B.E.I.N.G. (2005)
"Choker" (original title)

A serial killer is let loose to hunt down and kill alien beings who can only survive by inhabiting human bodies

Director:

Nick Vallelonga

Writer:

Nick Vallelonga

Stars:

Paul Sloan, Colleen Porch, Hayley DuMond

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul Sloan	...	Hud Masters
Colleen Porch	...	Logan
Hayley DuMond	...	Leader (as Hayley Du Mond)
Nick Vallelonga	...	Frank Russo
Tony Denison	...	Murcer
Susse Budde	...	Stacy Russo
Robert R. Shafer	...	Clark (as Bobby Ray Shafer)
Katrina Law	...	Santo
James Quattrochi	...	Rourke
Ella Thomas	...	Godiva
Paula Miranda	...	Kitten
Kimberly Estrada	...	Kat - Alley Fight
Nina Kaczorowski	...	Nina - Woman in Motel
Dyna Teal	...	Gorgeous Redhead
Adrienne Janic	...	Gorgeous Brunette

Storyline

The serial-killer Hud Masters and his partner Logan have been recruited by a governmental agency to hunt down aliens that can survive for a period inhabiting human bodies. Logan reports their murders to her boss Frank Russo, a family man married with Stacy Russo with a daughter, who has a team to remove the bodies and any evidence. When an alien switch bodies to escape from Hud, Lt. Murcer, Lt. Clark and the coroner Santo are forced to return the bodies and Hud, who had been captured by the detectives, to Frank that explains that one hundred aliens from an evolved race had moved to Earth since their planet is doomed. Now Hud has to chase the dangerous Leader, who has adapted to the atmosphere of our planet and wants to breed.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | murder

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Taglines:

They are here...

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Genres:

Horror | Action | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing sci-fi action and violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Disturbance

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Choker Films, Vallelonga/Quattrochi Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The budget for this film was only thirty-five thousand dollars. It was originally conceived and shot as an HD experiment in twelve days. The director wanted to shoot a small film using HD cameras and mostly practical lighting.

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Connections

Referenced in Stiletto (2008)

User Reviews

Choker

I saw the movie at a screening in Los Angeles about 4 months ago or so, at a film festival.

I discovered Choker through the movie's writer and director Nick Vallenlonga's IMDb page. I found out about him after seeing an earlier movie of his, Corporate Ladder which starred Tony Denison and Jon Pollito, who both used to be on Crime Story together.

Anyway, I got to see Choker and I was impressed by the actors performances. My favorite in the film was the alien "leader", Haley DuMond. She can really act and I see she is in Vallenlonga's upcoming film as well, nice. The rest of the cast were also very good: Tony Denison was great as usual. Robert Shafer provided some well timed humor. Colleen Porch was the "beauty" of the movie, and the lead, Paul Sloan, was intense.

This movie was fun and did what it what meant to do, entertain.

Choker is not a huge budget production so don't expect complex CGI or anything really fancy. The movie was somewhat serious at times, somewhat tongue in cheek sci-fi at times. If you want to watch this movie , watch it with the intent of having fun. What I got out of it was kind of a 50's B sci-fi flick set in present time.

DuMond and Denison were not at the screening I attended, unfortunately, but Shafer, Harry Manfredini (who composed all the Friday the 13ths), Paul Sloan and Vallenlonga were there.

It's coming out on DVD and I recommend checking it out. I for one am hoping that the DVD contains a simultaneous director's commentary feature. It would be interesting to hear how quickly a particuar scene was shot since Choker was filmed in a little over a week.