Decoys (2004)

Director:

Matthew Hastings

Writers:

Tom Berry
Matthew Hastings

Release Date:

27 February 2004 (Canada)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They're not what they seem.

Plot:

Luke and Roger are just another couple of college guys trying to lose their virginity. But when Luke sees something unusual, he begins to suspect that the girls on campus aren't exactly...human.

Plot Keywords:

College | Virginity | Alien | Tentacle | Campus

Cast

Corey Sevier	...	Luke
Stefanie von Pfetten	...	Lilly
Kim Poirier	...	Constance
Elias Toufexis	...	Roger
Meghan Ory	...	Alex
Ennis Esmer	...	Gibby
Krista Morin	...	Vikki Vickers
Marc Trottier	...	Bobby Johnson
Carrie Colak	...	Natasha
Richard Burgi	...	Detective Francis Kirk
Nicole Eggert	...	Detective Amanda Watts
Don Hastings	...	Medical Examiner
Sarah Smyth	...	Rosedale Princess
Leah Graham	...	Melody
Mike Lobel	...	Halloween Jock
Simon Peacock	...	Foreign Exchange Student #1
Karl Claude	...	Foreign Exchange Student #2
Rosey Edeh	...	Reporter Kelly Knoxville
Luigi Saracino	...	D.J.
Deborah Ann Smith	...	Housemother (as Deborah Smith)
Sean Tucker	...	Paramedic
Alexis Maitland	...	Gwen
Alana Husson	...	Dakota
Meghanne Kessels	...	Shooter / Barf Girl
Jeff Lawson	...	Town Victim
Stephanie Bauder	...	Ice Queen
Karine Tousignant	...	Alien Creature
Scott Hutchinson	...	Bouncer
Dorina Pagliaro	...	Sorority Sister #1
Shannon Gamble	...	Sorority Sister #2
Steve Patterson	...	Banner Frat Guy #1 (as Steve Patterson)
Jared Side	...	Banner Frat Guy #2
Anthony D'Ambrosio	...	Javane
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chadwick Allen	...	35 Year Old Man #2 (uncredited)
Helen Batabyal	...	College Student (uncredited)
Melantha Blackthorne	...	Student (uncredited)
Sally Clelford	...	Student (uncredited)
John N.E. Hill	...	Frat Guy (uncredited)
Douglas Kidd	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Stephanie Lavergne	...	Airline Girl / Sorority Girl (uncredited)
Gavin McKercher	...	Party guest (uncredited)
Renee Mondor	...	Red bikini girl (uncredited)
Michelle Mulligan	...	Student (uncredited)
Christina Sauvé	...	Student (uncredited)
Jon Welch	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Matthew Hastings		(as Matt Hastings)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tom Berry
Matthew Hastings		(as Matt Hastings)

Produced by
Franco Battista	....	producer
Josée Bernard	....	co-executive producer
Tom Berry	....	executive producer
Neil Bregman	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Daryl Bennett
Jim Guttridge

Cinematography by
Daniel Villeneuve

Film Editing by
Isabelle Levesque

Casting by
Corinne Clark
Robin D. Cook
Ginette D'Amico

Production Design by
Csaba András Kertész

Art Direction by
Colleen Marchand

Set Decoration by
Roger Martin

Costume Design by
Sue Fijalkowska

Makeup Department
Crystal Anderson	....	assistant hair stylist
Samantha Caldwell	....	daily assistant makeup artist
Kevin Crawley	....	key hair stylist
Bruno Gatien	....	special makeup effects artist
Nikita Gayana	....	daily assistant makeup artist
C.J. Goldman	....	special makeup effects artist
Ronny Gosselin	....	special makeup effects artist
Tracey Lahey	....	daily assistant makeup artist
Jacqueline A. Lambert-Griggs	....	daily assistant makeup artist
Jonathan Lavallée	....	special makeup effects artist
Annie Lefebvre	....	daily assistant makeup artist
Marie-Josée Lopez	....	key makeup artist
Mark Mignault	....	daily hair stylist
Adrien Morot	....	special makeup effects supervisor
George Tucci	....	special makeup effects artist
Fanny Vachon	....	daily assistant makeup artist
Lise Varrette	....	daily assistant makeup artist
Sylvania Yau	....	special makeup effects coordinator

