Catacombs (2007)

Directors:

Tomm Coker
David Elliot

Writers (WGA):

Tomm Coker (written by) &
David Elliot (written by)

Release Date:

6 July 2007 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Below the city of lights exists a world of darkness.

Plot:

On her first trip to Paris, a young woman hits a party in the Catacombs, the 200-mile labyrinth of limestone...

Plot Keywords:

Party | Catacombs | Tunnel | Chase | Swimming

Cast

Shannyn Sossamon	...	Victoria
Pink	...	Carolyn (as Alecia Moore)
Emil Hostina	...	Henry
Sandi Dragoi	...	Llaves
Mihai Stanescu	...	Jean Michele
Cabral Ibacka	...	Hugo (as Cabral Ibaka)
Radu Andrei Micu	...	Nico (as Radu Micu)
Cain Manoli	...	Leon (as Mihnea Manoliu)
DJ Kosta	...	DJ
Marcel Cobzariu	...	Customs Officer #1 (as Marcelo Cobzariu)
Marinela Chelaru	...	Customs Officer #2
Catalin Rotaru	...	Customs Officer #3
Tomm Coker	...	Dr. Giggles
Maxime X.	...	Virgin Mother
Conner Gebhart	...	Goat Boy
Andrew Coker	...	Goat Adolescent
Daniel Freedman	...	Goat Young Adult
Ashleigh Rains	...	Sofi
John Gloria	...	Goatman / Monster
Rider Siphron	...	Fire Dancer
Maxine Franco	...	Dancer
Tressa Barwood	...	Dancer
Anne Lee Greene	...	Dancer (as Anna Greene)
Paige Gadimyan	...	Dancer
Holly Gardner	...	Dancer
John Lambert	...	Dancer
Adam Kent	...	Dancer
Kaniela Kelly	...	Dancer
Shirlene Quigley	...	Dancer
Keneth Lawrence Jr.	...	Dancer
Patricia Kent	...	Dancer
Gio Giammarco	...	Dancer
DJ Wolfie	...	DJ
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nina Bergman	...	Singer (uncredited)

Directed by
Tomm Coker
David Elliot

Writing credits (WGA)
Tomm Coker		(written by) &
David Elliot		(written by)

Produced by
Peter Block	....	executive producer
Mark Burg	....	producer
Chad Cole	....	associate producer
Jason Constantine	....	executive producer
Ford Lytle Gilmore	....	co-executive producer
Michele Greco	....	co-producer
Michele Greco	....	line producer
Gregg Hoffman	....	producer
Oren Koules	....	producer
Peter Schlessel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Yoshiki Hayashi
Hybrid

Cinematography by
Maxime Alexandre

Film Editing by
Josh Rifkin

Casting by
Domnica Circiumaru
Barbara Fiorentino
Rebecca Mangieri
Wendy Weidman

Production Design by
Christian Niculescu

Art Direction by
Vlad Vieru

Costume Design by
Jennifer L. Soulages

Makeup Department
Gabi Cretan	....	key makeup artist
Andreea Tudose	....	makeup artist
Clara Tudose	....	makeup artist

Production Management
W. Michael Beard	....	post-production supervisor
Keith Coene	....	unit production manager
Gabriel Popescu	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Irina Bryson	....	third assistant director (as Irina Niculin)
Anthony Carregal	....	second assistant director
Virgil Nicolaescu	....	first assistant director
Ruxandra Slotea	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Mihai Alecsa	....	construction coordinator
Dana Andreianu	....	art department coordinator
Kira Cristia	....	draft person
Popescu Dan	....	draft person
Petre Enescu	....	scenery works supervisor
Liviu Marcu	....	sculptor
Manuel Plank-Jorge	....	illustrator
Sorin Popa	....	assistant set decorator
Grigore Purcariu	....	assistant art director
Serban Rotariu	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Steve Baine	....	foley artist
Todd Beckett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Bjelic	....	sound effects editor
Brad Dale	....	dialogue editor
Allan Fung	....	sound editor
Mark Gingras	....	supervising sound editor
Jamie Gould	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gina Gyles	....	foley assistant
Liviu Lupsa	....	boom operator
Peter Persaud	....	foley recordist
John Douglas Smith	....	sound editor
Mark Zsifkovits	....	sound re-recording mixer
Preston Martin	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Emil Ardeleanu	....	special effects coordinator
Liviu Lungu	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Neishaw Ali	....	visual effects executive producer: SPIN
Naomi Anderlini	....	designer: opening title
Naomi Anderlini	....	digital compositor
Jeff Campbell	....	visual effects supervsior
Phil Dakin	....	lighting artist
Colin Davies	....	digital effects artist
Genevieve Forte	....	titles compositor
Mikkel Groesland	....	animator
Chad Malbon	....	visual effects producer
Nick Perks	....	3D technical director: SPIN VFX
Ralph Schmidt	....	digital compositor
Norm Stangl	....	visual effects executive producer: SPIN Productions
Motassem Younes	....	digital opticals
Bojan Zoric	....	digital matte painter

