Savage Harvest (1994) (V)

Director:

Eric Stanze

Writer:

Eric Stanze

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

The agony and death of the Trail of Tears. A Cherokee elder, desperate to aid his people. Demons bursting into our world to destroy the entire tribe...

Plot Keywords:

Demon | Violence | Splatter | Cannibalism | Gore

Cast

Lisa Morrison	...	Mikki
Ramona Midgett	...	Karen
William Clifton	...	Mark
David Berliner	...	Jeff
D.J. Vivona	...	Nathan
Rebecca Kennebeck	...	Loretta
Rick Fischer	...	Uncle Gary
Pat Coffey	...	Trish
Tommy Biondo	...	Aunt Linda
Jerry Bates	...	Retlawkoob
Wes Robertson	...	The Indian elder
Jason Shepherd	...	The motorist
Eric Stanze	...	Voice of radio announcer

Directed by
Eric Stanze

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eric Stanze

Produced by
Jerry Bates	....	associate producer
Laura Bates	....	associate producer
Richard Hendrix	....	associate producer
Eric Stanze	....	producer
D.J. Vivona	....	producer
Jeremy Wallace	....	associate producer

Film Editing by
Eric Stanze

Production Design by
Tommy Biondo
Eric Stanze

Costume Design by
Jennifer Nall
Robbin Nall
Wes Robertson

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
D.J. Vivona	....	assistant director
Jessica Wyman	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Tommy Biondo	....	sound effects
Keith Clark	....	post-production sound supervisor
Brian McClelland	....	sound effects
Eric Stanze	....	sound effects
D.J. Vivona	....	sound effects

Special Effects by
Tommy Biondo	....	production special effects foreman
Tony Bridges	....	special effects
Barry Hanger	....	special effects assistant
Richard Hendrix	....	special effects assistant
Rebecca Kennebeck	....	special effects assistant
Eric Stanze	....	pre-production special effects foreman
Sarah Stanze	....	special effects assistant
Brent Valentine	....	special effects assistant

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Bates	....	key grip
David Berliner	....	gaffer
Alison Eigel	....	grip
Andrew Heeney	....	grip
Eric Stanze	....	camera operator
Eric Stanze	....	lighting director

Music Department
Matt Mayer	....	musician: score
Brian McClelland	....	musician: score
Steve Sullivan	....	musician: score

Other crew
Aaron Bly	....	production assistant
Michael Bradley	....	production assistant
Jeff Coleman	....	production assistant
Eli DeGeer	....	production assistant
Larry Kemmerling	....	production assistant
Luke Notbush	....	production assistant
Sarah Stanze	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Wicked Pixel Cinema

Distributors

• Image Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Sub Rosa Studios (2005) (DVD) (non-USA)

Runtime:

71 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Barnhart, Missouri, USA

Company:

Wicked Pixel Cinema

Movie Connections:

References Dances with Wolves (1990)

Evil Dead, Jr.

This is essentially a low-budget rendering of the classic "Evil Dead" premise. However, I don't think it was intended as a rip-off to cash in on that cool movie. It's more likely that no-budget auteur Eric Stanze wanted to cut his teeth on this flick, and didn't want to stray too far from genre conventions. Not to say this is just "Evil Dead," minus Sam and Bruce and a few hundred grand. Compared to most of the shot-on-video horror stuff released, this is halfway decent. Sure, the actors are bad, but the effects are cool, and plot prances along at a pretty steady pace. And the plot, by the way, is a bunch of kids going into the woods and meeting their demise at the hands of demons they inadvertently resurrected. Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. For what it is, it ain't bad. And just to comment on distribution, Miramax and the like aren't exactly chomping at the bit to get their hands on regional shot-on-video horror flicks put together for a couple grand, which leaves few avenues for the independent filmmaker to pursue. But Eric Stanze, I feel, has made the best of it, and has gotten his movies out there. I found two of them with relative ease. And just to be redundant, considering 95-percent of shot-on-video flicks should be thrown into a pit and burned by a Haz-Mat team, this is a decent, entertaining movie of nearly professional quality, and it does fall into that small percentile of watchability.