Skin Crawl (Video 2007)

In the late 17th century, a family of witches is terrorized by a corrupt public official. When their sister is murdered, the remaining two put on a curse on their bloodline, bringing ... See full summary »

Director:

Justin Wingenfeld

Writer:

Justin Wingenfeld

Stars:

Julian Wells, Kevin G. Shinnick, Debbie Rochon

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julian Wells	...	Sadie
Kevin G. Shinnick	...	Howard
Debbie Rochon	...	Margaret / Madeline
Armand Anthony	...	Colin
John Paul Fedele	...	Franco (as John P. Fedele)
Rodney Gray	...	Damato
Victoria Vance	...	Julia (as Jamee Vance)
Ruby Larocca	...	Franco's Wife
Misty Mundae	...	The Hooker
Heidi Sjursen	...	Helena
Barbara Joyce	...	Elizabeth
Michael R. Thomas	...	Nalder
Terry West	...	Deputy #1 (as Terry M. West)
Joseph Molino	...	Deputy #2
Gustavo Ferrari	...	Frank (as Gus Ferrari)

Storyline

In the late 17th century, a family of witches is terrorized by a corrupt public official. When their sister is murdered, the remaining two put on a curse on their bloodline, bringing horrible retribution to anyone who victimizes any member of their family, no matter how many generations away. Three hundred years later, their last descendant is a wealthy woman stuck in an unhappy marriage. Her husband and his mistress decide to have her killed to get at her money, unaware of the curse and the forces of darkness that they are about to unleash. SKIN CRAWL is a TALES FROM THE CRYPT-style horror story with the gritty feel of 70's drive-in exploitation such as MARK OF THE DEVIL and LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT.

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Plot Keywords:

17th century | darkness | flat chested | corruption | dead girl | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence/gore, sexual content, nudity and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 April 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

E.I. Independent Cinema

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Writer/director Justin Wingenfeld had Debbie Rochon in mind to play Margaret from the start.

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Connections

Features Night of the Living Dead (1968)

User Reviews

Pass this up, your eyes will thank you

Obviously some who were involved with the production of this movie are reviewing it, otherwise it would have a uniformly low score.

Let's not bother with the plot here, it's already been mentioned by other reviewers and is neither original nor noteworthy.

The production values are generally acceptable, with decent camera work, and acting that is at least as bad as you know it's going to be. Maybe worse. I'm OK with average to low production if some element of the film makes up for that. That's not the case with this movie.

What they're trying to sell this movie on is sex and horror: the movie contains very little of either. Forget the review where they mention all the different kinds of sex in this movie - you don't see any of it. You'll see even less horror, unless your idea of horror is being terrified at the idea these people would be allowed to make a movie.

There aren't enough special effects to mention, the dialog is about the same as you would expect from an elementary school stage play, and the nudity is confined to some lightweight T&A, less than you'd see on late night cable. You would be better off paying a couple neighborhood skanks to dance around your living room. Squirt a little ketchup on them and you'd have about the same amount of horror this movie contains.