Hangman's Curse (2003)

Director:

Rafal Zielinski

Writers (WGA):

Frank Peretti (novel)
Kathy Mackel (screenplay) ...
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Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Watch your locker. Watch your back. Watch your soul.

Plot:

Bullying students are becoming deathly ill after screaming the name of a legendary ghost. What's to blame...

Plot Keywords:

High School | Undercover | Bullying | Cheerleader | Punctuation In Title

Cast

David Keith	...	Nate Springfield
Mel Harris	...	Sarah Springfield
Leighton Meester	...	Elisha Springfield
Douglas Smith	...	Elijah Springfield
Jake Richardson	...	Ian Snyder
Bobby Brewer	...	Leonard Baynes
Daniel Farber	...	Norman Bloom
Edwin Hodge	...	Blake Hornsby
Andrea Morris	...	Crystal Sparks
William R. Moses	...	Coach Marquardt
Margaret Travolta	...	Debi Wyrthen
Tom Wright	...	Dan Carillo
Frank Peretti	...	Dr. Algernon Wheeling
Liz Schilling	...	Shawna Miller
Teresa Suter	...	Julie
Kristin Cowan	...	Karine
Kristopher Higgins	...	Carl
Alexander Dean	...	Trevor (as Alex Deeney)
Ryan Flanery	...	Jimmy Boltz
Debbie Kalman	...	Mrs. Boltz (as Debi Kalman)
George Humphreys	...	Abel Frye
Stephanie Brush	...	Abel's Sister
Christopher Bovey	...	Wiseguy (as Chris Bovey)
Ken Williams	...	Sidekick
Jesse Kendall	...	Marv
Ben Downey	...	Police Officer
Paul Lucas	...	Mr. Carlson
Cecil Ellsworth	...	Dr, Stuart
Dennie Schrecker	...	Teacher In Office
Linda Schrecker	...	Receptionist In Office
Darylin Goodman	...	Drama Teacher
Nehemiah Zilar	...	Doug Anderson
Steven J. Barry	...	Tod Kramer
William Shakesbear	...	Max the dog
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bethany D. Hart	...	Student (unconfirmed) (as Bethany Webley)
Lex Meester	...	Teen Student
Sara Messer	...	Teacher (unconfirmed)
Suzanne Niles	...	Teacher (unconfirmed)
Naomi West	...	Teacher (unconfirmed)
Jared Wagner	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Rafal Zielinski

Writing credits (WGA)
Frank Peretti		(novel)
Kathy Mackel		(screenplay) and
Stan Foster		(screenplay)

Produced by
Steven Buhai	....	co-producer (as Steve Buhai)
Rich Cowan	....	producer
Joe Goodman	....	producer
Bobby Neutz	....	producer
Kelly Neutz	....	co-producer
Frank Peretti	....	co-producer
Jerry Rose	....	executive producer
Ralph Winter	....	producer

Original Music by
David Bergeaud

Cinematography by
Dan Heigh

Film Editing by
Mary Morrisey
Tiffany Wallach

Casting by
Dean E. Fronk
Donald Paul Pemrick

Production Design by
Vincent DeFelice

Art Direction by
Mike Cassell

Set Decoration by
Brian Cox

Costume Design by
Nickolaus Brown
Shelly Cowan

Makeup Department
Sam Debree	....	makeup artist
Julie Farley	....	additional makeup artist
Brian Goede	....	assistant makeup artist
Lori Hustad	....	assistant hair stylist
Trista Jordan	....	key makeup artist
Taci Van Leuven	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Ian Kennedy	....	post-production supervisor
Tiffany Wallach	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Craig Borden	....	second assistant director
Steven Buhai	....	first assistant director (as Steve Buhai)
Aaron Walters	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Kirstin Bianchi	....	art department assistant
Kirstin Bianchi	....	set dresser
Leroy Burrowes	....	art department assistant
Larry Conboy	....	graphics
Justin O'Shaughnessy	....	property master

Sound Department
Heike Ast	....	re-recording editor
Stacey Clark	....	sound editor
Chris Clifford	....	sound utility
Dave Earnest	....	sound editor (as David Earnest)
Nigel Elliot	....	sound mixer
Hubert Henle	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Greg Mills	....	foley artist
Bernd Popella	....	sound re-recording mixer
Niels Rinke	....	sound coordinator
Tom Taylor	....	boom operator
Chris White	....	supervising sound editor
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Christine Albers	....	2D lead
Corey Bastiaans	....	visual effects
Melissa Best	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
Chris Bond	....	visual effects supervisor
Jason Booth	....	compositor
Shane Davidson	....	on-set visual effects supervisor
Jeff Douglas	....	Avid DS HD artist
Mark Halsall	....	visual effects producer: Frantic Films
Bill Lord	....	digital color timer
Brad Pitre	....	3D lead
Casey Sargent	....	computer graphics
George Taylor	....	compositor
Darren Wall	....	visual effects supervisor
Michael Webber	....	visual effects animator
Dan Wrightsell	....	visual effects
Ken Zorniak	....	visual effects
Matt Broeska	....	lead matchmove artist: Frantic Films (uncredited)

