Spookies (1986)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Directors:

Genie Joseph
Thomas Doran
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Writers:

Ann Burgund (additional material)
Thomas Doran (screenplay) ("Twisted Souls" footage)
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Release Date:

January 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The ultimate in fright and fun

Plot:

Taking a wrong turn, travelers find themselves trapped in a mysterious house. One horror after another...

Plot Keywords:

Sorcerer | Lizard Monster | Boy | Fish Creature | Young Boy

Cast

Felix Ward	...	Kreon
Maria Pechukas	...	Isabelle
Dan Scott	...	Kreon's Servant
Alec Nemser	...	Billy
A.J. Lowenthal	...	Korda / Son of Kreon & Isabelle
Pat Wesley Bryan	...	Drifter
Peter Dain	...	Peter
Nick Gionta	...	Duke
Lisa Friede	...	Carol
Joan Ellen Delaney	...	Linda
Peter Iasillo Jr.	...	Rich
Kim Merrill	...	Meegan
Charlotte Seeley	...	Adrienne
Anthony Valbiro	...	Dave
Soo Paek	...	The Spider Woman
Al Magliochetti	...	Lewis Wilson
James M. Glenn	...	The Grim Reaper
Gabriel Bartalos	...	Muck Man
Peter Delynn	...	Muck Man
John Beatty	...	Muck Man
Robert Epstein	...	Graveyard Zombie

Directed by
Genie Joseph		(as Eugenie Joseph)
Thomas Doran		(footage from unfinished film "Twisted Souls")
Brendan Faulkner		(footage from unfinished film "Twisted Souls")

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ann Burgund		additional material (as Joseph Burgund)
Thomas Doran		screenplay ("Twisted Souls" footage)
Frank M. Farel		screenplay: Twisted Souls footage
Brendan Faulkner		screenplay: Twisted Souls footage
Genie Joseph		additional material (as Joseph Burgund)

Produced by
Thomas Doran	....	producer (unfinished film Twisted Souls)
Frank M. Farel	....	producer (unfinished film Twisted Souls)
Brendan Faulkner	....	producer (unfinished film Twisted Souls)
Genie Joseph	....	producer (as Eugenie Joseph)
Michael Lee	....	executive producer: Miggles Corporation

Original Music by
James Calabrese
Kenneth Higgins

Cinematography by
Robert Chappell		(as Robert Chappel)
Ken Kelsch

Film Editing by
Genie Joseph		(as Eugenie Joseph)

Production Design by
Ann Burgund
Cecilia Consentini

Costume Design by
Ann Burgund
Tom Molinelli

Makeup Department
Jennifer Aspinall	....	makeup artist (as Jennifer Aspinal)
Jennifer Aspinall	....	special makeup effects artist (as Jennifer Aspinal)
Gabriel Bartalos	....	special makeup effects artist
John Dods	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Arnold Gargiulo	....	special makeup effects artist (as Arnold Gargiulo II)
Vincent J. Guastini	....	special makeup effects artist (as Vincent Guastini)
Nick Santeramo	....	assistant makeup effects artist
Nancy Tong	....	makeup artist (as Nanxy Tong)

Production Management
William Cantler	....	post-production supervisor
C.W. Cressler	....	production manager
Frank M. Farel	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brendan Faulkner	....	director: Twisted Souls footage

Art Department
Ann Burgund	....	set designer
David Scott Gagnon	....	assistant production designer
Tom Molinelli	....	set designer

Sound Department
Alexandra Baltarzuk	....	sound recordist
Judy Carp	....	sound recordist
Celeste Hines	....	assistant sound editor
Genie Joseph	....	supervising sound editor (as Eugenie Joseph)
Jimmy McDonough	....	assistant sound editor (as Jim McDonough)
Aaron Nathanson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian O'Hara	....	sound effects editor
Lavinia Plonka	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
John Dods	....	special creature design and animation
Al Magliochetti	....	special photographic effects
Larry Revene	....	special photographic effects
John Mathews	....	creature effects assistant (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Maryse Alberti	....	assistant camera
Anita Bartsch	....	still photographer
C.W. Cressler	....	camera operator: second unit
Dale Denning	....	camera operator: second unit
Richard Eliano	....	assistant camera
Bill Floyd	....	assistant camera
J. Michael Muro	....	Steadicam operator (as Jimmy Muro Jr.)

Animation Department
Paul Killian	....	animator: title animation

Editorial Department
William Cantler	....	first assistant editor
John Donaldson	....	assembly editor
Jim Finn	....	negative cutter
Michael J. Maurer	....	apprentice editor
Lawrence Mischel	....	negative cutter

Other crew
Preston Berger	....	puppeteer
Richard Corben	....	poster designer
Diana B	....	synthesizer: zombies
John Dods	....	puppeteer
Susan Lane	....	script supervisor
Robert Nemser	....	title designer
Mindy Rodman	....	script supervisor
Ashley Goldstraw	....	web site designer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Miggles Corporation N.V.
• Safir Films
• Twisted Souls Inc. (unfinished film "Twisted Souls")

Distributors

• Sony Video Software Company (SVSC) Inc. (1988) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cert Jet Ltd. (UK) (VHS)
• Highlight Video
• S. Gold and Sons Ltd. (UK) (DVD)
• S. Gold and Sons Ltd. (UK) (VHS)
• Sony Video (video)
• Vestron Video International (1988) (Belgium) (video)
• Video Instant Picture Company (VIPCO) (UK) (DVD) (VHS releaser)

Other Companies

• American Photoplay Company  screenplay "Twisted Souls"
• Cutting Edge Enterprises  post-production facilities
• Cynosure Films  optical design
• Magno Sound  soundtrack mixing facilities
• Phantasmagoria Productions Inc.  sound services
• Ross-Gaffney Inc.  sound services
• Soundscape Studios  music recording and mixing facilities

Also Known As:

Goblin (USA) (working title)
Twisted Souls (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

USA | Netherlands

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1987) | Belgium:16 (video rating) | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Company:

Miggles Corporation N.V.

Trivia:

Actually comprised of two separate, unfinished films and edited together.

Goofs:

Continuity: Adrienne's hair repeatedly changes position when she hears the cat noises, before being attacked.

Quotes:

Billy: [Looking at the Drifter] I have plans, big plans.
Drifter: Sure kid, every one has big plans.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Evil Dead (1981)

since when is death flammable?

Spookies is shy and unsure of itself at first but its confidence grows and shows us what its got starting with Duke's "What's behind this door?!" and subsequent chair smashing. All it needed was a little encouragement, encouragement that other reviewers are denying it!

Farting muck monsters in the basement! A Grim Reaper made out of oily rags! (apparently) An un-dead Winona Rider lookalike! A zombified Michael Jackson impersonator! More movies should be like Spookies! The movie doesn't take itself seriously and so neither should the audience. The American public can only take so much terrorists at sporting events-world being saved by greasy wife beater shirt wearing hung over Bruce Willis-Nicolas Cage types from Brian Depalma until our souls are empty, minds numbed, and we become zombies. Wait! If that happens we can make more movies like Spookies! My optimism and hope for the world has been renewed!