Choker (2005)

Director:

Nick Vallelonga

Writer:

Nick Vallelonga (writer)

Release Date:

10 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They are here...

Plot:

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

Cast

Paul Sloan	...	Hud Masters
Colleen Porch	...	Logan
Hayley DuMond	...	Leader
Nick Vallelonga	...	Frank Russo
Anthony John Denison	...	Lt. Murcer
Susse Budde	...	Stacy Russo
Robert R. Shafer	...	Lt. Clark (as Bobby Ray Shafer)
James Quattrochi	...	Detective Rourke
Katrina Law	...	Santo
Jesse Corti	...	Interviewer / Mr. Carter
Kimberly Estrada	...	Kat (Opening Fight)
Ella Thomas	...	Godiva
Paula Miranda	...	Kitten
Arthur Lupetti	...	John
Nina Kaczorowski	...	Nina (Sexy Woman in motel)

Also Known As:

B.E.I.N.G. (UK) (DVD box title)
Disturbance (USA) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for disturbing sci-fi action and violence.

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Choker Films

Trivia:

Official Selection: Silver Lake Film Festival 2006

Movie Connections:

Featured in Stiletto (2008/II)

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.