Shadow Puppets (2007)

A woman and a man awake in individual white cells in an abandoned prison or mental institution wearing only underwear and without any memory. They hear a strange and creepy noise and decide... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Winnick

Writer:

Michael Winnick

Stars:

James Marsters, Tony Todd, Marc Winnick

Cast

Complete credited cast:
James Marsters	...	Jack
Tony Todd	...	Steve
Marc Winnick	...	Charlie
Natasha Alam	...	Amber
Diahnna Nicole Baxter	...	Stacy
Jolene Blalock	...	Kate
Richard Whiten	...	Dave
Jennie Ford	...	Melissa

Storyline

A woman and a man awake in individual white cells in an abandoned prison or mental institution wearing only underwear and without any memory. They hear a strange and creepy noise and decide to look for a way out of the facility. They meet six other strangers in the same situation and one of them is attacked and killed by a shadow. While trying to escape from the place and the shadow, they find the brain washing apparatus with the indication that had been used eight times. When they meet the ninth stranger, they realize that one of them is lying and knows what have happened with them.

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Plot Keywords:

shadow | underwear | supernatural power | mental patient | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

They don't know who they are. Where they are. Or what is trying to kill them.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Shoreline Entertainment

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 April 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dark Shadows

Filming Locations:

Angeles Crest, Angeles National Forest, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shoreline Entertainment, Angel Entertainment, RMR Productions LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min 103 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Full names of characters on their US DOS Medical Qualifying reports include Charles Thomas Riley, Dr. Kate Adams, Stacy Gibson, Amber Diane McCormik and Melissa Tucker.

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Goofs

The office computer shows a successful trace-route (network connection) to the computer in the lab before the latter has even been turned on. Since the trace-route showed 3 hops (routers), there should be three computers in the building (already running). And, technically, computers on the same network (subnet) do not require routers (there should be just one hop).

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Quotes

[first lines]
Kate: Does anybody hear me? Anybody? Let me outta here! Open this door!

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Crazy Credits

Separate from the full SPECIAL THANKS section: "Special thanks to Dino Fekaris (he will survive)". Fekaris wrote the hit song, not used in this movie, "I will survive."

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Connections

References The Munsters (1964)

User Reviews

Simple concept, good result

I enjoyed it. The basic concept is simple, of course: let's make a version of 'Cube' that is more down to earth/without the math, try even to give nice explanations for the apparently supernatural, get a few familiar faces since there are only 8 roles to be cast, and then give the picture a rusty, blood splattered look - thus it will appeal not only to the sci-fi audience, but also to the horror fans. Fair enough for a genre movie which wants to make a bit of money. 'Shadow Puppets' surely creates an atmosphere of uneasiness when none of the characters remembers who he/she is, and information is revealed only much later. It's none of the "it's Halloween again" flicks that keeps the audience awake only with a killing every five minutes, actually I think nobody at all was killed in the first half. So this may be worth checking out if you are not into horror in the first place, but also some more psychological thrillers.