The Devil s Machine, originally titled Automata, is a 2019 horror film directed by Lawrie Brewster, based on a script written by Sarah Daly. It stars Alexandra Hulme, who frequently stars in Brewster s films. It also marks the third film Brewster and Daly s Hex Studios has created with Dark Dunes Productions.

The film premiered at the 2019 Glasgow Film Festival.

Synopsis

In a remote Scottish mansion an ancient doll sits, waiting to be evaluated by an antique expert. Despite being aware of the doll s history of being cursed, Dr. Brendan Cole is unprepared for when he and his stepdaughter Rose become the focus of the curse of The Infernal Princess . The film switches between modern day and the 1700s in order to tell the history behind the doll and its curse.

Cast

• Alexandra Hulme as Talia
• Erich Redman as Frederick
• Jonathan Hansler as The General
• Nick Ford as Officer Stille
• Jamie Scott Gordon as Dr. Brendan Cole
• Victoria Lucie as Rose
• Stephen Kerr as Calder

Production

For the film, Brewster and Daly were inspired by a wild mix of influences such as Italian Gothic cinema, Mario Bava, Dario Argento, and Roger Corman. It was created over a three-year period and filming took place in Fife, Scotland, and Wales. Filming for The Devil s Machine was completed in April 2018.

Brewster has described the movie as the most ambitious film we’ve produced . As with previous films, Brewster and Daly chose to use a different style and look than their prior film, The Black Gloves, citing a desire to take our story to new horizons . To help with production costs, a Kickstarter campaign was launched in the spring of 2018 and by its completion in May 2018, became the site s most funded narrative film in the United Kingdom. Brewster broke a similar record with The Unkindness of Ravens, which was the highest funded British horror film on Kickstarter at the time.

Originally, the film was titled Automata, but the name was changed to The Devil s Machine around June 2019, between the limited release at film festivals and the DVD production.

Year	2019
ReleaseDate	2020-01-21
RuntimeMins	95
RuntimeStr	1h 35min
Plot	Antique expert Brendon Cole is sent to authenticate a 300-year-old clockwork doll with notorious history, aka “The Inferno Princess”. In the remote Scottish mansion where it was discovered, Brendon soon finds himself the victim of…
Awards	Awards, 2 wins
Directors	Lawrie Brewster
Writers	Sarah Daly
Stars	Jamie Scott Gordon, Jonathan Hansler, Alexandra Hulme
Produced by	Jon Vangdal Aamaas, Lawrie Brewster, Peter L. Brown, Rhiannon Crothers, Kyle Curry, Sarah Daly, Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki, Bill Eikost, Jeffrey J. Ellen, Nick Ford, Zeke Hanson, Iain Mitchell Leslie, Matt Orefice, Greg Orsi, Marcel Osenroth, John Ozment, Richard Pate, Jeremiah Rider, Charles Stiefel, Chris Vick, Morten Wisting
Music by	Thibaut Vuillermet
Cinematography by	Michael Brewster, Gavin Robertson
Film Editing by	Lawrie Brewster, Thomas Staunton
Makeup Department	Kat Morgan
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Sarah Daly, Simon Lam
Sound Department	Andy McDonald, David Ross
Camera and Electrical Department	Farooqi Muskwati, Keith Robson, Tom Staunton
Music Department	Joni Amelia Fuller
Transportation Department	Neil Cooper
Additional Crew	Daniel Casey, Gavin Hugh
Thanks	Traci Belanger, Abby Braunsdorf, Vernant Cedric, Michael Di Salvo, Jock Ferguson, Joe Fiorello, Hanover Fiste, Victor Formosa, Q Fortier, Vincent Franco, Jesse Gardner, Brad A. Hagen, David Hamilton, Brook Hubbard, Jackson Jackson, Brett Erik Johnson, Alex Joyner, Dane Keil, Randy Lloyd, Darren Manion, Michael McConville, Brendan McDonnell, Rod Meek, Zein Myassi, Douglas Myer, Douglas Maxwell Myer, Philip Pagac, Micah Petersen, Peter Roberts, Keith Robson, Luis Romero, Michal Rudz-ki, Markus Ruetters, David Sacks, Tony Salmon, Tracey Salmon, Matteo Santini, Andrea Scattolin, Craig J. Seath, Mike Shema, Mitchell Speers, Mitchell Speers, Devin Spurrill, David Strege, S. Tony, Ronald Tremblay, Andre Van Mierlo, Laurence Webb, Mike Whelan, Rosie Willis
Genres	Horror
Companies	Hex Studios, Dark Dunes Productions, Needle’s Eye Productions
Countries	UK
Languages	English
ImDbRating	4.6
ImDbRatingVotes	1855