Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain (2003)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

Christian Viel

Writers:

William R. Mariani (story)
Christian Viel (story)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Evil roams the woods of Ireland...

Plot:

Two American tourists on a romantic camping trip are brutally murdered. A few days later, during the ancient festival of Samhain...

Plot Keywords:

Celtic Legend | Mutant | Druid | Tourist | Heart Ripped Out

Cast

Bobbie Phillips	...	Karen Douglas
Howard Rosenstein	...	Paul
Ginger Lynn Allen	...	Pandora
Chasey Lain	...	Amy
Taylor Hayes	...	The Breeder
Jenna Jameson	...	Jenny
Richard Grieco	...	Mark
Brandi-Ann Milbradt	...	Shae
Lael Stellick	...	The Shape
Phil Price	...	Steve
Neil Napier	...	Jim
Heidi Hawkins	...	Tara
Gillian Leigh	...	Barbara
Simon Peacock	...	Gary
Alex Chisholm	...	Shape #2 (scenes deleted)
Robert Higden	...	Sawney Bean
Alana Dash	...	Jamie
Dan Noseworthy	...	Jean-Luc Myers
J.J. Carle	...	Sawney's Son
Eric Cooke	...	Rich Traveller
Natalia Ctchekotikhina	...	Rich Traveller's Wife
Victoria Reuter	...	Ma Bean
Fanny Labbe	...	Sawney's Daughter

Directed by
Christian Viel

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
William R. Mariani		story
Christian Viel		story and screenplay

Produced by
Domenic Ambrosio	....	executive producer
Carmelo Caruana	....	producer
Peter Emerson	....	executive producer
Dawne Everett	....	executive producer
Dawne Everett	....	producer
Prentiss Holman	....	associate producer
Nick Marciano	....	associate producer
William R. Mariani	....	executive producer
William R. Mariani	....	producer
Hugo Trottier	....	line producer

Original Music by
Alex Khaskin

Cinematography by
Dan Goyens		(as Daniel Goyens)

Film Editing by
Jason PJ Deschamps		(as J Deschamps)
Christian Viel

Casting by
Melanie Sara

Art Direction by
Kevin Grant

Costume Design by
Olga Studlik

Makeup Department
C.J. Goldman	....	special makeup effects artist
Jessica Heeren	....	assistant hair stylist (as Jessica Hereen)
Jessica Heeren	....	assistant makeup artist (as Jessica Hereen)
Laurie Jackson	....	key hair stylist
Laurie Jackson	....	key makeup artist
Adrien Morot	....	special makeup effects supervisor
George Tucci	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
William R. Mariani	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Benoît Hamel	....	first assistant director
Jean-Pierre Menard	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jean-François Dasylva-LaRue	....	carpenter (as Jean-Francois DaSylva)
Yves Fontigny	....	property master
Yves Fontigny	....	set dresser
Bruno Gagliardi	....	carpenter
Kevin Grant	....	set dresser
Eric Mealing	....	construction foreman
Yohan Salvail	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Jean-Marin Basley	....	boom operator
John Bolanaks	....	dialogue editor (as John Bolanakis)
John Bolanaks	....	foley artist (as John Bolanakis)
Marco Fania	....	boom operator
Michel Grzelak	....	sound effects editor
Michel Grzelak	....	sound re-recordist
Ismael	....	sound mixer
Dimitri Médard	....	sound mixer
Pierre Michaud	....	sound supervisor
Christopher Piggins	....	foley editor (as Chris Piggins)
Karym Ronda	....	boom operator
Ron Woo	....	foley recordist

Special Effects by
Marc Reichel	....	special effects technician
Ryan Storm	....	special effects artist

Stunts
Allan Yuk-lun Chou	....	stunt coordinator (as Alan Chou)
Ben Gauthier	....	stunt coordinator (as Benoit Gauthier)

Camera and Electrical Department
Patrick Bernier	....	camera operator
Mario Bissonnette	....	dolly grip (as Mario Bissonette)
Mario Bissonnette	....	key grip (as Mario Bissonette)
Yvan Bourdages	....	Steadicam operator
Stéphane Caron	....	first assistant camera
Andre Chabot	....	best boy grip
Maurizio Ciacciarelli	....	still photographer
Simon Corneau	....	grip
Daniel Dallaire	....	gaffer (as Dan Dallaire)
Jean-François Dasylva-LaRue	....	electrician (as Jean-Francois DaSylva)
Audrey David	....	second assistant camera trainee
Alexis De Plater	....	best boy
David Dollé	....	key grip
Jean-François Fontaine	....	camera operator
Jean-François Fontaine	....	focus puller
Maryse Frigon	....	first assistant camera
Bruno Gagiardi	....	electrician
Dan Goyens	....	camera operator (as Daniel Goyens)
Brent Marrale	....	gaffer
Frederic Pesant	....	grip
Christian Viel	....	camera operator (as Cristian Viel)

