Ravenstein

Ravenstein is a 2020 British horror film directed by Eveshka Ghost and co-written with Thomas Walters. It is the third film produced by Rusalka Pictures.
Two friends stumble upon an abandoned worksite while biking home. Their curiosity leads them to uncover the terrifying secret of why the site was deserted: it harbors a monstrous creature known as the "Ravenstein." Their urban exploration quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival as they try to escape the creature's nest.
==Plot==
Two friends, David (McClusky) and Marky (Kaneti-Dimmer), are riding their bikes home one evening when they stumble upon a gate opening to an abandoned worksite. Tempted by urban exploration, the pair enter the site and happen upon a homeless man, Jack (Wilson), who's been living at the factory. Jack tells the boys a dark tale about a school girl called Melissa, who was said to have made friends with an old gypsy woman. The girl's father didn't approve of their new friendship and interfered. The following day, Melissa received a blue crystal necklace from the gypsy which had a curse placed upon it. The curse was meant as punishment on the girl's father and would see him condemned to live out his remaining years as a hideous feathered creature. His transformation led him to abandon his family never to return, but one evening Melissa caught sight of her father and made several drawings. Her father suffered from separation anxiety and visited Melissa in the garden one night, where she gave him the drawings as a keepsake. Jack concludes the tale "...and he never came back".
Marky grows impatient and explores the worksite by himself, leaving David in the company of Jack. Marky enters a derelict barn house and in a broken mirror spots the reflection of a feathered monster stalking him. He panics and runs back to David to reveal what he's seen. David encourages Marky to show him and the pair return to the barn house before discovering the same monster stalking them both. They escape the creature before locking themselves inside a toilet facility, but the monster returns and tries to break in through the window. David fights it off and they decide to stay put. Meanwhile, two drunks, Charlie (Easterbrook) and Andy (Walters), are stumbling their way home, but their journey gets sidetracked when Andy enters the worksite. They both rest in the site for a while before Andy is attacked by the creature. Charlie tries to save his friend but realises it's too late so he hides to save himself. 
David and Marky cautiously leave the toilet facility in the barn house without encountering the monster. They begin exploring the site and find weapons. David decides to search an old dilapidated caravan and when the pair enter inside they find Charlie hiding there, he explains that his friend has been killed by a "Birdman". David and Marky offer to help Charlie but they agree that they first need to find Jack. As the group move across the site in search of Jack, they happen upon a unit building with a shrine set out on a table and drawings surrounded by candles. Jack appears from the shadows and confirms the group having witnessed "the Bird", and reveals that nobody can leave or "it'll get ya". Charlie loses his patience and runs to escape the site, but in his efforts he succumbs to the wrath of the feathered monster and gets killed. The creature then turns it's sights on David and Marky and begins chasing them, teleporting to capture its prey. David trips over and gets cornered by the monster but Marky creates a distraction for his friend, and with the creature following Marky, David runs to safety and hides separating the pair. 
The Ravenstein monster patrols its territory in the moonlight searching for its hidden prey before disappearing into the shadows. Marky rejoins David and they devise a plan to draw the creature away from the gate at the entrance to the site and go for help. 
David scouts the worksite unaware that the feathered creature remains hidden in the shadows watching him. Marky spots the monster and signals to David who encourages Marky to make a run for it. David lures the Ravenstein creature into Jack's hideout buying Marky time to escape. David's father, Ray (Eade), drives past the site in search of his son and notices David's bike laid on the ground covered in blood. Concerned, Ray investigates the site and soon discovers a unit building is being accommodated by a homeless person. On further investigation, Ray finds David hiding in terror and armed with a weapon. Ray queries David, but his son urgently exclaims that they have to leave because of the monster. Jack returns to his hideout and reunites with his previous employer, informing him that "You can't leave now, Ray". David learns that his dad knows Jack and that the worksite is his dad's old business premises, and the frustration and stress that's caused his dad to snap at him recently is a result of the tragic events that occurred and led to the end of his dad's business. 
David learns his dad and Jack were the only survivors of the murderous rampage by the feathered monster. Jack reminds David of the mysterious drawings in the shrine and asks if he's "figured it out yet?". David and Ray notice Jack's voice begin to change while he's speaking, and then his body movements and mannerisms twitch and contort uncontrollably. Jack moans in agony as the process of transformation begins and the Ravenstein Monster takes form. David and Ray are cornered in the hideout. They outsmart the creature and attempt to escape the site but the monster teleports blocking their way out.
Ray apologises to his son believing this to be the end having lost hope and running out of ways to escape, but David has a moment of clarity and shows his dad the unit building with the shrine and the drawings. Ray confesses that he knew about Melissa's drawings but he could never figure out the meaning of her writing the phrase; "Home is where the heart is." Then after searching through Melissa's drawings it occurs to Ray that her drawing of an egg must suggest that the feathered monster has laid an egg somewhere in the site. David confirms his belief stating, "This whole place is it's nest!". They devise a plan to search for the egg and lead the Ravenstein monster out of its nesting ground. David takes his dad to an unexplored dilapidated barn and there they discover the creature watching over its nest. David creates a distraction enticing the feathered beast to search the area of disturbance. Meanwhile, Ray advances into the Bird's nest and takes the egg, but the monster attacks Ray who finds himself on the ground beneath the feathered creature helpless and moments from death. Marky suddenly appears and attacks the Birdman with a chair, saving Ray in the process. But not long after Marky saves Ray, then the foul feathered monster reappears and impales Marky in the spine with its claws, killing him instantly. David is horrified by Marky's death and cries out. Ray grabs the egg and quickly runs to David carrying it. Upon leaving the nesting ground, David takes possession of the egg, when Ray unexpectedly stumbles and falls over and injures himself. Ray insists he takes responsibility of the egg but David is reluctant to hand it over to him. He eventually gives in to his dad's request and the pair run towards Ray's car parked at the gate entrance. Ray notices David begins mounting his bike instead of getting in the car and queries him over it. David panics and insists they should leave the egg behind but his dad believes they have to take it to the police. 
An argument ensues between them opening old wounds in their relationship, when suddenly the monster teleports inside Ray's car and attacks him to regain possession of the egg. Ray throws the egg to David who cycles off with it, but the feathered creature follows David and teleports in front of him cutting his journey short. In the confusion, David loses the egg but can't find it. He turns around to see the monster lifting it from the ground and cradling it before approaching him with its claws drawn and raised. David lifts his arm in defence but then notices his dad speeding towards the Birdman and rolls out of the road before the car runs head on into the monster. Believing the creature to be dead, Ray examines the body first and then approaches the car, but the Ravenstein Monster was playing possum and makes a surprise attack on Ray, dragging him to the ground. Ray calls out to David to open the bonnet of the car. He struggles to reach a chainsaw from under the bonnet, so he kicks the monster across the road and picks himself up before turning around to face the feathered creature wielding the chainsaw. 
Ray approaches the Ravenstein Monster and saws the creatures head off. Ray picks up the severed head and throws it into the bushes. He approaches David and they both get seated inside the car and drive away. 
The lost egg is revealed in one piece and begins to hatch.   
== Sequel ==
during an interview in 2020 the crew expressed interest in a potential sequel however no official statement has been given.
A comedy spinoff entitled "Attack Of The Astroharvesters" is due to release in 2025
==Video==
==Cast==
*James McClusky as David
*Nik Kaneti-Dimmer as Marky
*Chris Wilson as Jack/ The Birdman
*Martyn Eade as Ray
*Seth Easterbrook as Charlie
*Thomas Walters as Andy
Category:2020s horror films
Category:Monster movies
Category:Films
Category:2020 films
Category:English-language films