The Skulls II (2002) (V)

Director:

Joe Chappelle

Writers:

John Pogue (film The Skulls)
Hans Rodionoff (written by) ...
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Release Date:

9 April 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

The Sexiest Thriller Of The Year!

Plot:

After a college student is tapped to join the elite secret Skulls fraternity, he witnesses a girl's death and his life starts falling apart.

Plot Keywords:

Secret | College | Murder | Secret Society | Death

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Robin Dunne	...	Ryan Sommers
Nathan West	...	Parker Neal
Ashley Tesoro	...	Ali (as Ashley Lyn Cafagna)
Lindy Booth	...	Kelly
James Gallanders	...	Greg Sommers
Christopher Ralph	...	Jeff Colby
Aaron Ashmore	...	Matt 'Hutch' Hutchinson
Andrew Gillies	...	Winston Taft
Stephen Young	...	Senator George Milford
Simon Reynolds	...	Dr. Phillip Sprague
Ardon Bess	...	Mr. Beckford
Sandi Ross	...	Mrs. Beckford
Margot Gagnon	...	Diana Rollins
Patric Masurkevitch	...	Lacrosse Coach
R.D. Reid	...	Professor
Edie Inksetter	...	Restaurant Manager
Scott Wickware	...	Detective Freeboure
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Lazar	...	Peyton Whitmore III (scenes deleted)

Directed by
Joe Chappelle

Writing credits
John Pogue		(film The Skulls)
Hans Rodionoff		(written by) &
Michele Colucci-Zieger		(written by)

Produced by
Christopher Ball	....	executive producer (as Chris J. Ball)
Michele Colucci-Zieger	....	associate producer
J. Miles Dale	....	co-producer
Linda Hawkins	....	producer
Heather Lieberman	....	co-producer (as Heather Zeegen)
Neal H. Moritz	....	executive producer
Neal H. Moritz	....	producer
John Pogue	....	producer
Jennifer Tuthill	....	associate producer
William Tyrer	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christophe Beck

Cinematography by
Steve Danyluk

Film Editing by
Stephen Lawrence

Production Design by
Gordon Barnes

Art Direction by
Kim Rennick

Set Decoration by
Steven Essam		(as Steve Essam)

Costume Design by
Christopher Hargadon

Makeup Department
Jean Aywaz	....	assistant hair stylist
Paul Jones	....	special makeup designer
Maribeth Knezev	....	makeup department head
Traci Loader	....	first assistant makeup artist
Lucy Orton	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Chris Danton	....	production manager
Nancy Kirhoffer	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Neille Brockie	....	trainee assistant director
Joel Hay	....	third assistant director
Catherine Lew	....	second assistant director
David McLeod	....	second unit director (as David Macleod)
Patrick Tidy	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jerry Beaudrow	....	assistant head carpenter
Tory Bellingham	....	property master
Andra Fay Butler	....	art department trainee
Rossana DeCampo	....	key scenic artist
Rex Fields	....	lead man
Kathryn Freund	....	assistant property master
Alexandra Hooper	....	set decoration buyer
Ivan Lauc	....	head painter
Joe McLean	....	head carpenter
Fred Mendelson	....	construction coordinator
Brian Patrick	....	set dresser
Damien Segee	....	set dresser
Rebecca Steele	....	assistant art director
Peter C. Strange	....	on-set dresser
Adam Weir	....	carpenter

Sound Department
David Appleby	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Baine	....	foley artist (as Steven Baine)
Todd Beckett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rob Bertola	....	sound designer
Joe Bracciale	....	dialogue editor
Alfonso Calvo	....	sound dubbing mixer
Gregory Martin Clayton	....	boom operator (as Greg Clayton)
Tony Currie	....	sound editor
Nelson Ferreira	....	supervising sound editor
Ian Hendry	....	sound mixer
Ken Hunold	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Anna Malkin	....	foley assistant
Jason Perreira	....	re-recording assistant
Peter Persaud	....	foley recordist
John Sievert	....	foley artist
Brad Thornton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mike Welker	....	first assistant sound editor
Randy Wilson	....	foley recordist

Special Effects by
Jordan Craig	....	special effects coordinator
Deb Gallant	....	special effects office coordinator
Ali Murva	....	special effects key

Visual Effects by
Peter Hunt	....	3D artist
Kent Ing	....	3D artist
Patrick Kerrigan	....	I/O supervisor
Darren Kirkness	....	visual effects artist
Earl Paraszczynec	....	3D artist
Stevie Ramone	....	digital compositor
Robin Trickett	....	visual effects coordinator
Wayne Trickett	....	visual effects supervisor
Tony Willis	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
James Binkley	....	stunts
Shelley Cook	....	stunts (as Shelly Cook)
C.J. Fidler	....	stunts
Rick Forsayeth	....	stunt coordinator
Brian Jagersky	....	stunts
Danny Lima	....	stunts
Regan Moore	....	stunts
Nick Nolan	....	stunts
Bryan Renfro	....	stunts (as Brian Renfro)
Bryan Thomas	....	stunt double
Tye Tyukodi	....	stunts (as Anton Tyukodi)