Animation Department
Dave Desjardins	....	animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Natalia Ctchekotikhina	....	assistant to costume designer

Editorial Department
Jason PJ Deschamps	....	editing consultant (as J. Deschamps)
Tom Strnad	....	additional editor
Motassem Younes	....	online editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Renan Moguel	....	office driver (as Renan 'Rayster' Moguel)
Poncho	....	driver: cast
Dany Zarifeh	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Jeff Boisvert	....	production assistant
Vincent Brabant	....	production assistant
Patrick Casavant	....	production assistant
Maxime Dufort	....	production assistant
Daniel DuSablon	....	production assistant
Rene Forbes	....	production assistant
Caroline Isabelle	....	script supervisor (as Caroline Isabelle Bedard)
Caroline Joyner	....	unit publicist
Elana Klein	....	production assistant
Lina Poirier	....	craft service
Steven Tamas	....	production accountant
Nicholas Taylor	....	production assistant
Ian Vanderwall	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Oasis International
• Samhain Productions
• Warehouse Films

Distributors

• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Velocity Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Maestro FX

Also Known As:

Samhain (Canada: English title) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and gore, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

78 min | 91 min (uncut)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:18 (cut) | USA:R | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Oasis International

Trivia:

As with the Wes Craven movie The Hills Have Eyes (1977) this movie is also based on the legend of Sawney Beane and his family (a wife, eight sons and six daughters), a feral clan said to have inhabited and roamed the coast of Galloway, in the 15th or 16th century. They were eventually captured on the order of Scotland's King James, were judged to be insane, and executed without trial. There is still debate over whether the Beans existed or not.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Shae is hitting the mutant with an ax, she is having flashbacks of all the characters that were killed. However, the Jenny character is in there too and Jenny and Shae never met in the movie.

Quotes:

Gary: Tell the kids to stick to the path. Bad things happen when you stray from the path!

Movie Connections:

References Psycho (1960)

"You Have To See This To Believe It"

Tourists head to Ireland for a school trip to learn about Druids. What they encounter is a horrific tale of cannibalistic killers.

If I had to sum up Evil Breed, it would be a low grade gore fest. The film mixes Dead Alive, Evil Dead, Wrong Turn all in one. It's just too bad that the film has so many inconsistencies to keep track of that it loses any "fun" one would have watching it. The film has lots of random "horror" nudity...although the film also stars four porn stars, yup four, so there could have been plenty more. Breed also showcases a good amount of gore.

Evil Breed has a horrible start, with laughable dialogue and horrible acting. That's a given in a straight to video horror film, but this takes the cake. I can't really figure out who the main character is, since the one female who "lives" at the end is not really in the movie all that much. Speaking of the ending, that has to be one of the most random and bogus ending in the history of film. It has no purpose with the rest of the film and totally changes one's view of the film.

You have to see this film to believe it, since there are some pretty great death scenes. There are two death scenes that come into my mind, one in which the inbred killer rips the intestines out of a naked woman through her chest....yea her chest, don't ask me. The other id when the guy gets his intestines, yet again, ripped out through his asshole. Does that kill the guy? No, the killer continues to strangle the guy with his own intestines. These scenes remind me so much of Dead-Alive, with the right amount of humour in each. I also got the sense of Evil Dead, with the pointless mentions of horror films and Sam Raimi. Along with Halloween, when the female character is in a closet screaming for her life with the killer trying desperately;y to get in.

Although, the gore and nudity are not enough for the poor audio and visual quality of the film. When the teacher wakes up from her bed and walks down the stairs, her footsteps are so loud and hard that it seems like she was wearing boots. Distracting indeed. As well as the continuity in the film, with only one inbred killer? As well as which character dies at which moment. I couldn't tell if the breast implant chick was Jenny or Gary's sister/cousin...I can't remember. As well as the random naked chick with a dead baby hanging out of her body, still attached with the umbilical cord.

The horrible editing is distracting as well, the opening credits are too fast and disorienting. It did have a bad start and got better, but the ending just brings the film back down to a horrible level. If maybe there were better production values and more faith put into this film, then it wouldn't have been horribly butchered to death. Stay away from this film, unless you are happy with the below budget horrible bad film with decent gore.