See No Evil (2006)

Director:

Gregory Dark

Writer (WGA):

Dan Madigan (written by)

Release Date:

19 May 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Eight Teens, One Weekend, One Serial Killer.

Plot:

A group of delinquents are sent to clean the Blackwell Hotel. Little do they know reclusive psychopath Jacob Goodnight (Jacobs) has holed away in the rotting hotel. When one of the teens is captured, those who remain -- a group that includes the cop who put a bullet in Goodnight's head four years ago -- band together to survive against the brutal killer.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Psychopath | Tattoo | Serial Killer | Severed Arm

Cast

Glenn Jacobs	...	Jacob Goodnight (as Kane)
Christina Vidal	...	Christine
Michael J. Pagan	...	Tye
Samantha Noble	...	Kira
Steven Vidler	...	Williams
Cecily Polson	...	Margaret
Luke Pegler	...	Michael
Rachael Taylor	...	Zoe
Penny McNamee	...	Melissa
Craig Horner	...	Richie
Mikhael Wilder	...	Russell
Tiffany Lamb	...	Hannah
Sam Cotton	...	Young Jacob
Cory Robinson	...	Blaine
Zoe Ventoura	...	Eyeless Women
Annalise Woods	...	Young Girl (as Annaliese Woods)
Tim McDonald	...	Officer 1
Trent Huen	...	Officer 2
Matthew Okine	...	Officer 3
Jason Chong	...	News Reporter
Greg Skipper	...	Bus Driver

Directed by
Gregory Dark

Writing credits (WGA)
Dan Madigan		(written by)

Produced by
Sharlotte Blake	....	associate producer
Jed Blaugrund	....	co-executive producer
Peter Block	....	executive producer
Matt Carroll	....	executive producer
Richard Clendinnen	....	line producer
Jason Constantine	....	co-producer
Vince McMahon	....	executive producer
John Sacchi	....	co-producer
Joel Simon	....	producer

Original Music by
Tyler Bates

Cinematography by
Ben Nott

Film Editing by
Scott Richter

Production Design by
Michael Rumpf

Art Direction by
Adam Head

Makeup Department
Karen Adcock	....	prosthetic makeup
Jason Baird	....	designer and creator: special makeup effects supervisor
Mark Cleary	....	prosthetic technician
Eve Connolly	....	additional hair stylist
Eve Connolly	....	additional makeup artist
Jacqueline Deacon	....	additional hair stylist
Jacqueline Deacon	....	additional makeup artist
Lea Dixon	....	additional hair stylist
Lea Dixon	....	additional makeup artist
Vivienne Fox	....	additional hair stylist
Vivienne Fox	....	additional makeup artist
Kylie Gillmeister	....	additional hair stylist
Kylie Gillmeister	....	additional makeup artist
Skye Green-Hansen	....	additional hair stylist
Skye Green-Hansen	....	additional makeup artist
Marney Lindsay	....	additional hair stylist
Marney Lindsay	....	additional makeup artist
Tess Natoli	....	key hair stylist
Lynne O'Brien	....	hair supervisor
Lynne O'Brien	....	makeup supervisor
Lisa Sheehan	....	makeup artist
Rebecca-Jane Smith	....	hair stylist
Rebecca-Jane Smith	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Sandi Archer	....	unit production manager
Nancy Hirami	....	lead post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jennifer Leacey	....	first assistant director
Scott Lovelock	....	second assistant director
Timothy Wood	....	additional assistant director

Art Department
Tim Allen	....	set dresser
Gillian Butler	....	buyer/set dresser
Graeme Callander	....	storyboard artist
Gary Cameron	....	carpenter
James Colmer	....	concept artist
Chad Edginton	....	props
Craig McMahon	....	art department accountant
Matthew Putland	....	property master
Daniella Rigby	....	art coordinator

Sound Department
Randy Babajtis	....	sound effects editor
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer
Jeremy Balko	....	foley mixer
Dhyana Carlton-Tims	....	assistant dialogue editor
Jake Eberle	....	sound designer
Jason England	....	dialogue editor
Brent Findley	....	assistant sound editor
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Jerry Gilbert	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott G.G. Haller	....	sound editor
Scott Hinkley	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Cody King	....	assistant dialogue editor
Richard Kitting	....	foley editor
Shawn London	....	sound designer
Shawn London	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jonathan Miller	....	supervising sound designer
Jonathan Miller	....	supervising sound editor
Andrew Morgado	....	foley mixer
Susan Pusateri	....	foley artist (as Sue Pusateri)
Shelley Roden	....	foley artist
Ian Thomson	....	second boom operator