Stunts
Dicu Aurel	....	stunt double: Emil Hostina
Gabi Burlacu	....	stunts
Florian Ciprian	....	stunts
Madalin Dragan	....	stunts
Ciprian Dumitrascu	....	stunt coordinator
Marius Florian	....	stunts (as Florian Silviu)
Iulia Muresanu	....	stunt double: Victoria
Daniel Pasleaga	....	stunts
Romeo Raicu	....	stunts
Florin Stancu	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Cos Aelenei	....	still photographer
Daniel Ciobanu	....	generator operator
Sandu Constantin	....	electrician
Andrei Cretan	....	assistant camera
Dalila Dulgheriu	....	epk camera operator
Ovidiu Dumitriade	....	trainee second assistant camera
Benoît Feller	....	second assistant camera
Mircea Ghinescu	....	trainee second assistant camera
Ionut Lupulescu	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Florin Niculae	....	gaffer (as Florin Nicolae)
Razvan Paslaru	....	key grip
Marian Pisau	....	grip
Adrian Sandor	....	focus puller
Bogdan Stanciu	....	Steadicam operator
Bogdan Stanciu	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Catalin Stoica	....	best boy grip
Nicolae Vasile	....	electrician
Valerio Villalba	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Samantha Finkler	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lauren Blair	....	wardrobe assistant
Eli Calin	....	assistant costume designer
Moksha McPherrin	....	additional costume designer
Carmen Stefan	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Sera DiBlasio	....	assistant editor
Daniel Freedman	....	additional editor
Ruxandra Ghitescu	....	assistant editor
Tom Mayclim	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Rob Bertola	....	music editor
David Stevenson Fisher	....	composer: additional music
Yvonne McDonald	....	music supervisor
Gretchen O'Neal	....	music production supervisor
Jonathan Platt	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Marius Vlad	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Morar Amalia	....	cast accountant
Troy Begnaud	....	production coordinator
Dana Boghean-Melconian	....	assistant to director
Opran Isabela	....	secretary of production
Sandy Kellerman	....	additional voices
Steven Lewis	....	finance legal
Mariana Lina	....	script supervisor
Michelle Montgomery	....	voice-over
Gabriela Petre	....	key set production assistant
Irina Raducanu	....	stand-in

Production Companies

• Lionsgate (presents)
• Twisted Pictures (presents)
• Catacombs Productions

Distributors

• Digital Site Corporation (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Eagle Pictures (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Viva International Pictures (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Eagle Films (2007) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• FEARnet (2007) (USA) (TV)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Veronica (2010) (Netherlands) (TV)
• West Video (2007) (Russia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Spin VFX

Other Companies

• All Deco International  set construction and sculptures
• DDDecor  set construction
• Deluxe Post-Production  sound post-production
• Falco Ink.  unit publicity
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Spin Productions  visual effects

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, terror and disturbing images, language, some nudity and drug content

Runtime:

92 min | USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Japan:R-15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-18 | Germany:16 | Australia:MA (2008) | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Lionsgate

Trivia:

Producer Gregg Hoffman died during the making of the film, and production was halted for nearly a year.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: After the main character hits her head and awakens alone, she finds the gate that has been chained and locked on the outside. The yellow police tape is on the inside. However, it's not inconceivable that the gate was sealed by the police, and they could've placed the warning tape before locking the gate.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Victoria:My sister sent me a postcard. All it said was, "Come to Paris. It will be good for you." Forty-eight hours after I arrived, she and everyone I'd met were dead.

Soundtrack:

Love Theme from Catacombs

An Enjoyable watch

This is my first user comment on IMDb and feel I have to make it to prevent people being put off my the low average score.

If you are a horror fan you will enjoy this one. Pink is not the main character, but she does a decent enough job for her part...don't worry they have a proper actress for the lead! Anyway, the location is really cool and it provides a really tense feel throughout. There is a 'Saw' feel about certain scenes which is all good.

The film is also fairly intelligent in parts. They do a good job of conveying the scary feeling of being alone in another country and not being able to understand the language.

And don't be put off by the "bad ending" people have been quoting. Its not that bad, its even pretty cool I think. Its the journey you go on during the film that makes it enjoyable, the ending is not a major problem really.

Hey, why not go for a double bill. Watch this first followed by Them aka "Ils". Would be a quality night of French/Romanian horror goodness.

Enjoy!