It Waits (2005)

A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.

Director:

Steven R. Monroe

Writers:

Richard Christian Matheson (story), Thomas E. Szollosi (story),

Stars:

Cerina Vincent, Dominic Zamprogna, Greg Kean

Cast

Cast overview:
Cerina Vincent	...	Danielle 'Danny' St. Claire
Dominic Zamprogna	...	Justin Rawley
Greg Kean	...	Rick Bailey
Eric Schweig	...	Joseph Riverwind
Matt Jordon	...	Wakinyah Creature (as Austin Jordon)
Miranda Frigon	...	Julie Cassidy
Sean Wei Mah	...	Ben Wheelock
Tinsel Korey	...	Lark Rainwater
Fred Henderson	...	Carl Nash
Chilton Crane	...	Evelyn Nash
Sean Campbell	...	Lt. Morris Black
Michael Bell	...	Voice of Hoppy (voice)

Storyline

The lonely forest ranger Danielle St. Claire works alone in Tower 19 of the Forestry Department of a remote National Park. Danny is grieving the loss of her best friend Julie Cassidy and is tormented by the feeling of guilty, since she was responsible for the death of her girlfriend. While driving Julie's car after drinking in a bar, she had an accident but she did not assume that she was driving. When a group of students releases a demon trapped in a mystical cave, the creature attacks tourists nearby her tower and later her boyfriend Justin Rawley. Without communication or means of transportation, Danny fights to survive while the monster is attracted by her sadness.

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Plot Keywords:

creature | native american legend | forest | cave | monster | 

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Taglines:

It hungers for human carnage... and it will wait no longer.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 May 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Al acecho

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$1,200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cannell Films, Centaurus Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Was previously developed as a Dolph Lundgren starring vehicle, already with Steven R. Monroe attached to direct for Philippe Martinez at Bauer Martinez Studios. The production got canceled as a deal could not be finalized with the writers. Another Bauer Martinez project for Lundgren and Monroe, "The Soul of Caleb Lee", also fell through, but Lundgren then went on to make his directorial debut for the company with the movie "The Defender".

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Goofs

When Cerina Vincent's character meets a Native American that knows about the creature she is told that the creature does not like water and therefore stays in its cave when it rains. In a scene just previous to this the creature stalks and kills another character when it is obviously raining quite hard.

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Connections

References Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

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Soundtracks

"Believe In Me"
Written by Melanie Monroe
Performed by Melanie Monroe

User Reviews

fine fare for a lazy Saturday morning

Casual channel surfing this morning-and ended up watching this On SciFi Channel. I was kind of impressed- The main character's angst and predicament and her guts in confronting the bad stuff reminded me of Siggy Weaver's Ripley character. I liked the setting and the Ranger stuff. I liked Dr Riverwind(for all of 5 minutes). The character parts of the story were more interesting than the actual "horror movie" stuff. Actually made me care enough to sweat out the action sequences. I was curious who the writer was and when I saw Richard Matheson it confirmed my suspicions that this script was not dreamed up in a frat house over a vat of vodka jello shots but was the work of a decent writer. I thought Cerina did a great job in her portrayal.

And Hoppy ROCKS! He and Jonesie from Alien should get together someday( over vodka jello shots) and trade war-stories.