Haunted Boat (2005)

Director:

Olga Levens

Writers:

Olga Levens (written by) &
Jason Levens (written by) ...
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Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

What's YOUR greatest fear?

Plot:

HAUNTED BOAT is a mystical, mind-twisting psychological horror film about six teenagers going on a boat trip and getting lost in parallel dimensions where they have to face their greatest fears.

Plot Keywords:

Boat | Mind Twisting | Lost | Teenage Boy | Ocean

Cast

Courtney Scheuerman	...	Christina
Sarah Scott	...	Summer
Tien Pham	...	Leo
Travis Hammer	...	David
Evan Andrew Adams	...	Kevin
Mathew Fox	...	Simon
Alex Lane	...	Mystery Man
Hannah Whalley	...	Gigi
Skyler Purkiss	...	Red Rose
Alonnah Purkiss	...	White Rose
Hayo Stekker	...	Gnome
Isis	...	Black Cat
Jon Ericksen	...	Peter
Brian Harr	...	Brian
Daniel Echegaray	...	Dany
Marna Bunger	...	Therapist (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jon Eriksen	...	Peter
Kosuke Ueyama	...	Party Guy

Directed by
Olga Levens

Writing credits
Olga Levens		(written by) &
Jason Levens		(written by)
David Levens		(story) and
Olga Levens		(story)

Produced by
David Levens	....	co-executive producer
Jason Levens	....	executive producer
Jason Levens	....	producer
Olga Levens	....	producer

Original Music by
Nigel Holton

Cinematography by
Olga Levens
Michael Palma

Film Editing by
Alan Roberts

Casting by
Olga Levens

Production Design by
Olga Levens

Art Direction by
Olga Levens

Set Decoration by
Maria Swartz

Costume Design by
Olga Levens
Douglas Purkiss
Hayo Stekker

Makeup Department
Kosuke Ueyama	....	key makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Perry Onorio	....	assistant director (as Perri Onorio)
Remy Swarup	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Olga Levens	....	set designer

Sound Department
Kilyoung Baek	....	foley editor
Kilyoung Baek	....	sound editor
Peter Bentley	....	location sound effects recordist
Eric Chase	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Long	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
David Levens	....	pyrotechnician
Kosuke Ueyama	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Ritesh Aggarwal	....	digital compositor
Tata Elxsi	....	additional visual effects
John Musumeci	....	digital effects artist
Shaikh Rizwan	....	digital compositor
Shailendra Swarnkar	....	digital compositor

Editorial Department
Reinhard Schreiner	....	post-production consultant

Music Department
Ego Plum	....	composer: additional music
Jess Stroup	....	composer: additional music

Thanks
Jim Compton	....	special thanks
Paul Hunt	....	special thanks
Rick Morris	....	special thanks
Ric Trader	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• LEVENS Entertainment

Distributors

• DeA Planeta Home Entertainment (2007) (Spain) (DVD)
• Lightning Home Entertainment
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• CCI Digital  post-production
• Circus Road Films  producer's representative

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexuality, violence and drug use

Runtime:

USA:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R | Spain:18

Company:

LEVENS Entertainment

Trivia:

The original title was "Scary Boat Movie" but after the success of Scary Movie (2000), the producers change the name to the current title.

Quotes:

Summer:The ghosts and the spirits and the dead that you're so afraid of are harmless, what can they do? You should be afraid of the living people.

Soundtrack:

In a Sleep In a Dream

Debut Effort Keyed on Adolescent Fears Raises Questions

Haunted Boat, Olga Leven's first feature, keys on the fears of six adolescents as they become stranded out in the ocean. Production values are amazingly good for a low-end video production. The sound design and the music lead us nicely through the story and bumps up our fears and expectations at the right moments. The story is a bit convoluted and not for those expecting a rational linear tale. Yet when one gives into the fragmented nightmare structure, the story takes on an interesting form. It's a journey of survival for Christina, the lead character played by Courtney Scheuerman and we began to empathize with her fear, that of dying alone. These six people are marginally dysfunctional and this adds to the conflict. The sudden drowning of weak-hearted David (Travis Hammer) breaks up their close ties and turns them against one another. Divided, one by one they succumb to their worst fears. In the end, in spite of the turmoil and chaos, there will always be friends on who you can rely -- whether they are real or only exist in our imagination.

This is a film with multiple interpretations and leaves the viewer in the precarious position of having to figure what happened and how it ended. Haunted Boat is a heady film with an eerie underbelly that embodies many of the problems and fears young people face. It's the type of film that should generate a healthy word-of-mouth as well as discussions about our own fears, philosophies, and attitudes. And for the young male adolescents there's plenty of bikini-clad eye candy and brief nudity.