Special Effects by
Brett Beacham	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Josh Head	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Alicia Aguilera	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Tate Arbon	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Jason Bath	....	visual effects executive producer: FUEL International
Dominic Bean	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Jason Billington	....	compositor: FUEL International
Paul Booth	....	visual effects editorial: Photon
Kent Boswell	....	visual effects producer: FUEL International
Craig Brown	....	CG artist: FUEL International
Daniel Brown	....	digital effects supervisor: Photon VFX
Pru Bryant-Fenn	....	graphic designer: FUEL International
Baris Caglar	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Angus Cameron	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Roland Carati	....	technical director: Photon VFX
Craig Clarke	....	on-set visual effects supervisor (as Craig Clark)
Luke Cole	....	IT manager: FUEL International
Sam Cole	....	senior compositor: FUEL
Tony Cole	....	senior compositor: FUEL International
Daniel James Cox	....	matte painter: FUEL International (as Daniel Cox)
Dean Cranney	....	technical support: Photon VFX
Dexter Davey	....	junior compositor: FUEL International
Chris Davies	....	compositor: FUEL International
Octavio de Ellis	....	CG artist: FUEL International
Jonathan Dixon	....	digital liaison: Atlab Australia
Brad Dunn	....	compositor: Atlab Australia
Rebecca Dunn	....	senior compositor: Atlab Australia
Simon Dye	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Kane Elferink	....	CG artist: FUEL International
Elisa Esteban	....	CG effects artist: Photon VFX
Suzanne Evans-Booth	....	visual effects coordinator
Nicky Farnsworth	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Lianne Forbes	....	camera tracking: FUEL International
Paul Freeman	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Chris French	....	CG artist: FUEL International
Leo Gomez	....	scanning & recording: Atlab Australia
Matt Greig	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Richard David Hall	....	compositor: Photon VFX (as Richard Hall)
Jamie Hediger	....	compositor: Atlab Australia
Andrew Hellen	....	visual effects supervisor: FUEL International
Matt Hermans	....	shaders artist: FUEL International
Jayne Herrmann	....	digital effects coordinator: Photon VFX
Danielle Hession	....	assistant I/O operator: FUEL International
Howard Hill	....	compositor: FUEL International
Michelle Hunt	....	compositor: Atlab Australia
Rebecca Johnson	....	production assistant: FUEL International
Joseph Kim	....	CG artist: FUEL International
Steve Kreutzmann	....	render wrangler: FUEL International
Paul Lada	....	lighting lead: FUEL International
Nicky Ladas	....	technical support: Photon VFX
Kent Lee	....	render wrangler: FUEL International
Phillip Leonhardt	....	senior compositor: FUEL International
Peter Luczak	....	scanning & recording: Atlab Australia
Warren Lynch	....	digital colorist: FUEL International
Simon Maddison	....	pre-visualization supervisor: FUEL International
Alex McCleod	....	CG artist: FUEL International (as Alex McLeod)
Matthew McCosker	....	CG particles: FUEL International (as Matt McCosker)
Damon Milman	....	CG effects artist: Photon VFX
Dave Morley	....	supervising compositor: FUEL International
Shelly Morrow	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Mark Nettleton	....	compositor: Photon VFX
An Nguyen	....	IT assistant: FUEL International
Matthew North	....	compositor: Atlab Australia
Pawel Olas	....	supervising technical director: FUEL International
Alexandra Papavramides	....	compositor: FUEL International
Julian Parry	....	visual effects producer
Hannah Peirce	....	senior compositor: FUEL International
Dylan Penhale	....	systems administrator: FUEL International
Greg Petchkovsky	....	CG artist: FUEL International
David Petts	....	technical support: Photon VFX
Gerard Benjamin Pierre	....	lead compositor: FUEL International (as Ben Pierre)
Loren Robinson	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Robert Sandeman	....	digital supervisor: Atlab Australia
Nicola Scarrott	....	digital effects coordinator: Photon VFX
Chris Scott	....	I/O operator: FUEL International
Brian Shows	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Brian Shows	....	director of digital intermediate services
Murray Smallwood	....	sequence lead: Photon VFX
Martha Soehendra	....	digital artist
Mike Sparks	....	technical director: Photon VFX
Craig Stevenson	....	CG effects artist: Photon VFX
Gary Sullivan	....	CG character technical director: FUEL International
Daniel Sunwoo	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Andy Sutton	....	CG character animator: FUEL International
Takahiro Suzuki	....	compositor: Atlab Australia
Kim Tobin	....	compositor: Photon VFX (as Kim Worrall)
Shereena-Lee van de Berkt	....	digital effects production manager: Photon VFX
Randy Vellacott	....	compositor: Photon VFX
Sandeep Vengsarkar	....	compositor: Atlab Australia
Andreas Wanda	....	CG supervisor: FUEL International
Derek Wentworth	....	additional on-set visual effects supervisor
Martin Wiseman	....	visual effects producer: Photon VFX
Jamie Wood	....	compositor: FUEL International
Matthew Wynne	....	junior compositor: FUEL International
Koji Yamaguchi	....	compositor: FUEL International
Henry Yekanians	....	scanning & recording: Atlab Australia
Kim Pearce	....	senior systems administrator (uncredited)
Sean Steinmuller	....	lead animator (uncredited)
Michele Stewart	....	visual effects bidding producer: Photon VFX (uncredited)

Stunts
Lee Adamson	....	stunt driver
Clancy Beck	....	stunt double: Penny McNamee
Renee Bowen	....	stunt double
Bradd Buckley	....	stunt double
Raelene Chapman	....	stunt double
Haydn Dalton	....	utility stunts
Mitch Deans	....	stunt coordinator
Ashley Fairfield	....	stunt rigger
Alex Kuzelicki	....	utility stunts
Scott McLean	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Scott McLean	....	stunt double
Sheree Swords	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Sean Aston	....	grip: second unit
Daniel Clark	....	first assistant camera
Dan Maxwell	....	first assistant camera
Duncan Scott	....	additional focus puller
Brendan Shambrook	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera

Casting Department
Mara Kelly	....	casting assistant: U.S.

Editorial Department
David Donaldson	....	project coordinator: Post Logic Studios
Marc Fisher	....	on-line editor
Olivier Fontenay	....	digital colorist: Atlab Australia
Michael T. Forrest	....	on-line editor
Mandy Jacobs	....	first assistant editor: Australia
Matthew W. Johnson	....	iq artist
Annalise Kurinsky	....	digital intermediate producer: Post Logic Studios
Peter McEvoy	....	digital intermediate executive producer: Post Logic Studios
Geoffrey O'Brien	....	first assistant editor
Christopher Oakes	....	editorial production assistant
James Renfroe	....	assistant editor
Frank Roman	....	digital intermediate colorist: Post Logic Studios
Brian Shows	....	director of digital intermediate services: Post Logic Studios
Anthos Simon	....	digital intermediate producer: Atlab Australia
Robb Sullivan	....	additional editor

Music Department
Darrell Hall	....	music editor: temp music
Georgiana Ramsland	....	music editor

Other crew
Karen Bull	....	accounting assistant
Trevor Callaghan	....	location security
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr voice director
Laura Clelland	....	production assistant
James Cunningham	....	performance consultant
Traci Duxbury	....	assistant: Gregory Dark
Melissa Elliott	....	title designer
Suzie Freeman	....	first assistant accountant
Richard Lowell	....	executive assistant: Joel Simon (as Richie Lowell)
Justin McDonald	....	digital projectionist
Antoinette O'Neill	....	script supervisor
Kym Sainsbury	....	prosthetics supervisor
Holly Smith	....	assistant: Matt Carroll
Allen L. Sowelle	....	technical advisor
Sharyn Steele	....	executive assistant: Jed Blaugrund
Scott Stewart	....	location manager
Steven Brown	....	workshop assistant (uncredited)
David Rudduck	....	it technical support (uncredited)

Production Companies

• World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) (executive production)
• Eye Scream Man Productions (uncredited)
• Eye Scream Productions (uncredited)
• Lions Gate Films
• WWE Films

Distributors

• Lions Gate Films (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Lions Gate Films (2006) (Canada) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Viva Films (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• West (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Eagle Films (2006) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Filmax (2006) (Spain) (all media)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Maple Pictures (2006) (Canada) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Pandasia Entertainment (2006) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Veronica (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Fuel International (visual effects & CG Jacob)
• Photon VFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Northernstar Security  location security
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Pivotal Post  HD services
• Post Logic Studios  digital intermediate services: Los Angeles
• Sonic Magic  sound post-production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong gruesome violence and gore throughout, language, sexual content and some drug use

Runtime:

84 min | Philippines:82 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby

Certification:

Germany:BPjM Restricted | USA:R | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | Philippines:R-18 | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Portugal:M/18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | UK:18 | Mexico:C | Argentina:18 | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (cut) | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-18 | Peru:18 | Norway:18 | Australia:MA | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Company:

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Trivia:

Zoe's sister's name appears on the cell phone as Kiley Warner.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: While Margaret is in bed reading the newspaper, a boom mic can be seen lowering down toward her in the overhead shot.

Quotes:

Kira:Michael, you didn't have to come back for us.
Michael:I didn't wanna walk out of here alone.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in WrestleMania 23 (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

My Deliverance

It's HOR-larious!

All right, let's be realistic about this. Nobody goes into a movie produced by WWE Films (whose owner has challenged God to a wrestling match), directed by a former porn director (the man gave the world the Between the Cheeks trilogy), starring a wrestler named Kane, and expects a little slice of art on a golden platter. If you do then you probably need to find something other than watching movies to occupy your time.

So what exactly are we to expect from a movie like this? Well, here's what I was looking forward to:

1) Bad acting. 2) A fairly non-existent, clichéd storyline. 3) Kane walking around with a scrunched, sour face that indicates his nostrils just found the potato salad he misplaced a month ago. 4) Tons and tons of gore.

Well, if you're hungry for some "so bad it's funny" entertainment then this might satisfy your appetite because it delivers on all counts.

Obviously, movies like this are best seen for free, but if you do choose to sacrifice box office bucks then have some fun and make a game out of it. The filmmakers are nice enough to introduce us to each of the annoying delinquents by flashing their names and legal offenses on the screen. This makes it easier for you to write down which ones you want to see killed and in what order. You and your friends can see whose predictions are most accurate.

I also suggest that you and your pals write down every single moment of stupidity and inanity that you can find. Tally them up at the end and see who comes up with the most. I think my grand total was 107; can you beat that? I personally want to know how after 35 years and a fire does this abandoned hotel still have electricity, running water, and a working elevator?

I know, I know, the filmmakers are assuming that if you pay to see this then you obviously don't put much thought into what you spend your money on and therefore likely won't put much thought into how silly the movie is, but that doesn't mean we can't point it out and laugh at it.

I also like how the city wants to turn this huge hotel (which would be condemned and recommended for demolition by any sensible inspector) into a homeless shelter and they think the best way to get it cleaned up is to give eight punks a few mops and brooms. Uh-huh.

I think you pretty much know what to expect, but I feel the need to provide you with a couple of warnings. First, if you hate crowd interaction no matter the movie then you might want to stay away. The people in the audience acted like they were at an actual wrestling show. Shouts of "Kill him, Kane!" and "I hope you die first!" and "Chokeslam!" echoed through the theater, showcasing what I hope is NOT the best of what America has to offer. I usually don't appreciate such audience interaction, but for a cheesefest like this I thought the commentary added to the entertainment value. However, I can see how others could be annoyed by it.

Second, and this shouldn't even warrant explanation, the film doesn't shy away from the gore. If watching a big ugly dude rip eyeballs right out of their sockets doesn't scream "fun night at the movies!" for ya then you know good and well to save your dough.

I must say that I was a little surprised by the extreme lack of dialogue on Kane's part. I wasn't expecting him to put on an acting clinic, but I was hoping he'd have some cute little catchphrase like "Say goodnight" (his character's last name is "Goodnight") right before he killed a victim. Instead he uttered four words in the entire film - "Nooooooo!" and "I see it." But hey, he delivered them flawlessly!

If I were a bad guy in a movie then my catchphrase would be something like "Place your BETTS!" or "All BETTS are off!"

It'd rule and you know it. We need a new genre term for bad horror films like See No Evil that induce so much unintentional laughter that you almost have to label them comedic. Feel free to send me your suggestions. For now we'll just call 'em HOR-larious!