William Fruet Movies

A 12 year old genius flees from government agents and corporate thugs who seek to use his revolutionary invisibility ray as a weapon of warfare in this high-tech adventure for the entire family. Matty Hanson (Keir Gilchrist) works in the research lab of a prominent university, developing sophisticated technology in a state of the art research lab. But this pre-teen science wiz and his best friend Alice (Emily Hirst) must run for cover when word gets out that Matty has developed invisibility technology, and the powers that be determine to use it for their own nefarious purposes. Now, the only way for Matty to solve the mystery of his missing father and prevent his invention from falling into the wrong hands is to reveal the source of a vast conspiracy that threatens the security of the entire free world. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

This two-part episode features Carly Beth and Steve returning from the original episode, "The Haunted Mask." It's the following Halloween and the mask is back to get its revenge on Carly Beth. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

In this youthful adventure a guilt-ridden adoloescent hits the road in search of the adopted brother he thinks he chased away. En route he encounters many dangerous adventures. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

A woman who looks like his murdered wife is this medical researcher's next love. ~ Rovi

Cult horror director William Fruet (Death Weekend, Spasms) teams with My Bloody Valentine screenwriter John Bearid for this backwoods shocker about a group of backpackers who do battle with a psychotic hillbilly. Four young university students are out camping in the woods when they witness an enraged Henry Chatwell (Henry Silva) stalking, torturing, and killing his wife's lover. With no means of calling the local sheriff, the students retreat back to their campsite. There, Henry takes them captive and declares they all must die. Realizing that old Henry has finally gone too far, two locals attempt to release the students, who are promptly recaptured by their crazed abductor. Later, desperate student Roger (Nicholas Campbell) acquires an axe and attempts to save his friends from certain death. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

In this actioner, a vengeful official from southern Vietnam heads for the United States to make the American soldiers who left him alone in the jungle during a surprise attack pay for their betrayal. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

William Fruet directed this tense Canadian rape-revenge thriller which attempted to capitalize on the success of Wes Craven's Last House on the Left (1972). The film concerns a vacationing couple, Harry and Diane (Chuck Shamata and Brenda Vaccaro), who are terrorized in a remote house on a picturesque lake. Don Stroud leads the quartet of vicious psychos who break in and attack the pair, and when Harry is revealed to be a bit of a wimp, Diane takes matters of revenge into her own hands. Vaccaro and Stroud give much better performances than the material requires, and although Fruet's film is hardly as excoriating as its predecessor, it is altogether more polished. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

In this moody drama, a lonely disc jockey working in a remote Alberta radio station finds himself forever changed after a fleeting but passionate encounter with an emotional young woman. After she leaves, he finds himself unable to bear his solitude, suffers a breakdown and torches the radio station. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Two men in their mid-twenties chase their dreams to the big city with tragic results in this acclaimed piece of low-key neorealism from Canada. Joey (Paul Bradley) and Peter (Doug McGrath) are best friends from a small town in Nova Scotia. With jobs scarce and prospects slim at home, Joey and Peter decide to pack up their meager belongings and head west to Toronto, where they're convinced better luck awaits them. Joey's uncle refuses to take in the travelers, and Peter's friends turn out to be short on job leads, but after a few rough nights, Joey, a practical sort, lands a job loading cases in a ginger ale bottling plant. Peter has aspirations toward better things, but it quickly becomes obvious he lacks the education or the temperament for office work, and before long he's hefting cases alongside Joey. For a while, the guys get along on their 80 dollars a week, and Joey finds a girlfriend in Betty (Jayne Eastwood), a pretty but tough-talking waitress. Peter has his eyes on Nicole (Nicole Morin), a beautiful woman who works in the plant's office, but after he gathers up the courage to take her out on the town, Nicole rejects his advances and he's left alone and humiliated. When Joey learns that Betty is pregnant, the two marry, but within a few weeks, both Joey and Peter are laid off, thanks to a seasonal slowdown, and their new lives begin to slip through their fingers. Shot in 16 mm on a shoestring budget, Goin' Down the Road became an unexpected critical success in both Canada and the United States and was named the best English-language Canadian feature of the century by the Toronto-based newsweekly MacLean's. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi