Blood Creek (2009) Town Creek (original title)

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Writer (WGA):

David Kajganich (written by)

Release Date:

9 October 2009 (UK)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich.

Plot Keywords:

Farm | West Virginia | Occult | Revenge | Rifle

Cast

Henry Cavill	...	Evan Marshall
Dominic Purcell	...	Victor Alan Marshall
Emma Booth	...	Liese Wollner
Michael Fassbender	...	Richard Wirth
Rainer Winkelvoss	...	Otto Wollner
László Mátray	...	Karl Wollner (as Laszlo Matray)
Joy McBrinn	...	Mrs. Wollner
Shea Whigham	...	Luke Benny
Tony Barger	...	Larry
Douglas Roger	...	Cop #1
Michael Ntumba	...	Cop #2
Razvan Oprea	...	Cop #3
Ana Popescu	...	Meth Freak Girlfriend
Florin Piersic Jr.	...	Scrawny Meth Freak
Gerard McSorley	...	Mr. Marshall
Vlad Voda	...	Vic Jr.
Albert Gherasim	...	Owen
Lynn Collins	...	Barb
Matthew Benson	...	Farmer's Market Owner
Andreea Perminov	...	Young Liese
Gabrielle Downey	...	Aged Liese
Andrew Begg	...	Preacher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adolf Hitler	...	Himself (archive footage) (voice) (uncredited)
Wentworth Miller	...	German Soldier (uncredited)

Directed by
Joel Schumacher

Writing credits (WGA)
David Kajganich		(written by)

Produced by
Robert Bernacchi	....	co-producer
Paul Brooks	....	producer
Aaron Cooley	....	associate producer
Zak Kadison	....	co-producer
Tom Lassally	....	producer
Jeff Levine	....	co-producer
Robyn Meisinger	....	producer
Scott Niemeyer	....	executive producer
Eli Richbourg	....	executive producer
Jonathan Shore	....	associate producer
Norm Waitt	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Buckley

Cinematography by
Darko Suvak		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Mark Stevens

Casting by
Carl Proctor

Production Design by
Christian Niculescu

Art Direction by
Adrian Curelea

Set Decoration by
Carmen Dima

Costume Design by
Christopher Peterson

Makeup Department
Shaune Harrison	....	life casting
Ken Niederbaumer	....	key special makeup effects artist
Richard Redlefsen	....	key special makeup effects artist
Elena Tudor	....	hair stylist
Edwina Voda	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Robert Bernacchi	....	unit production manager
Raul Cosma	....	unit manager
Joanna L. Rees Jones	....	post production executive
Marian Pascale	....	production supervisor
Carmen Pepelea	....	unit production manager
Giancarlo J. Sini	....	production supervisor
Andreea Stanculeanu	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Laura Grosu	....	third assistant director
Eddie Micallef	....	second assistant director
Gabriela Petre	....	second assistant director: Romania
Eli Richbourg	....	second unit director
Ben Sweet	....	second second assistant director
Glen Trotiner	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mihai Alecsa	....	construction coordinator
Andreea Cornel	....	on-set painter
Cosmin Cornisor	....	property master
Cristian Mihaila	....	property buyer
Andreea Popa	....	set dresser assistant
Ionel Popa	....	propmaker
Aaron Sims	....	character designer
Mihai Stanciu	....	head painter
Rosca Stefan	....	painter
Rebecca Totman	....	set dressing shopper
Adrian Ungureanu	....	painter
Simona Ursu	....	art department coordinator
Laurentiu Zarnoianu	....	props on set

Sound Department
Cristian Coroiu	....	boom operator
Paul Curtis	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Deane	....	adr mixer
Ken Galvin	....	adr recordist
Charles Hamilton	....	sound recordist
Bradley C. Katona	....	sound effects editor
Marc Meyer	....	sound effects editor
Carey Milbradt	....	foley mixer
Monique Reymond	....	foley artist
Deron Street	....	assistant sound editor
Lionel Strutt	....	adr coordinator
Joseph Tsai	....	assistant sound editor
Ian Voigt	....	sound mixer
Garret Farrell	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Caimin Bourne	....	special effects technician
Moise Constantin	....	special effects technician
David Dunsterville	....	special effects technician
Cleve Gunderman	....	moldmaker: Tatopoulos Studios
Glen Hanz	....	sculptor: Tatopoulos Studios
Thomas Hebert	....	special effects crew
Guy Himber	....	special effects makeup: shop supervisor, Tatopoulos Studios, Inc.
Matthew Horton	....	special effects technician
Hiroshi Katagiri	....	sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Clive R. Kay	....	special effects contact lenses
Allison Klein	....	assistant to designer: Tatopoulos Studios
Gergely Laszlo	....	special effects technician
Petre Nicusor	....	armourer
Iulia Paduraru	....	special effects coordinator
George Petrache	....	special effects technician
Nicu Petre	....	armourer
Simon Quinn	....	special effects technician
Adrian Serbanescu	....	special effects technician
John Shea	....	fabricator
Patrick Tatopoulos	....	special effects makeup
Anne Marie Walters	....	senior special effects technician
David Watkins	....	special effects supervisor
Gareth Wingrove	....	special effects floor supervisor
Ian Wingrove	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Robert Adams	....	matchmover: R!OT
Michael Angelo	....	Inferno artist: R!OT
Mayumi Arakaki	....	visual effects production manager
Oliver Arnold	....	lighting lead
Jennifer Avery	....	visual effects production assistant
Alison Middaugh Barger	....	3D lead: R!OT (as Alison Middaugh)
Andy Barrios	....	inferno artist: R!OT
Thomas R. Bryant	....	visual effects editor
Kelly Bumbarger	....	digital effects supervisor: Riot
Matthew Collorafice	....	digital compositor
Charles Collyer	....	digital compositor: R!OT
Tim 'Timco' Conway	....	visual effects: R!OT
Robert Coquia Jr.	....	i/o vfx
Daniel Craemer	....	digital artist
Del DePierro	....	digital integration
Matthew G. Donnan	....	paint/roto artist
Mark Edwards	....	digital production manager: R!OT
Dustin Foster	....	visual effects coordinator: R!OT
Jamie Hallett	....	digital effects supervisor: R!OT
Lindsay Hallett	....	visual effects executive producer: R!OT (as Lindsay Burnett)
Holly Gregory Horter	....	lead digital artist
David Jones	....	visual effects supervisor: R!OT
Evan Kantor	....	visual effects coordinator: R!OT
Anthony Kramer	....	digital compositor: R!OT
Kurt Lawson	....	digital compositor
Chris LeDoux	....	digital compositor: R!OT
Laurence Lok	....	senior compositor: R!OT
Sean Looper	....	pipeline architect: R!OT
Erika A. McKee	....	visual effects producer: R!OT
John Norris	....	visual effects business affairs
Hiroyuki Okubo	....	effects lead: R!OT
Ben Seymour	....	visual effects producer: R!OT
Shuichi Suzuki	....	modeling lead
Åsa Svedberg	....	lighter
Michael Taylor	....	production executive: RIOT
Alexander Tirasongkran	....	matchmove technical director
Cary Welton	....	digital restoration artist: R!OT
Shane Christopher Wicklund	....	junior compositor: R!OT
Shane Christopher Wicklund	....	matte painter: R!OT
Shane Christopher Wicklund	....	paint artist: R!OT
Andy Wilkoff	....	CG supervisor: R!OT
Jason Yanofsky	....	lead artist

Stunts
Jordi Casares	....	stunt coordinator
Mihai Diaconu	....	stunts
Roman Jankovic	....	stunt double: Michael Fassbender
Roman Jankovic	....	stunts
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	stunt double
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	stunt rider
Marin Petrica	....	stunt performer
Rasvan Puiu	....	stunt coordinator
Ricardo Rocca	....	stunts
Daniel Visan	....	stunts
Florin Stancu	....	stunt double: Dominic Purcell (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ciobanu Alin	....	electrician
Leonard Bacica	....	video assist
Ron Bahara	....	first assistant camera
George Besel	....	grip
Laurentiu Bogatu	....	electrician
Daniel Ciobanu	....	electrician
Calin Constantin	....	gaffer
Liviu Cosor	....	electrician
Lucian Diaconu	....	gaffer: second unit
Dalila Dulgheriu	....	epk camera operator
Ovidiu Dumitriade	....	clapper loader
Stevan Fara	....	assistant camera
Stevan Fara	....	camera operator
Gabriel Fleancu	....	video assist
Ingo Gardner	....	balloon light technician
Florica George	....	electrician
Madalina Lungu	....	assistant camera
Ovidiu Marginean	....	director of photography: second unit
Radu Marinescu	....	key grip
Goran Mecava	....	camera operator
Gabriel Nita	....	first assistant camera
Doru Perneac	....	electrician
Toni Salabasev	....	still photographer
Viorel Sergovici	....	director of photography: second unit
Gheorghe Ursescu	....	best boy
Byron Werner	....	additional photographer

Casting Department
Iulia Alexandrescu	....	extras casting assistant
Annette Borgmann	....	casting germany
Domnica Circiumaru	....	extras casting
Andreea Tanasescu	....	casting: Romania

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Augusto Grassi	....	armor maker
Amy L. Teets	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Gilbert Carreras	....	color timer
Nathan R. Fitzgerald	....	digital intermediate editor
Travis Flynn	....	colorist assist
David Kennedy	....	digital intermediate assistant
Kate Kroll	....	post-production coordinator
Drew MacDonald	....	post-production assistant
Javier Marcheselli	....	assistant editor
Aisla Webster	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Kirk Bennett	....	lead orchestrator
Halli Cauthery	....	musician: Hardanger fiddle
Kevin Crehan	....	music editor
Meri Gavin	....	music editor
Jamie Luker	....	music scoring engineer
Malcolm Luker	....	music scoring mixer
Michelle Lynskey	....	vocalist (as Michelle Lynskey)
Abhay Manusmare	....	digital score recordist
Judson McDowell	....	orchestrator
Robert Puff	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Antonius Corbu	....	transportation captain
Vali Georgescu	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Lesa Andelson	....	production counsel
Tony Barger	....	assistant to Mr. Schumacher
Matthew Benson	....	production executive
Ioana Bernacchi	....	production coordinator
Teo Bostanica	....	key assistant
Alisa Buckley	....	unit publicist
Mihai Busuioc	....	production accountant
Gilda Conon	....	production coordinator
George Croitoru	....	key set production assistant
Chris Doss	....	executive in charge of finance
Marius Florescu	....	location manager
Raluca Focheanu	....	assistant co-producer
Laura Forrest	....	travel services provided by
Stefan Gavrilescu	....	production assistant
Suraj Gohill	....	production lender
Heather Joyce	....	marketing executive
Claudia Marcu	....	production assistant
Alexandra Marinescu	....	production coordinator
Norma Marie Mascia	....	supervising production coordinator
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Giancarlo J. Sini	....	financial controller
Dylan Tarason	....	production executive
Annemarie van de Mond	....	script supervisor
Dale Wyatt	....	dialogue coach
Irina Raducanu	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Thanks
Tyler Barth	....	special thanks
Eyde Belasco	....	special thanks
Andrew Molina	....	special thanks
Michael Rizzi	....	special thanks (as Mike Rizzi)
Byron Werner	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Gold Circle Films

Distributors

• Cathay-Keris Films (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Gold Circle Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (20097) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2010) (Argentina) (all media)
• California Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Deltamac Entertainment (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• MG Film (2009) (Croatia) (all media)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (as "Blood Creek")
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (as "Blood Creek")
• Roadshow Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (DVD) (as "Blood Creek")
• TVA Films (2009) (Canada) (all media)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
• TriPictures (2012) (Spain) (DVD)
• Veronica (2012) (Netherlands) (TV)

Special Effects

• Effects Associates
• Patrick Tatopoulos Design
• Riot (visual effects)
• Tatopoulos Studios

Other Companies

• Aaron Sims Company, The  character design
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Central Casting Romania  casting
• DDDecor  set construction
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Line 21 Media Services Ltd.  combined dialogue, continuity & spotting list
• Mayflower Studios  ADR recording studio
• Mediapro Studios  production facilities
• Pivotal Post  Avid Editing Equipment Provided By

Also Known As:

"Town Creek" - USA (original title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, and some language

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:R | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Germany:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 (DVD rating) | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Gold Circle Films

Trivia:

Henry Cavill replaced Jesse Metcalfe.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The check in the beginning from the "Deutsche Bundesbank": The Reich had not a Bundesbank (= federal bank) which is part of the Federal Republic founded in 1949, but of course the Reichsbank.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator:In the early '30s, Adolf Hitler and his inner circle became obsessed with the occult, believing that the black arts were key to their plan for world domination. Nazi agents travelled the globe in search of ancient Nordic relics known as rune stones. They believed if they harnessed the power of these stones, nothing could stop the march of the Master Race. The symbols inscribed in these stones were said to describe the path... to immortality.

Guess who's coming to dinner

Joel Schumacher seems to have fallen. I didn't expect him to be doing low budget Horror thrillers anyway. But then again, the guy knows a bit about filmmaking, so this movie is pretty solid (and has a very good cast, not only Mr. Fassbender).

While it seems uncertain and not tonally correct at times, has a few script flaws here and there, it does flow quite nicely (if you let it and you're not interrupting it with questions that is). The story is kinda nice, the ending more or less predictable. Some nice scenes of gore and suspense. I guess if you don't have high expectation, it's the best way to watch the movie.