Huntress: Spirit of the Night (1995)

Director:

Mark S. Manos

Writer:

James Sealskin

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Primal Hunger...

Plot:

Tara returns to her ancestral estate only to have her clothes explode off her body and a white light enter her chest...

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | B Movie | Independent Film

Cast

Jenna Bodnar	...	Tara Wexford
George Alexandru	...	Stranger on a Train
Virgil Andriescu	...	Train Conductor
Constantin Cotimanis	...	Geoffrey
Stefan Velniciuc	...	Priest at Funderal
Charles Cooper	...	Ty Bodi
Blair Valk	...	Michelle
Diana Marcu	...	Young Tara
Andrea Nedelcu	...	Young Michelle
Mihaela Mihut	...	Danielle Wexford
Adrian Titieni	...	Man at Roadblock
David Starzyk	...	Alek Devane
Ion Siminie	...	Roland
Alina Turoiu	...	Girl in the Wine Cellar
Carol Gruber	...	Bodi's Brother
Crenguta Hariton	...	Waitress in Pub
Michael Wiseman	...	Jacob
Mircea Cojan	...	Kenneth Wexford
Doru Ana	...	Shop Keeper in Street
Geo Dobre	...	Limo Driver
Carmen Lacatus	...	Cocktail Waitress / Lover in Study
Constantin Florescu	...	Male Lover in Study

Directed by
Mark S. Manos

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
James Sealskin

Produced by
Charles Band	....	executive producer
Oana Paunescu	....	producer
Vlad Paunescu	....	producer

Original Music by
Fuzzbee Morse

Cinematography by
Sorin Iliesiu

Film Editing by
Paul Petschek

Casting by
Michael A. Candela

Production Design by
Dan Toader

Costume Design by
Viorica Petrovici
Michael Roche

Makeup Department
Daniela Busoiu	....	key makeup artist (as Dana Busoiu)
Richard Snell	....	contact lenses
Mihai Stanescu	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Brian Ades	....	production manager: USA
Gabi Antal	....	production manager: Romania
Allen Ferro	....	post-production supervisor
Damian Ion	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sorin Constantinescu	....	first assistant director: Romania
Michael Dignum	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Florin Leahu	....	props assistant
Ion Lixandru	....	props assistant
Alexandru Paduraru	....	props assistant
Adrian Popa	....	property master
Ica Varna	....	art consultant

Sound Department
Shimit Amin	....	dialog editor
Peter Brancaccio	....	sound effects editor
Loren Chun	....	sound assistant
Pam Cleavenger	....	assistant adr editor
Mike Draghi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stanomir Dragos	....	assistant sound
Cormac Funge	....	sound effects editor
Patrick M. Griffith	....	supervising sound editor
Sylvie Lee Griffith	....	sound assistant
Ralph Hersom	....	dialogue editor
Ethan Holzman	....	dialog editor
Angela Huff	....	assistant dialogue editor
Kirk Jeffries	....	assistant dialogue editor
Elizabeth Karsner	....	sound assistant
Vasile Luca	....	sound mixer
Jeff Mar	....	dialog editor
Cynthia Merrill	....	foley artist
Radu Nicolae	....	boom operator
Steve Robinson	....	dialog editor
Douglas Salkin	....	post-production audio coordinator
Valentin Tesa	....	boom operator
Dave Walsh	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Petre Constantin	....	pyrotechnician

Stunts
Ion Albu	....	stunt coordinator
Aurel Boata	....	stunts
Catalin Mancafa	....	stunts
Cosmin Padureanu	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Radu Aldea	....	still photographer
Nicolae Alexandru	....	electrician
Marius Bercu	....	electrician
Nicu Botarleanu	....	gaffer
Pascu Cioc	....	electrician
Nica Constantin	....	assistant camera (as Costel Nica)
Alexe Cornel	....	generator operator
Gigi Dumitrescu	....	focus puller
Cristi Grosu	....	key grip
Radu Ion	....	electrician
Marcu Laurentiu	....	grip
Dan Nicolae	....	grip
Gabi Postascu	....	grip
Viorel Sergovici	....	camera operator
George Stan	....	electrician
Grigore Stoica	....	electrician

Casting Department
Constantin Radoaca	....	casting: Romania

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hilda Canciu	....	set costumer
Nina Dorneanu	....	costume assistant
Tora Dragomir	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Warren Bowman	....	assistant editor
Scott Inbody	....	assistant editor
D. Brett Schramm	....	post-production assistant
Ken Schretzmann	....	additional editor

Music Department
Keely Dietrick	....	music coordinator
Pat Siciliano	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Raduta Adi	....	driver
Ion Balcan	....	driver
Sorin Chirila	....	driver
Marcu Ion	....	driver
Stefan Moldoveanu	....	driver
Sabo Mugur	....	driver
Adrian Radu	....	driver
Mihai Surugiu	....	driver
Marian Vasile	....	driver
Matei Vasile	....	driver

Other crew
Radu Badica	....	production coordinator
Angela Dima	....	production assistant
Florica Ene	....	caterer
Scott Faye	....	creative executive
James Ferguson	....	production coordinator: USA
Carol Gruber	....	extras coordinator
Kirk Hansen	....	production coordinator: USA
Ada Maria Ichim	....	script supervisor
Mickey Kaiserman	....	executive controller
Mona Nedelcu	....	script supervisor
Dolph Scott	....	production assistant
Kat Scudder	....	publicity coordinator
Cristina Szabo	....	caterer
Carina Tautu	....	translator
Cristina Ungurranu	....	production assistant (as Cristina Ungureanu)
Mona C. Vasiloiu	....	translator
Jeni Zamfir	....	translator

Production Companies

• Castel Film Romania
• Full Moon Entertainment

Distributors

• Amazing Fantasy Entertainment (video)
• Kushner-Locke Company, The
• New City Releasing

Other Companies

• Fidelity Studios  re-recording facility
• J.R. Post  negative cutting
• Of Sound Mind  sound post-production
• Title House  titles

Also Known As:

"Spirit of the Night" - USA (cable TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality and some language (re-rating)

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

Romania | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:R (re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Castel Film Romania

Trivia:

Was originally set to be made in 1986 by Charles Band's previous studio Empire Pictures. David Schmoeller was attached as director and writer and Pino Donaggio was attached as composer. Ron Underwood was also attached as an associate producer for the film.

Enjoyable erotic thriller

This film borrows heavily from "Cat People"; although here the lower production values actually add something to a guilty post-midnight-viewing pleasure.