Death Tunnel (2005)

Director:

Philip Adrian Booth

Writers:

Christopher Saint Booth
Philip Adrian Booth

Release Date:

11 January 2006 (Australia)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Your initiation into terror.

Plot:

For an initiation stunt, five college women are locked in a Kentucky hospital built in 1910 where 63,000 people died from a disease known as the "white plague". Deep under the hospital is the "Death Tunnel" which once were used to secretly remove the dead from the grounds.

Plot Keywords:

Kentucky | Tunnel | Ghost | Plague | Initiation

Cast

Steffany Huckaby	...	Heather
Melanie Lewis	...	Devon
Yolanda Pecoraro	...	Elizabeth
Kristin Novak	...	Ashley
Annie Burgstede	...	Tori
Jason Lasater	...	Richie
Gary Wolf	...	Gio
Robyn Corum	...	Leah
Gill Gayle	...	Professor
Brian Dyer	...	Dr. Vangard
Reenie Varga	...	Ghost Nurse
Jilon VanOver	...	Mason (as Jilon Ghai)
Jesse Bernstein	...	Cameron
George W. Harr Jr.	...	Death in Sanatorium (as George 'Big John' Harr)
B.J. Winslow	...	Death in Morgue
Joan Farrell	...	Traci
Laura Corum	...	Nurse from Past
Sarah Tilford	...	Lizzie the Ghost Girl
Lucy Cabrera	...	Lizzie in Past
Annika Klein	...	Little Girl in Car
Eric Rasper	...	Patient
Matt Young	...	Patient
Sean Penn	...	Doctor
Kendra Hale	...	Ghostly Twin 1
Ashley Neighbors	...	Ghostly Twin 2
Ashley Fultz	...	Girl on Stage
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Whitney Kayrouz	...	Girl

Directed by
Philip Adrian Booth

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christopher Saint Booth
Philip Adrian Booth

Produced by
Christopher Saint Booth	....	producer
Jessica Lynn Morris	....	assistant producer
Pejman Partiyeli	....	associate producer
Corky Taylor	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christopher Saint Booth		(as Christopher Saint)

Cinematography by
Philip Adrian Booth
Marcel Cabrera		(director of photography)
Roberto Correa

Film Editing by
Philip Adrian Booth

Casting by
Greg Dehn

Production Design by
Christopher Saint Booth		(as Christopher Saint)

Art Direction by
Christopher Saint Booth		(as Christopher Saint)
James Smith

Set Decoration by
Jessica Lynn Mathis

Costume Design by
Christopher Saint Booth		(as Christof)

Makeup Department
Marlena Glick	....	makeup artist
Keith McDowell	....	hair stylist
Keith McDowell	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Archie Borders	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brian O'Sullivan	....	first assistant director
Matt Young	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Maureen Carter	....	painter
Aaron Chamberlain	....	art department assistant
Vincent Pulliam	....	art department assistant
James Smith	....	set dresser
Alecia Ann Walters	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Christopher Saint Booth	....	sound (as Saint)
Philip Adrian Booth	....	sound editor
Joe McGill	....	sound mixer
Joe McGill	....	sound recordist
Peter Rand	....	sound mixer
Adam Snyder	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Ron Karkoska	....	special effects
Mark Villalobos	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Philip Adrian Booth	....	digital compositor
Robert Costanza	....	high definition engineer

