Crazy Eights (2006)

Circumstance brings six childhood friends together to face their past, and a secret they share.

Director:

Jimi Jones

Writers:

Dan DeLuca, Jimi Jones,

Stars:

Dina Meyer, George Newbern, Traci Lords

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dina Meyer	...	Jennifer Jones
George Newbern	...	Father Lyle Dey
Traci Lords	...	Gina Conte
Dan DeLuca	...	Wayne Morrison
Frank Whaley	...	Brent Sykes
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Beth Patterson
Christine Eads	...	Nurse
Stephen Szibler	...	Orderly
Michael Gabel	...	Dr. Pike
Cheryl Scungio	...	Jennifer's Mother
Karen Beriss	...	Karen
Joe Hansard	...	Flashback Doctor
James A. Ray	...	Jimmy Ray (as Jimmy Ray)
Chloe J. Lindsey	...	Hospital patient
Linda Delpierre	...	Extra

Storyline

Six people are brought together at the funeral of a childhood friend. While settling the estate, they discover a map, which leads them on a search for a long forgotten time capsule, at the request of their dead friend. What they discover reawakens repressed childhood traumas and leads them on a journey through their long abandoned childhood home: a home with a terrible secret and a mysterious dead girl who will lead them to their strange fates.

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Plot Keywords:

old photograph | blood | gore | file | paintbrush | 

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Taglines:

No secret stays locked away forever.

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, disturbing images, and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 October 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

El entierro

Filming Locations:

Crownsville, Maryland, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

IKM Productions, Ikoya Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
Title Card: Between 1954 to 1976, nearly 600 children were voluntarily submitted for participation in a number of behavioral studies. These experimental facilities were privately funded and tucked away in secluded regions of the south.

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Connections

References Leave It to Beaver (1957)

User Reviews

Slow, deliberate horror for the true fan

Don't watch this movie if you love special-effects driven gory horror movies. it is far more subtle than that.

Six friends, who seem to remember little about their childhoods except that they were all on a baseball team together (the "Crazy Eights" of the title) reunite for the funeral of one of their members. they discover the secrets that they have been blocking out, and why all of them have been having nightmares, and how these nightmares and their pasts all tie together. interesting premise, but so much more is given here.

the directing was perfect -- lighting, music, pacing, lack of showy special effects, it all served to build an excellent new take on the "haunted house" or "amnesia" style of plots. but the very pacing that makes it scary is a turnoff for people expecting a fast-paced Hollywood horrorfest. it's much more like a foreign horror movie, where technique matters over showiness. if you thought that "A Tale of Two Sisters" was scarier than its remake "The Uninvited," this is the movie for you.