Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders (2006)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Chris Fisher

Writers:

Chris Fisher (written by)
Aaron Pope (written by)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Los Angeles, 1978. Sex, Drugs, Serial Killers.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Hooker | Random Sex | Gurney | SWAT Team | Kitchen Scene

Cast

Joleigh Fioravanti	...	Tanya (as Joleigh Pulsonetti)
Bret Roberts	...	Jack
Brittany Daniel	...	Samantha Stone
Joseph McKelheer	...	Joe
Vanessa Nigro	...	Sally
Channon Roe	...	Dave
Valerie Stodghill	...	Melanie
Tomas Arana	...	Angelo Buono
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Kenneth Bianchi
Rhino Michaels	...	Watch Commander
Lake Bell	...	Jillian Dunne
Tom Wright	...	Detective Bryant
Mike Hagerty	...	Detective Smith
Eddie Jemison	...	Kantor
Stephen R. Hudis	...	Swat Captain
Mikal Kartvedt	...	Swat Officer
Michelle Borth	...	Nicole
Paul Taviani	...	Medical Examiner
Tess Parker	...	Brandy
David Betancourt	...	Officer Hernandez
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alexander Fink	...	Partygoer
Bruna Rubio	...	Party girl
Chris Brandt	...	Uniformed Police Officer (uncredited)

Directed by
Chris Fisher

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Chris Fisher		written by
Aaron Pope		written by

Produced by
Clifton Collins Jr.	....	co-producer
Chris Fisher	....	producer
David Hillary	....	co-executive producer
Todd King	....	executive producer
Timothy Wayne Peternel	....	co-executive producer
Ash R. Shah	....	producer

Original Music by
Ryan Beveridge

Cinematography by
Eliot Rockett		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Annette Davey
Daniel R. Padgett

Casting by
Anne McCarthy
Jay Scully

Production Design by
Leslie Keel

Set Decoration by
Chris Davis

Makeup Department
Robin Glaser	....	makeup department head
Annette Lorant	....	makeup artist
Lesley Poling	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Brigitte Mueller	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Harari	....	second second assistant director
Nicholas Lee	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Leia Dunlap	....	set dresser
McJoel Hamilton	....	assistant property master
Genevieve Liebowitz	....	property master
Jeramey Rund	....	swing

Sound Department
Mikhail Davies	....	assistant foley editor
Matthew T. Duncan	....	sound recordist
Christopher Eakins	....	sound effects editor
Jamie Lin	....	assistant foley editor
John Marquis	....	sound designer
John Marquis	....	supervising sound editor
Matthew Nicolay	....	sound mixer
Ryan Nuber	....	sound assistant
Monica Ruiz	....	foley editor
Pablo Solorzano	....	adr mixer
Pablo Solorzano	....	foley recordist

Stunts
Stephen R. Hudis	....	stunt coordinator
Mikal Kartvedt	....	stunts: gun work

Camera and Electrical Department
James 'Slim Jim' Ballard	....	key grip
Peter DePhilippis	....	second assistant camera
Ryan McCoy	....	film loader
Wadsworth Peters	....	best boy electric
Michael Steffen	....	grip
Wayne Swab	....	electrician
William S. White	....	additional camera loader
Albert Winbush III	....	electrician
Daniel Ybarra	....	electrician
Victoria Tidmarch	....	camera intern (uncredited)

Animation Department
Douglas Filiak	....	title animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alexander Fink	....	assistant wardrobe

Editorial Department
Christine Seino	....	assistant on-line editor

Music Department
Bryon DiGianfilippo	....	associate music supervisor
Robert Morton	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Brenda Arson	....	production assistant
William Clark Coit III	....	location manager (as William Coit)
Hutchi Hancock	....	set production assistant
Judy Rachel	....	script supervisor
Janice Tucker	....	production accountant
Lauren Wolkstein	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Nightstalker LLC
• Silver Nitrate Films
• Silver Nitrate Pictures

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Silver Nitrate Releasing
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

The Hillside Strangler (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/grisly images, sexuality/nudity, drug use and language.

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA | New Zealand:R18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Valencia, California, USA

Company:

Nightstalker LLC

Trivia:

Vincent Pastore was offered the part of Angelo Buono. When he had to decline, Tomas Arana got the part.

Kids playing Irréversible

As an genre fan and director is somewhat as old as I am, I had some hope to see new talent to show off here. Sadly that didn't happen.

First thing what kicks in is noticing that these kids have seen that french movie Irréversible. What means dizzy camera rotating around and buzzing sound from lights. Too bad this doesn't serve any purpose on this movie and shows off the low budged and lack of talent of filmography and editing. On Irréversible all that well done camera trickery served an purpose to tell story from end to beginning seamlessly, but on this its just to cover dull story whit "exotic" 70s' setting (clothing) and predictable story. On acting wise, only one who shows any talent on this flick is Clifton Collins Jr., who seems to be stuck in 2nd class movies since his last notable appearance on mindhunters (and it's director has too, who was called in to remake original unwatchable Exorcist: The Beginning to proper old school horror). Not to mention, this has some lame "blurred out" scenes, where people are having sex and one injection, is as annoying like wathcing some mtv show where all the official logos are blurred out. Haven't seen this on "movies" ever. I guess the only kicker in this one is to see "Dawson's Creek" appearance star butt naked coupe of times (amazing they didn't blur that out), what I never missed because I have only seen that series only couple of times by force. Showing off complete lack of talent, she kind of reminded me of Paris hilton on House of Wax.

So shortly: Lack of talent on movie-making and acting, arty low budged crap, what struggles to be full lenght film. Only question is how could somebody waste money to release this kind of *bleeeeb*. Perhaps this would have been acceptable in 1980 but...