Shelter (2010 film)

Shelter is a 2010 American supernatural horror thriller film film co-directed by Swedish filmmakers Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, written by British screenwriter Michael Cooney, and starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

[5] As Dr. Cara Harding (Julianne Moore), a psychologist, and her husband walk home from church on Christmas Eve, he is attacked and killed by unknown suspects.

Trying to get her to return to the world, her father (Jeffrey DeMunn) introduces her to Adam (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a patient suspected to have multiple personality disorder.

Thinking Adam created the personalities as escapism, Cara visits his home and finds it filthy, run-down, and full of devil worship objects.

Cara sneaks back after hearing screams and sees Granny cutting open an old man, sucking out his soul, and blowing it into a container with a strange symbol on it.

The police tell Cara that they released 'Adam' to her father and that the body in his bathtub was the real Adam who had owned the home.

He tells her Sammy is growing sick just as her family friend and father had been, and has a strange symbol burnt onto her back.

Cara tells Sammy to put the call on speaker not knowing its her father's soul in possession and demands to speak to David.

He sucks out Sammy's soul and changes into her personality, revealing he does not have DID, but is the shelter for the spirits of people who abandoned their faith in God.

Locations used include: Downtown Pittsburgh and its bridges, the Fort Pitt Tunnel, East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Jones Hall at Community College of Allegheny County, Ritter's Diner near Shadyside, Spin Bartini & Ultra Lounge in Shadyside, various locations in Braddock including the Braddock Carnegie Library and home of Mayor John Fetterman, a residence in the city's Schenley Farms neighborhood, the Collier maintenance yard, and a recreated 17th century Native American village at the Meadowcroft Rockshelter.

[8] The film was eventually released on March 1, 2013, for VOD, and April 5 for a limited theatrical run, and was re-titled to 6 Souls.

Mike Sheridan from Entertainment.ie gave the film two stars out of five stating Shelter is "A thriller desperately trying to throw the audience off at every corner, just as writer Michael Cooney's previous screenplay effort Identity did to mostly stellar effect, Shelter is instead a whole lot of stupid wrapped in moody packaging.

"[10] Mark Harrison from Den of Geek gave a more positive review, calling it "horror by numbers, but it's at least sparing with whatever felt tip pen denotes 'jump scares'".

[11] Faith-based Movieguide called the film "extremely well acted" and stated that it "provides a more intelligent tale than the genre usually offers" when comparing it with other horror videos.