Intermedio (2005)

Director:

Andrew Lauer

Writer:

Kraig Wenman (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Zombie | Gore | Blood | Sliced In Two

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

Also Known As:

Dead and Dying (UK) (DVD title)
The In Between (USA) (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, language and drug content.

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Canada:18A | Argentina:16 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Acton, California, USA

Company:

Asylum, The

Trivia:

Edward Furlong's pants didn't fit at first because the waist and inseam sizes were accidentally switched. The pants were too long, and too tight at the waist. However, they fit Paul Cram perfectly.

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Quotes:

Malik: Tell me why, why would somebody board up a door from the inside?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Intermedio: Behind the Scenes (2005) (V)

Eddie Furlong Needs Rehab

I thought the presence of a known actor like Eddie Furlong might mean that this movie has a certain level of budget, if not quality. Neither is the case. This is a cheap movie with cheap "effects" that are eye-rolling at best, laughable at worst -- the "ghosts" are guys dressed in skeleton costumes, a la Karate Kid (Plus, I'm getting sick of digital blood in horror movies.). The dialog is a ridiculous heaping of clichéd yelling ("We're not gonna get anywhere yelling at each other like this!" and that sort of crap). The actors are no better -- just a bunch of overacting, and Furlong is not immune. He's seen better days. His hunched over, paunchy stoner body, and baggy eyes make him look increasingly like Peter Lorre. The only entertaining part of this film is watching Cernia Vincent running around in a cut-off t-shirt sans bra and with thong-cut jeans. Too bad the director is so incompetent; the cuts are jerky and disjointed, and he even has Vincent do some sort of Matrix-like fall-back maneuver to dodge a projectile, all with a straight face. The director tries to throw in some cheap "boo!" scares, but nothing -- nothing -- in this movie is remotely frightening, except for the fact that it was even made.