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Beasse	....	focus puller (as Steven Béasse)
Jerry Borris	....	best boy electric
Sean Bourdeau	....	assistant key grip
Rob Cochrane	....	dolly grip
Ray Dumas	....	camera operator
Richard Emerson	....	key grip
Norman Laing	....	additional assistant camera
Jason Laszlo	....	second assistant camera
Marvin Macina	....	rigging gaffer
Tom McGrath	....	electrician
Michael Melnechenko	....	electrician (as Mike Melnechenko)
Tim Newby	....	video playback operator
Jeff Orr	....	rigging best boy
David Owen	....	gaffer
Brooke Palmer	....	still photographer
Jim Park	....	grip
Ronald G. Paulauskas	....	rigging grip (as Ron Paulauskas)
R. Scott Phillips	....	electrician
Razor Reyes	....	grip (as Ramon 'Razor' Reyes)
Daniel Sauvé	....	camera operator
Michael Spicer	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Michael Spicer	....	cinematographer: second unit
Steve Tsushima	....	additional focus puller
Jim Westenbrink	....	director of photography: second unit
Greg Whiteside	....	video playback operator
Hugh Young	....	generator operator

Casting Department
Luisa Cabbidu	....	extras casting assistant (as Luisa Cabiddu)
Chadwick Cohn	....	casting associate
Anya Colloff	....	casting: US
Robin D. Cook	....	casting: Canada
Jennifer Fishman	....	casting: US (as Jennifer Fishman Pate)
Zameret Kleiman	....	extras casting
Amy McIntyre Britt	....	casting: US

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jane Fieber	....	wardrobe set supervisor
Kathleen Meade	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Chris Hinton	....	color timer
Marc Roussel	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Fernand Bos	....	supervising music editor
Tim Isle	....	music editor
Michelle Kuznetsky	....	music supervisor
Keri Ports	....	music coordinator
Mary Ramos	....	music supervisor
Douglas Romayne	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Gord Bettles	....	picture car mechanic
Bill Boyd	....	picture car captain
Steven Sacrob	....	transportation captain
Carl Severin	....	transportation co-captain
Mark Van Alstyne	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
John Alfred	....	post-production accountant
Sue Baldaro	....	unit publicist
Luc Bernard	....	first assistant accountant
Kathryn Buck	....	script supervisor
Gregg Elder	....	production assistant
Bennett Fidlow	....	production legal
Redd Knight	....	production coordinator
Darron Leiren-Young	....	first assistant production coordinator
Brandon Long	....	assistant location manager
Neil Lumlock	....	location manager
Sarah Anne Milliken	....	assistant to producer
Darren Portelli	....	office production assistant
Andrew Pritchard	....	daily set production assistant
Kevin Michael Schembri	....	assistant accountant
Michelle K. Smith	....	production assistant
Sterling Thomas	....	location production assistant
Elaine Thurston	....	production accountant
Tina Vacalopoulos	....	assistant to director

Production Companies

• Universal Home Entertainment (as Universal Home Entertainment Productions) (presents)
• Original Film (in association with)
• Newmarket Capital Group (in association with)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (2002) (worldwide) (all media)
• Argentina Video Home (2002) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Home Video (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Home Video (Brazil) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Video (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• Veronica (2004) (Netherlands) (TV)

Special Effects

• Performance Solutions
• Sundog Films (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment
• DeLuxe Laboratories  post-production sound
• Deluxe Post-Production  post-production facilities
• Neg-a-Splice  negative cutting
• Post Group, The  title design
• Reelcraft Services  craft services
• William F. White  lighting equipment provided by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for brief nudity

Runtime:

99 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:M | Norway:15 | UK:12 | USA:R | Iceland:12 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Universal Home Entertainment

Quotes:

Kelly:Ryan came, before.
Ali:I told you not to let him in here!
Kelly:Why are you breaking up with him?
Ali:I loved you like a sister, and it hurts me that you have to turn on me like this, as the apartment is in my name, I think its best for you to go by tomorrow.
Kelly:Alright, what did the skulls give you?

Movie Connections:

References The Skulls (2000)

Soundtrack:

Get Away (Zoom Zoom)

Amazingly terrible

I never saw the first Skulls and only saw this one because it was the only movie at the Red Cross I hadn't seen when I was giving a Platelettes donation. It's mind boggling to me that this film was even made. I find it hard to believe that someone, somewhere in the industry saw this script and said "yeah, this is good, we could make a great movie with this..."

A secret society inducts some members into its group. Apparently, the members are really stupid, because they believe amazingly idiotic stories about who girl who supposedly fell off the ceiling, was only doing it for a good cause. The current members are all sinister looking characters who will go to great lengths to cover up an accident, but will call 911 right away when one of their members is supposedly injured in a secret ceremony. They all get expensive credit cards and nice motorcycles, yet it's never clear where all the money for this comes from. There are so many plot holes in this stupid film, it's hard to believe someone in charge didn't finally go "hey, but wait a minute..." Really, the "No Homers" society on the Simpsons was more believable than this.

The movie was awful and like I say, it was totally surprising to me that someone greenlighted it in the first place, but what's even more amazing is that I see they actually made a THIRD ONE! If a movie this bad can still get another sequel, we can only pray that the makers of "From Justin to Kelly" don't get any ideas.