Stunts
Jerry L. Buxbaum	....	stunt coordinator (as Jerry Buxbaum)
Marla Casey	....	stunt double
Marla Casey	....	stunts
Andrea Palpant	....	stunt double
Skye Perrigo	....	stunt double
Amanda Steen	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Matt Barbie	....	additional assistant camera
Douglas Cheney	....	director of photography: second unit
Tim Cunningham	....	grip
Justin Davis	....	second assistant camera
Carrie Fouts	....	additional assistant camera
Brad Heiner	....	key grip
Richard Heinzen	....	still photographer
Deb Hoff	....	additional assistant camera
John Hoffma	....	grip
Eric Jennings	....	first assistant camera
Mike Kjolso	....	electrician
Julia Nielson	....	electrician
Joe Pacella	....	camera loader
Jason A. Payne	....	videographer (as Jason Payne)
Trevor Roberge	....	grip: second unit
Geoff Shotz	....	Steadicam operator
Shane Simonsen	....	videographer
Mike Vukas	....	gaffer
Mark Watson	....	best boy electric
Rick Young	....	best boy grip

Animation Department
Louie Hinayo	....	animator
Tim Linklater	....	animator

Casting Department
Debi Bailey	....	casting assistant
Amanda Fenster	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Casie Ernst	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul	....	assistant editor
Jason A. Payne	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Bart Heimburger	....	transportation coordinator
David R. Johnson	....	minivan driver

Other crew
Casey Balzano	....	office production assistant
Mike Bold	....	title designer
Brian Bush	....	set production assistant
Douglas Cheney	....	snake handler
Aaron Critchlow	....	key set production assistant
Andrew Davis	....	location assistant
Cody George	....	set production assistant
Brian Gibbs	....	spider wrangler
Rachel Gulden	....	craft service
Val Hughes	....	dog handler
Paula Hunziker	....	script supervisor (as Paula Dussman)
Terry L. James	....	digital film transfer
Marnie Keas	....	office production assistant
Jason Mckee	....	production assistant
Jason Mckee	....	set production assistant
Jennifer Montgomery	....	office production assistant
Larry Payne	....	spider wrangler
Frederic Perrin	....	caterer
Jessica Ramberg	....	set production assistant
Greg Rathvon	....	production accountant
Paula Ratoza	....	mouse trainer
Niels Rinke	....	sound coordinator
Sandra Schall	....	set production assistant
Jay Secatello	....	office production assistant
Sara Blythe Smith	....	production coordinator
Elliott Wallach	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Namesake Entertainment
• North by Northwest Entertainment
• The Total Living Network

Distributors

• Con Dios Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (all media)
• Con Dios Entertainment (2011) (New Zealand) (all media)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Finnkino (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• H.O.M. Vision (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
• Universal Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Frantic Films

Other Companies

• Digital Dreams  adr recording
• MainSail Production Services  special thanks
• Tequila Mockingbird  adr recording

Also Known As:

"The Veritas Project: Hangman's Curse" - USA (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for elements of violence/terror and for brief drug material

Runtime:

USA:106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | USA:PG-13 | UK:12 | Hungary:16 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Riverside State Park - 9711 W. Charles Road, Nine Mile Falls, Washington, USA

Company:

Namesake Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: The keys to the school that Nate give Elisha in the RV switch from his left hand to his right.

Quotes:

Blake Hornsby:Yo, Lord. I'd like to thank you for this wonderful day and thank you for this wonderful lunch and this wonderful family. And thank you for healing my friends and getting Norman the help that he needed. And that you for Elisha being so hot and thank you for the dad for being so cool and not kicking my butt because of what I just said. Yeah, amen. Let's eat.

Movie Connections:

References Ghostbusters (1984)

Soundtrack:

Spy

7 out of 10

The first thought I had about this movie was, 'All right! A clean Christian flick for teens!!'. The I saw the trailer, visited the website, and read the tag line and my next thought was, 'Eh! This is going to be so-so...'.

Then, I saw it- and it was more then so-so. It was a creepy, suspenseful, thriller that keeps you guessing throughout the entire length of the film. I'm not sure if the creators would call it a horror film or not, but I wouldn't. It was far from "Alien", but it still kept you on the edge of seat!

Although this film moved right into place as one of my all-time favorite movies the moment I saw it, next to "Jurassic Park" and "Pirates of the Caribbean and the Curse of the Black Pearl", it still had some noticeable flaws. The acting is definitely not something to be noted for, and the ending is is NOT something to get excited about (I'm very picky about my endings. I HATED Jurassic Park's ending). I can almost guarantee you this is worth watching. So if you're looking for a suspenseful thriller (it made me jump a few times, but I'm kind of wimpy when it comes to jump scenes) go to your local Blockbuster and RENT THIS MOVIE!

My rating: 7.3 out of 10.

P.S. I WILL buy the DVD.