Production Management
Nancy Boucher	....	production manager
Martin McKay	....	assistant unit manager
Stefan Wodoslawsky	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Bainbridge	....	first assistant
Franco Battista	....	second unit director
Marielou Bélisle-Pierre	....	third assistant director
Gordon Creelman	....	third assistant director
Renato De Cotiis	....	key second assistant director
Sean Dwyer	....	first assistant director
Dean Grenville	....	art department assistant
Pierre Jodoin	....	second unit photography
Gavin McKercher	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Nick Boivert	....	storyboard artist
Steven F.S. Bruni	....	daily swing gang
David Clendining	....	carpenter
Kris Clendining	....	second painter
Michael Cormack	....	swing gang
Stephanie Dahmer	....	daily swing gang (as Stephanie L. Dahmer)
Andre Dupuis	....	construction coordinator
Dean Grenville	....	art department assistant: second unit
Adel Lloyd	....	second painter
Larkin MacLeod	....	swing gang
Randall Melanson	....	daily swing gang
Lorelei E. Miller	....	assistant props buyer
Jamie Monroe	....	second carpenter
Patty Normand	....	painter
Marc Reichel	....	assistant set decorator
Marc Reichel	....	daily swing gang
Monique Robert	....	second painter
Erin Robertson	....	painter
Gunnatar Tannis	....	carpenter
Jodi Thain	....	second carpenter
Sandy Thain	....	carpenter
Lisa Thomas	....	painter
Tim Walton	....	property master
Micheline Watson	....	art department coordinator
Tim Winchester	....	assistant property master
Scott Windsor	....	second carpenter
Philip Wood	....	assistant set decorator

Sound Department
Michel B. Bordeleau	....	supervising sound editor
Michel Descombes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Natalie Fleurant	....	adr supervisor
Marc Gagnon	....	sound editor
Geneviève Lapointe	....	foley assistant
Pierre Laroche	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Raymond Legault	....	sound editor
Sylvie Masse	....	sound editor
Sylvie Masse	....	sound effects editor
Grant McAlpine	....	adr recordist
Simon Meilleur	....	foley artist
Mireille Morin	....	adr & dialogue editor
Nathalie Morin	....	foley engineer
Yves Médam	....	foley assistant
Maxime Plessis-Bélair	....	assistant adr editor
Sylvain Richard	....	sound effects editor
Jean Christophe Verbert	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Paul Brassard	....	special effects supervisor
Guillaume Murray	....	special effects supervisor
Ryan Storm	....	creature effects

Visual Effects by
Marc-André Baron	....	character animation
Danny Bergeron	....	visual effects producer
Patrick Bergeron	....	digital compositor
Yves Béland	....	visual effects supervisor
Lucas Janin	....	visual effects
Alain Lachance	....	digital compositor
Alain Lachance	....	visual effects supervisor
Sylvain Lavoie	....	digital compositor
Danny Levesque	....	visual effects
Simon Marinof	....	visual effects
Rene Morel	....	art director
Florent Revel	....	character animator
Pierre Thériault	....	cgi effects supervisor

Stunts
Jason Cavalier	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Adam	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Benoît Alarie	....	key grip
Mike Bainbridge	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Mike Bainbridge	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Christian Chabot	....	grip
Frédéric Chamberland	....	Steadicam operator
Andrew Dent	....	generator operator
Alex Dukay	....	still photographer
Antoine Durand	....	best boy electric
Magill Foote	....	video playback operator (as William Magill Foote)
René Fréchette	....	second assistant camera
Eric Godbout	....	first assistant camera
Lewis Hill	....	daily grip
Pierre Jodoin	....	director of photography: second unit
Keith Kerr	....	best boy grip
Andre-Pierre Lampron	....	electrician
Johanne Lapointe	....	daily camera trainee
Brad MacLean	....	crane operator
David McNichol	....	daily electrician (as David McNicoll)
David McNichol	....	gaffer: second unit
John Olts	....	daily electrician
Francis Picard	....	electrician
James Ransom	....	camera trainee
James Ransom	....	second assistant camera: second unit
James Sainthill	....	Steadicam operator
Christian Schnobb	....	daily grip
Benoît Sévigny	....	gaffer
Isaac Tremblay	....	daily grip
Isaac Tremblay	....	key grip: second unit
Richard Venasse	....	daily grip

