Cemetery Gates (2006)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Roy Knyrim

Writers:

Pat Coburn (story)
Brian Patrick O'Toole (writer)
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Release Date:

30 May 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Trespassers will be eaten!

Plot:

A genetically mutated Tasmanian Devil is "liberated" by two eco-activists and set loose in a woodland cemetery.

Plot Keywords:

Tasmanian Devil | Film Making | Mutation | Juggalo

Cast

Reggie Bannister	...	Belmont
Peter Stickles	...	Hunter Belmont
Aime Wolf	...	Dr. Christine Kollar
Nicole DuPort	...	Kym
Kristin Novak	...	August
Ky Evans	...	Tony
John Thomas	...	Enrique
Chris Finch	...	Matt
Karol Garrison	...	Earl Martin
Bill Lloyd	...	John Martin
Greg McDonald	...	Ben (as G. Scott McDonald)
Stephen Van Dorn	...	Alex
Howard Berger	...	Stoner Dude Doug
Gregory Nicotero	...	Stoner Dude Michael
Aristide Sumatra	...	Ed the Fisherman
Brad Carlson	...	Brad
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Damian Lea	...	Dale Martin
Anna Mercedes Morris	...	Bicyclist (as Michelle Diamond)

Directed by
Roy Knyrim

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Pat Coburn		story
Brian Patrick O'Toole		writer
J. Victor Renaud		story

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

Original Music by
Ben Cooper

Cinematography by
Steve Adcock

Film Editing by
Christopher Roth

Casting by
Hillary Kaye

Production Design by
Mark Richardson

Art Direction by
Patrick Tantalo

Costume Design by
Elizabeth Meredith
Isabelle Stead

Makeup Department
Robert Giddens	....	special makeup effects artist
Heather Mages	....	key makeup artist
Jayne Marie	....	assistant makeup artist
Jackie Mgido	....	key hair stylist
Mark Villalobos	....	special makeup effects artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
J.J. Dalton	....	second second assistant director
Mike Greene	....	first assistant director
Shelly Heyward	....	additional second second assistant director
Jon Recher	....	first assistant director: second unit
Danny Wayne	....	second unit director (as Danny W. Stallcup)

Art Department
Nikki Giovacchini	....	props
Jacob Hair	....	storyboard artist
Mike Manasewitsch	....	swing crew
Patrick Tantalo	....	construction coordinator (as Patrick A. Tantalo)

Sound Department
Sarah F. Badiee	....	sound effects editor
Steve Bartlett	....	post-production sound
Ben Cooper	....	sound designer
Andrew Ing	....	sound effects editor
J.M. Logan	....	sound designer
John Sanacore	....	sound recordist
Alex Ullrich	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Ron Karkoska	....	special effects coordinator
Patrick Tantalo	....	special effects coordinator
Patrick Tantalo	....	special effects supervisor

Stunts
Chris Lawrence	....	stunts
Anna Mercedes Morris	....	stunts
H. Charles Parrish	....	stunt coordinator
Darrell Lee Stallcup	....	stunt performer
Lee Whittaker	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Brush	....	grip
Danielle C. Carroll	....	film loader
Alfredo Denila	....	key grip
Owen Foye	....	electrician
Erik Gonzales	....	best boy electric
Danny Gonzalez	....	electrician
Joshua Lee Huber	....	electrician
J. Steven Matzinger	....	director of photography: second unit
Sean P. Neelon	....	electrician
Vern Nobles	....	director of photography: second unit
Teruhisa Yoshida	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sara Walbridge	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Matt Small	....	assistant on-line editor

Transportation Department
Arthur E. Encinos	....	driver
Paul Feddersen	....	transportation coordinator
Richard Maginnis	....	driver
Chris Mendoza	....	driver
Hugo Ocana	....	transportation captain
Steve Slotnick	....	driver

Other crew
Sam Childs	....	production accountant
Crystal Connell	....	craft service
Sherry Gunderman	....	script supervisor
Sybille Herwig	....	production coordinator
Lindsay Hudson	....	set medic
Eric McElveen	....	assistant production office coordinator
Gigi Fast Elk Porter	....	assistant: Reggie Bannister
Greg Saraceno	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Graveyard Filmworks
• Kismet Entertainment Group

Distributors

• Ninth Dimension Home Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Hollywood Caterers  catering

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Graveyard Filmworks

I'll take the Warner Brothers Tasmanian Devil Any Day.

Environmental wackos release a giant, genetically-enhanced Tasmanian Devil in this would-be comedy horror film. I think the filmmakers were trying to make the next "Army of Darkness" or "Shaun of the Dead," but the humor wasn't strong enough to compensate for the implausible and coincidence-ridden story. I might be giving the plot more consideration than the filmmakers themselves, but isn't it a little far-fetched that the monster would be stolen from the laboratory and released at a cemetery where the son of mad scientist who created it was filming a low budget horror film? And that the son considered the monster his pet until it killed his mother. At least the scientist father is played by Reggie Bannister. His presence gave the film a touch of class. The film also suffers from the fact that the vast majority of victims had no bearing on the plot whatsoever. They were just passerbys. I did enjoy the bit were the new agers take drugs to call forth a spirit animal, only to see the monster as an animation. The Hillbillies, however, were so over the top that they made the cast of "Two Thousand Maniacs" seem restrained by comparison. The main problem, however, is the monster itself. I know this film was essentially a comedy, but the monster was ridiculous -- especially in long shots where it was obviously a man in a suit walking on all fours. The monster was about as scary as the shrews in "The Killer Shrews." Along those same lines, some of the gore effects were good, but it obvious the monster isn't really digging into the people when it is clawing them. I'd take the Tasmanian Devil in the Warner Brothers cartoons over this thing any day.