Intermedio (2005)

A group of four teenage friends become trapped in a Mexican border tunnel where they fall prey, one-by one, to tortured ghosts who haunt it.

Director:

Andrew Lauer

Writer:

Kraig Wenman (screenplay)

Stars:

Edward Furlong, Steve Railsback, Cerina Vincent

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Edward Furlong	...	Malik
Steve Railsback	...	Old Man
Cerina Vincent	...	Gen
Amber Benson	...	Barbie
Callard Harris	...	Wes
Paul Cram	...	Zee
Alejandro Samaniego	...	Jorge
Dean N. Arevalo	...	Al (as Dean Arevalo)
Eric Caselton	...	Billy
Josef Geiger	...	Dayton
Richard Miranda	...	Uncle Carlos
Michael Latt	...	Young Malik
Serina Latt	...	Young Gen
Adam Gobble	...	Young Wes
Dominic Ceci	...	Acid Burned Intermedio

Storyline

Four teenagers, Malik, Gem, Barbie and Wes, take a excursion to an old series of mine tunnels under the border area of California and Mexico where they, and a few other people traveling by, become trapped and are soon set upon by ghosts of a series of victims who are under the control of a warlock bent on carnage.

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Plot Keywords:

tunnel | ghost | teenager | mexico | hostage | 

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Taglines:

In the caves of Mexico...There is something worse than death.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence/gore, language and drug content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

The In Between

Filming Locations:

Acton, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$750,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Asylum, The, Anthill Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The cast on Amber Benson's foot is real. Shortly before filming, a landscaping mishap at home caused several fractures.

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Goofs

After Gen steals the necklace from the old man, you see her holding it in her hand. In the next shot though the old man is still clearly wearing the necklace but in the following shot it's gone and Gem is holding again.

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Quotes

Gen: We don't know shit!
Jorge: Well, you got about 10 seconds to make shit something you do know!

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Crazy Credits

No animals were hurt during the production of this screenplay. Even the vampire ones.

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Connections

References The Jerry Springer Show (1991)

User Reviews

Collecting Ghosts

Four teens set out one day to explore one of those tunnels that run under the USA/Mexican border, not on any geological quest mind you, but it's rumored that there is a stash of some really primo grass there, the stuff they called in my misspent youth, Acapulco Gold. Nice and aged it should have a great street value.

The four teens are Cerina Vincent, Callard Harris, Amber Benson, and Edward Furlong. At the time this film was made Edward Furlong was all of 28 and looked it, but I'm sure this was the best they were offering him.

Now if nothing had ever happened why Benson was along is beyond me. She has a broken foot and is on crutches and she's really not much help in a crisis. And the crises start piling up.

First our four explorers meet some real live drug dealers who are upset that someone is on their turf. The only other ones allowed are coyotes running illegals across the border. But then they meet up with crazy old Steve Railsback who has an army of ghosts he's collected in the tunnel. All part of some vengeance scheme involving his late son, Paul Cram who is also appearing as ectoplasm.

This was supposed to be a camp version of a horror film, but I found very few laughs here.