, but they were caught and forced inside a room containing a reservoir of contaminated water. By the time that the Wellville's crimes were revealed, all but one had died. Thinking that the survivor struggling to get out of
648-526: The ennuied clerk at the hotel where Charlize Theron 's character stays was included in the trailer and TV spots for the film. She also appeared as a cult member in the 2011 film Martha Marcy May Marlene , with which she became involved through her work with the Sundance Film Festival . In 2012, Krause had a role in the film Return , and the lead role in the independent film King Kelly , which opened at South by Southwest . In 2012 she filmed
675-403: The internet and finds a video of the Wellville, a center for deformed and mentally-challenged children, which had been accused of abusing its patients. Julia connects the center with the dormitory but Cooper, having found out that she is dependent on anti-psychotics, handcuffs her while he agrees to go down to Room 441 alone. However, his wheelchair is forced to the dormitory, where he is haunted by
702-646: The longest-running musical in theatre history, spent its original 42-year run off-Broadway and had another off-Broadway run from 2006 to 2017. Off-Broadway shows, performers, and creative staff are eligible for the following awards: the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award , the Outer Critics Circle Award , the Drama Desk Award , the Obie Award (presented since 1956 by The Village Voice ),
729-434: The reservoir is Clara (Morgan Waulters), Julia jumps inside, despite Cooper's warning. She is saved by Cooper from drowning at the cost of his life. Finding the door locked, Julia asks for mercy and is confronted by the children, including the face-deformed blonde girl. She convinces the girl to forgive her, after which the children allow her to leave. It is revealed that all the events were happening inside Julia's mind. Julia
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