Boo (2005)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

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.

Plot Keywords:

Halloween | Patient | Ghost | Troubled Past | Clown Costume

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
J.D. Decker	...	Caitlin
Voldi Way	...	Joseph Carmichael
Edward Perry Smith	...	Orderly #1
Dee Wallace	...	Nurse Russell (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Ellen Irwin	...	Nurse Carpenter
Dutchess Botti-Smith	...	Dutchess
Allysson Campbell	...	Trick-or-Treater
Blake Campbell	...	Trick-or-Treater
Juliana Ferrante	...	Trick-or-Treater
Brandon Harland	...	Trick-or-Treater
Kyle Hellenbrand	...	Trick-or-Treater
Mitchell Sugasawara	...	Trick-or-Treater
Alexi Tanczel	...	Trick-or-Treater
Lisa Campbell	...	Parent of Trick-or-Treater
Pamela Ferrante	...	Parent of Trick-or-Treater
Jeff Fuller	...	Doctor X (as Jeff 'Bones' Fuller)
Hillary Kaye	...	Nurse
Dennis P. Klein	...	Doctor Tazbury
H. Charles Parrish	...	Orderly #2 (as Charlie Parrish)
Patrick Murphy	...	Orderly #3
Richard M. DeVore	...	Mental Patient
Sybille Herwig	...	Mental Patient
Alex Klein	...	Mental Patient
Daniel Schweiger	...	Mental Patient
Ralf Sicamore	...	Mental Patient
Carla Way	...	Mental Patient
Marco Ramirez	...	Dynamite Jones Dub (voice)
Phyllis Botti	...	Dispatcher Voice (voice)

Directed by
Anthony C. Ferrante

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Anthony C. Ferrante		writer

Produced by
David E. Allen	....	producer
Sheri Bryant	....	co-producer
Harmon Kaslow	....	executive producer
Brian Patrick O'Toole	....	co-producer
Dennis Sugasawara	....	line producer

Original Music by
Alan Howarth
Carey James

Cinematography by
Carl Bartels
Nick Franco		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Chris Conlee

Casting by
Lisa Essary

Production Design by
Sam Greenmun

Art Direction by
John Stewart

Costume Design by
Jeannette M. Fuller

Makeup Department
Misa Aikawa	....	key makeup artist
David Brooke	....	special makeup effects artist
Jayne Marie	....	assistant makeup artist
Lorraine Martin	....	makeup department head
Jane Moore	....	assistant makeup artist
Kevin Wasner	....	special makeup effects artist
Tracy Wilcox	....	additional key makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
J.J. Dalton	....	additional second second assistant director
Jeff Fuller	....	first assistant director
Mike Greene	....	first assistant director
Shelly Heyward	....	second second assistant director
Keith Jones	....	first assistant director
Eli Olson	....	second assistant director
Ben Waller	....	second second assistant director
Danny Wayne	....	second unit director (as Danny W. Stallcup)

Art Department
David Brooke	....	additional art department
Charlotte Christensen	....	additional art department
Kate Costello	....	additional art department
D.H. Covey	....	storyboard artist
Scott Gerard	....	carpenter
Barbara Greenmun	....	additional art department
Damon Anthony Guilfoyle	....	carpenter
Jacob Hair	....	storyboard artist
Mike Horn	....	carpenter
Todd Knowlton	....	assistant production designer
Todd Knowlton	....	property master
Bart Marymee	....	utility
Andre D. Munoz	....	carpenter
Louis Pantelakos Jr.	....	set dresser
Lori Rozzi	....	art department assistant
Mary Sampaio	....	art swing
Craig Wadlin	....	carpenter
Daniel Wheeler	....	carpenter
Jeff Williams	....	art swing

Sound Department
Marcus Andexler	....	sound recordist
Steve Bartlett	....	post-production sound
Ben Cooper	....	assistant sound editor
Ben Cooper	....	sound designer
Joel Jaffe	....	foley editor
Shawn Keating	....	sound designer
J.M. Logan	....	sound designer
Josh Logan	....	sound
Michael McDonald	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael McDonald	....	supervising sound editor
John Sanacore	....	foley recordist
John Sanacore	....	sound recordist
Alex Ullrich	....	foley artist
Alex Ullrich	....	sound designer
Benjamin Vallery	....	boom operator
Eric Vesbit	....	sound effects editor
Brad Whitcanack	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
John Bordeaux	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Mitzi Hansen	....	assistant to visual effects supervisor
Chris Hopkins	....	digital compositor
Drew Redford	....	digital compositor
Michael Shelton	....	visual effects supervisor
John Stewart	....	compositor
Dominik Wojtarowicz	....	additional visual effects

Stunts
Chris Lawrence	....	stunt performer
H. Charles Parrish	....	stunt coordinator
Darrell Lee Stallcup	....	stunt rigger
Danny Wayne	....	stunt coordinator (as Danny W. Stallcup)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jose Aguirre	....	electrician
Derek Michael Armstrong	....	camera intern
Robert Baird	....	first assistant camera (as Rob Baird)
James Barela	....	second assistant camera
Danielle C. Carroll	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Danielle C. Carroll	....	loader: "b" camera
Sharla Cipicchio	....	second assistant camera
Brian Fischer	....	grip
Brian M. Fisher	....	gaffer
Brian M. Fisher	....	grip
Kelly C. Gallamore	....	additional second assistant camera
Richard E. Garcia	....	first assistant camera
Daniel A. Gonzalez	....	electrician
Danny Gonzalez	....	electrician
Joshua Lee Huber	....	electrician
Amos James	....	key grip
Craig Jennette	....	additional loader: "b" camera
Dominic Mainl	....	first assistant camera
Justin Maresch	....	electrician
Kelsey Shaw McNeal	....	still photographer
Victor Medina	....	grip
Jaime R. Mejia	....	camera loader
Nathaniel Miller	....	loader
Richard Moriarty	....	first assistant camera
Patrick Murphy	....	gaffer
Sean P. Neelon	....	grip
Matthew Perry	....	best boy grip
Matt Perry	....	best boy grip
Scott Probe	....	dolly grip
Mark Robinson	....	additional first assistant camera
Eve Shpak	....	loader
Jeff Smith	....	director of photography: second unit
Satoshi Takai	....	grip
Ben Thompson	....	best boy electric