Casting Department
Sara Kay	....	casting assistant: Canada

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mae Chaffers	....	wardrobe assistant
Jacki Sands	....	key set wardrobe
Jennifer Stroud	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Virginie Blondel-Pelletier	....	post-production coordinator
Jean-François Forget	....	assistant editor
Sébastien Girard	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Eli Bennett	....	musician
Matthew Hastings	....	composer: additional music
Matthew Safran	....	music supervisor: S.L. Feldman & Associates
Sarah Webster	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Mark D. Acheson	....	driver
Mark D. Acheson	....	transportation
Mike Hickey	....	driver
Jasna Jennings	....	transportation coordinator
Adam Weir	....	driver

Other crew
Jay Barut	....	daily production assistant
Eric Bensoussan	....	power pod technician
Patrick Bryson	....	daily production assistant
Andrew Campbell	....	armorer
Geneviève Elie	....	project manager: Technicolor
Melissa Flerangile	....	choreographer
Nick Fletcher	....	daily production assistant
Nancy Goad	....	assistant accountant
Solange Godin	....	craft assistant
Marc Heller	....	assistant: Tom Berry
Manuela Hunger	....	assistant: Franco Battista
Ami Jarvis	....	daily production assistant
Elizabeth Ladouce	....	production secretary
Jayson Langevin	....	office production assistant
Guy Langlois	....	project manager: Technicolor
Hélène Leduc	....	craft service
Jim Levesque	....	set production assistant
Jennifer Manchester	....	assistant: Tom Berry
Sheila O'Gorman	....	unit publicist
David Pearson	....	assistant location manager
E. Andrew Pecs	....	production accountant
Marc Salouze	....	project manager: Technicolor
Mike Smith	....	script supervisor
Matthew Stearns	....	daily production assistant
Lucio Tomaro	....	location manager
Kristopher Waddell	....	daily production assistant
Diandra Yoselevitz	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Sci-Fi Productions
• Sound Venture Productions
• Feature Film Fund
• Movie Network, The (TMN) (with the participation of)
• Super Écran (with the participation of)
• Movie Central (in association with)
• Space: The Imagination Station (in association with)
• Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit
• Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)
• Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit, The
• Corus (in association with)
• Téléfilm Canada (uncredited)

Distributors

• Christal Films (2004) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Imagination Worldwide (2004) (worldwide) (all media)
• Lions Gate Films (2004) (Canada) (theatrical)
• THINKFilm (2004) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Free Dolphin Entertainment (2005) (France) (DVD)
• Future Film (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2004) (Canada) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• SBP (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Star Entertainment (2004) (India) (all media)

Special Effects

• Productions Guillaume Murray (physical special effects)
• Maestro FX (special effects makeup)
• Mokko Studio (digital visual effects)

Other Companies

• Cold Blue Rentals  armourer
• Film Finances Canada  completion guarantor
• S.L. Feldman & Associates  music supervision
• Technicolor Creative Services  titles and opticals
• Technicolor Creative Services  video post-production
• Walter Lighting & Grip  lighting equipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and nudity

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Philippines:R-18 | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Sci-Fi Productions

Trivia:

The building used as the dorm in the film isn't actually a dorm. It is the University of Ottawa's theatre department. U of O is the setting for most on campus shots in the film.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The symbol N2 on the spray canister is incorrectly identified as liquid nitrogen. N2 refers to gaseous nitrogen, while liquid nitrogen is labeled LN2.

Quotes:

Luke:Your eyes are so beautiful.
Alex:Because they are looking at you.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Swarmed (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Running Around

Not As Bad As You're Led To Believe By These Reviews.

I'll be the first to admit that this is by no means a great movie. I didn't like the special effects with the creatures themselves, but I did like the way they did the corpses. The plot could have used a little more work as well, seems like there wasn't much there.

With that being said, Decoys wasn't as bad as you are led to believe. I'd say this movie was pretty much in the middle of the road, with as much good as bad.

I didn't like the performances by Corey Sevier, Stefanie von Pfetten or Elias Toufexis (they came off as annoying, especially Elias) but thought that Meghan Ory and Kim Poirier did an excellent job. Meghan in particular stood out in this movie. I thought she looked much better than the girls who were supposed to be the best looking, and she probably had the strongest performance of the movie. While I'm at it, I have to say, Nicole Eggert is not aging well. Am I the only one who noticed this? Probably not.

The one thing I can say about this movie without hesitation, is that I didn't see the ending coming. Maybe others did, but it did surprise me, and I'm used to expecting the unexpected in movies like this. As far as that goes, the film makers here did an excellent job. Too bad the rest of the movie doesn't hold up.

Like I said, middle of the road. Maybe worth a rental or waiting for it to come on TV. I'd say around 6.5 out of 10.