Artsploitation Films to Release THE TREATMENT on July 7th
THE TREATMENT, based on the best-selling novel by British writer Mo Hayder, is a troubling, involving and very dark police thriller about a cop bent on solving a series of mysterious kidnappings and killings. If you thought “American Crime” and “The Wire” were intense, you better get prepared for a story much more shocking. After the film premiered at Fantastic Fest, WeGotThisCovered.com wrote, “THE TREATMENT is exactly that kind of harrowing, haunting filmmaking that elevates typical crime-drama storytelling into realms we’d probably be better off never exploring, yet filmmaker Hans Herbots ensures you’ll be glued to your seat whether you like it or not.”
THE TREATMENT is an unsettling Belgian murder mystery that gets under your skin and stays there. A nail-biting suspense yarn based on one of a series of best-selling novels by British crime writer Mo Hayder, the film is not an old-fashioned Agatha Christie-type whodunit, but its gritty themes of sexual violence and pedophilia give it a raw, contemporary intensity that places it in the same company as the “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” book and film series. Police inspector Nick Cafmeyer is investigating a case where a mother and father have been bound and beaten, and their young son is missing. An obsessive loner, Cafmeyer discovers that there are other similar cases – tragedies where the parents were forced by a psychopath to harm their own children, who then vanish. For the inspector, this triggers memories of his own brother’s abduction as a child, and the possibility that he may still be alive somewhere. Grim and wholly engrossing, THE TREATMENT is a thriller with an edge.
THE TREATMENT hits DVD shelves and online retailers starting July 7, 2015 courtesy of Artsploitation Films.
Bonus Features: Premiere Featurette, Deleted Scenes, Trailer
“Exceptionally well made…incredibly creative and the twists come as huge surprises.” – InfluxMagazine.com