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Erin Fish	....	key on-set costumer
Ka Leng Taing	....	set costumer assistant

Editorial Department
Vinny Ciminera	....	colorist

Other crew
Kathy Abbott	....	set teacher
Joe Aken	....	set medic
Dhavia Antis	....	set production assistant
Sam Childs	....	production accountant
Crystal Connell	....	craft service
Guy Flint	....	set teacher
Robert Funk	....	set production assistant
Sherry Gunderman	....	script supervisor
Sybille Herwig	....	production coordinator
Hillary Kaye	....	assistant to director
Bernadette Lombardo	....	craft service
Eric McElveen	....	office production assistant
Eric McElveen	....	production coordinator: re-shoot
Eric Moro	....	unit publicist
Aurora Nibley	....	set production assistant
H. Charles Parrish	....	weapons expert
Jay Mike Range	....	set production assistant
Jon Recher	....	set production assistant
Kenny Roche	....	key set production assistant
Greg Saraceno	....	production assistant
Gregory R. Saraceno	....	office production assistant
Tricia Sherwood	....	craft service
Jack Stahlmann	....	office production assistant
Nick Thompson	....	set production assistant
Susan Toombs	....	set production assistant
Jan Turetsky	....	set teacher
Truman Van Dyke	....	insurance
Blu Van Zandt	....	additional script supervisor
Carla Way	....	set production assistant
Lynn Wyett	....	set medic

Thanks
Steve Baron	....	special thanks
Abbie Bernstein	....	special thanks
Steve Buck	....	special thanks
Christopher Roth	....	special thanks
Brian Yuzna	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Graveyard Filmworks
• Kismet Entertainment Group

Distributors

• NoShame Films (2006) (Italy) (all media)
• Shaw Organisation (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA) (2006) (France) (all media)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Ventura Distribution

Other Companies

• Atomic Production Supplies  production equipment
• Austro Catering Services  catering
• Axium Payroll Services  payroll services
• Daniel Voltz & Associates  audio post supervisor
• Expendables Recycler  production equipment
• IVC  telecine dailies
• Media Distributors Film Source  film stock
• Mole Richardson  production equipment
• Orpheus Sound  sound design
• Panavision  camera and lenses
• Post Group, The  post-production services
• Private Island Trax  re-recording

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence/gore and language.

Runtime:

94 min | 100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Graveyard Filmworks

Trivia:

The director has said in interviews that the Arlo Ray Baines character (played by Dig Wayne in Boo) starred in five different (fictitious) "Dynamite Jones" blaxploitation films: Meet Dynamite Jones, Dynamite Ignited, Dynamite Jones vs The Dope Pope, Dynamite Jones vs Count Pimpula (which was seen partially in Boo), Dynamite Jones vs Frankenfro (which is referenced in the deleted scenes on the Boo DVD).

Quotes:

Orderly #1: Time to take your bath Carmichael!

Movie Connections:

References A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Soundtrack:

Ordinary

BOO 'scare' tactics and bad acting, oh my!

I was happy to rent "Boo" after reading that it was from the same producer as "Dog Soldiers," which I found wonderfully relentless. While "Dog Soldiers" is on my list of films to buy, I soon found "Boo" to be tedious. It is the sort of movie I began to watch in bits for it was becoming too aggravating to sit through in one stretch. While I appreciate horror films made on a small budget (and therefore, it can be assumed, made out of a passion for the genre and not a mere eye on box office returns), recent films, such as "Boo," rely on SUDDEN LOUD NOISES to elicit their scare moments. (It's the new 'screeching cat leaping out' gimmick.) This film made me jump once. However, when a film uses a LOUD NOISE or sudden ghost/killer reveal a second time, the impact is usually lessened, and when this happens a THIRD time, and then again, the 'scares' become predictable for the audience now knows the rhythm of the film, that whenever there's a quiet moment, there will be a JOLT, or whenever a character is about to move out of frame, the ghost/killer will be standing there. And really, what suspense can be given to a film when there is an overuse of a creepy little girl suddenly, without actually moving, advancing toward another character, accompanied by A LOUD SOUND. The squeaking, slowly moving wheelchair was much more effective for then a sense of dread was built, a 'What's going to happen?' apprehension. JOLTS just become numbing, and then boring.

I can forgive bad acting but there are certain true reactions to which we can all relate and when a character does not REACT the way that we would, that is when the amateurish performance becomes distracting. If my girlfriend/boyfriend or best friend is murdered, my reaction is horror and anger; in this film, there is shock (and one character gets very upset and weepy) but then everyone just seems to gloss over this and resumes looking for a way to escape the hospital. The murder then becomes a mere plot device, another 'reanimated dead' complication for our remaining cast to soon deal with.

Great use of a particular costume however, and it's always wonderful to see Dee Wallace Stone on screen.