Down Terrace

DOWN TERRACE stars real life father and son Bob and Robin Hill as Bill and Karl, the heads of a crime family struggling to keep their business together as infighting and a police informant in their midst threaten to unravel it completely. Featuring stars of such beloved British TV shows as "Spaced," "The Office" and "Extras," the film is a pitch black comedy that alternates unexpectedly between shocking violence and realistic, even moving family drama.

DOWN TERRACE stars real life father and son Bob and Robin Hill as Bill and Karl, the heads of a crime family struggling to keep their business together as infighting and a police informant in their midst threaten to unravel it completely. Featuring stars of such beloved British TV shows as "Spaced," "The Office" and "Extras," the film is a pitch black comedy that alternates unexpectedly between shocking violence and realistic, even moving family drama.

Trailer for Down Terrace, a darkly comedic drama from Britain about the daily travails of a family of crooks trying to keep their criminal enterprise from falling apart. Down Terrace opens with Bill (Bob Hill) and his son Karl (Robin Hill) leaving a courthouse after a stint in jail. As soon as they get out, the pair try to figure out who ratted them out to the police. Its not exactly clear why Bill and Karl were locked up, but their habitual drug intake and shady dealings indicate that they are up to no good. Karl's wife (Julia Deakin) seems nice enough, but she is intricately involved in the skullduggery that got her husband and son locked up. Various suspicious characters enter the scenario, including hated family friend Garvey (Tony Way), a hit man named Pringle (Michael Smiley) who carries his toddler to jobs, Karl's pregnant girlfriend (Kerry Peacock), and a brutal oaf named Eric (David Schaal). Everyone suspects each other of being a snitch, and the paranoia blossoms into a deadly web of plots and schemes. Down Terrace is the directorial debut of Ben Wheately, who along with Rob Hill, wrote the film's script.

Fresh from watching his son Karl being acquitted in court, family head Bill returns to his terraced home in Brighton with dangerous questions swimming around his head. Questions which will lead to violence, recrimination and murder. Who grassed him up to the police? How will top brass in London react to the recent downturn in profits from his criminal activities? And when will Karl finally get around to decorating the sitting room? By turns thrilling and funny, shocking and authentic, Down Terrace takes on themes of family, betrayal, immorality and cold-bloodied range.

The theatrical trailer for Down Terrace. Down Terrace stars real life father and son Bob and Robin Hill as Bill and Karl, the heads of a crime family struggling to keep their business together as infighting and a police informant in their midst threaten to unravel it completely. Featuring stars of such beloved British TV shows as 'Spaced,' 'The Office' and 'Extras,' the film is a pitch black comedy that alternates unexpectedly between shocking violence and realistic, even moving family drama.