Dread is a 2009 British horror film directed and written by Anthony DiBlasi and starring Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Evans and Hanne Steen, based on the short story of the same name by Clive Barker.

The same day, Quaid is excited at the discovery of Joshua, whose fear is becoming deaf again after he temporarily lost his hearing due to a childhood accident.

Abby, another student and a friend of Stephen's, has a dark birthmark covering half her face, and she offers to do an interview on her fear of being teased or shunned because of it.

A woman interviewed says she suffered from agoraphobia and had to be taken care of by her mother, with whom she formed a hateful yet dependent relationship.

After she leaves, Stephen and Cheryl scold Quaid for his behavior and remind him that is it only a school project, which enrages him further and prompts him to destroy the group's equipment.

Frightened, Cheryl flees and cuts contact with both men, and after verbal harassment from Quaid Stephen severs ties as well.

Cheryl later returns to the house to retrieve the last of her equipment and finds a room in Quaid's basement full of nude portraits of various women, all of which are depicted as mutilated and bloody.

Humiliated, Abby fills her bathtub with bleach and starts scrubbing off her skin with steel wool.

Quaid shoots and kills Joshua, hallucinating him to be his parents' murderer, and watches Stephen as he slowly dies from the axe wound.

He leaves her crying with Stephen's dead body and only a matter of time before she starts eating his flesh from hunger.

[10] Scott Weinberg of Fearnet called it "a clever balancing act between basic scares, a creepy concept, and something a little more (dare I say) cerebral.

"[11] Paul McCannibal of Dread Central rated it 4/5 stars and called it "a well made adaptation of the short story" that "is well worth your time.

[14] Brett Cullum of DVD Verdict called it a good Barker adaptation that is "certainly worth checking out".

[15] Ian Jane of DVD Talk rated it 3.5/5 stars and called it "a nasty, twisted little thriller that features some good performances and stand out set pieces that help you look past its low budget.