Stunts
Charlie Miller	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Christopher Saint Booth	....	still photographer
Richard Brush	....	grip
Cameron Cannon	....	gaffer
Carl Coates	....	gaffer
Jerry Coatney	....	gaffer
Rowland Egerton	....	electrician (as Rowland M. Egerton)
Rowland Egerton	....	grip
Tim Fuller	....	second assistant camera
Luis Gomez	....	grip
William Jones	....	grip
Greg J. Kowalewski	....	third assistant camera
John Rheamount	....	grip
Dave Ryan	....	key grip
Kevin Stanton	....	best boy
Matt Ware	....	best boy
Michael Wright	....	first assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gabor Szabo	....	costumer
Phyllis Vaught	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Christopher Saint Booth	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Keith Age	....	research consultant: Waverly Hills
Aaron Chamberlain	....	floater intern
Laura Corum	....	production assistant
Robyn Corum	....	production accountant
Robyn Corum	....	production assistant
George W. Harr Jr.	....	security officer
Charles Mattingly	....	location manager (as Charlie Mattingly)
Charles Mattingly	....	research consultant: Waverly Hills (as Charlie Mattingly)
Tina Mattingly	....	location manager
Tina Mattingly	....	research consultant: Waverly Hills
Jessica Lynn Morris	....	assistant to producer
Jessica Lynn Morris	....	continuity
Jessica Lynn Morris	....	research specialist
Ron Parkhurst	....	research consultant: Waverly Hills
Sean Penn	....	production assistant
Cora Russell	....	assistant accountant
Joshua S. Schechter	....	film property agent (as Josh Schechter)
Tara Shackelford-Lawton	....	production assistant (as Tara Shackelford)
Lawrence Strauss	....	legal services
Robert Strent	....	legal services
Sarah Tilford	....	floater intern
Truman Van Dyke	....	insurance
Ryan Weitz	....	documentarian

Thanks
Heather Ashlyn Booth	....	very special thanks
George W. Harr Jr.	....	special thanks (as George 'Big John' Harr)
Ron Parkhurst	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Dax Productions (presents)
• Twintalk Entertainment (presents)
• Plus Entertainment (+Entertainment) (in association with)
• Saint and Sinners Entertainment (uncredited)
• Spooked Productions (uncredited)

Distributors

• Art Port (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2006) (Argentina) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Imagine Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• MTV Netherlands (2007) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Movie Bank (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Paramount (2006) (Spain) (all media)
• Plus Entertainment (+Entertainment) (2006) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Sci-Fi Channel, The (2008) (USA) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Television (2008) (USA) (TV)
• Spooked Television Releasing (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Monster FX

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence/gore, language and nudity

Runtime:

Argentina:97 min | USA:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:R | UK:18 | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:16 | Germany:16 | Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | Canada:14A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dax Productions

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During moments when the graphic of the clouds moves above an out-door shot of the sanatorium, the clouds flow superimposed across the crest of the building much like the top of the building was see through.

Quotes:

Death in Morgue:Here... I am God. I am life, I am death.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Spooked: The Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium (2006)

Soundtrack:

Disconnected

You have to understand to appreciate

If you watch this movie without knowing any of the history, I can understand why you would say it sucks; and I would agree. However, you need to understand what the director is trying to accomplish in order to appreciate what is going on.

Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a real place in Kentucky. It was built as a hospital to fight TB back in the early 1900's. There wasn't a cure, and morale was low, so the death tunnel was built to export bodies out of the building without the living seeing them. Patients not seeing the high death rate were given a new hope. It's an amazing building with an intriguing past, and is truly believed to be haunted.

Many of the scenes the director portrayed are actual accounts of what people have said to have witnessed. He's taken these stories and attempted to derive a horror flick. For this reason, and this reason alone, I would recommend the movie.

Now, to get to the movie.

First off, the acting isn't brilliant. Kristin Novak's character Ashley is ridiculously obnoxious, and the others are over-dramatic. The storyline isn't put together well, and it doesn't do a very good of explaining what is going on, so it's hard to follow. (If you know the history of Waverly Hills, it's not as bad).

I dug the movie because of it's history, not because it's good. I would definitely recommend checking out the episode of Ghost Hunters (Sci-Fi Channel) where they investigate the building; or check out the documentary (Also directed by Booth and aired on the Sci-Fi Channel).

The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is an amazing place, and it's a shame that the movie isn't any better.