Boo (2005)

Director:

Anthony C. Ferrante

Writer:

Anthony C. Ferrante (writer)

Release Date:

13 July 2006 (Singapore)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

You Don't Have A Ghost Of A Chance

Plot:

A handful of college students get trapped in a haunted hospital on Halloween.

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Trish Coren	...	Jessie Holden
Rachel Harland	...	Cindy
Jilon Ghai	...	Kevin
Happy Mahaney	...	Emmett
Shirlene Quigley	...	Honey
Algie Hamilton	...	Count Pimpula
Dig Wayne	...	Arlo Ray Baines / Dynamite Jones
Rosamaria Juarez	...	Louise
Nicole Rayburn	...	Marie
Josh Holt	...	Freddy
M. Steven Felty	...	Jacob
Michael Samluk	...	Allan
Taylor Hurley	...	Ghost Girl
Rachel Melvin	...	Meg
Terri Novak	...	Jessie's Mom

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence/gore and language.

Runtime:

100 min | 94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | Malaysia:18PL | Argentina:18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Graveyard Filmworks

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After Marie is shot and dies, Freddy kneels down beside her and touches her face. You can see her eyes blink twice when he does this.

Quotes:

Arlo Ray Baines: Some buildings don't have a thirteenth floor, this place shouldnt have a third.

Movie Connections:

References A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Soundtrack:

Ordinary

Head and shoulders above most Hollywood horrors....

I watched this last night after paying a fair bit to get this on import here in the UK on the strength of the trailer alone, and wasn't disappointed. This film has to be my favourite horror film of 2005 and p****s from a great height over the majority of Hollywood "horror" films of recent years despite its low budget. I consider myself to be a horror veteran and this film creeped me out even though it contains elements from films you will have already seen (House on haunted Hill springs to mind). The location is fantastic, I think one of the characters even comments on the fact that you don't need to do much to scare people given that location, and its true, the place is scary as hell. The cast do well considering they are not the most well known actors, and you don't notice the lack of a big budget except at one point. I won't spoil any of the elements of the film further and leave it to saying that this is what horror films should be like, atmospheric, creepy, characters who react in believable (well mostly) ways and deserved to get a full theatrical release. The makers of Ghost Ship should be made to watch this film, the makers of Resident Evil should be made to watch some of the scenes in the basement and shown what those films could have been like if they'd done them properly.

Very very good horror, recommended if you can pick it up