"Masters of Horror" Chocolate (2005)

Director:

Mick Garris

Writers:

Mick Garris (creator)
Mick Garris (teleplay)
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TV Series:

"Masters of Horror" (2005)

Original Air Date:

25 November 2005 (Season 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

In Chicago, the lonely Jamie works in the food laboratory of a company developing flavors with his best friend Wally...

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Laboratory | Diet | Masturbating In A Shower | Interracial Relationship

Cast

Henry Thomas	...	Jamie
Matt Frewer	...	Wally
Stacy Grant	...	Vanessa
Jake D. Smith	...	Booth (as Jake Smith)
Michael Curtola	...	Band Member
Katharine Horsman	...	Sue
Paul Wu	...	Hooper
Leah Graham	...	Elaine
Lucie Laurier	...	Catherine
Alexandra Staseson	...	Young Girl (as Ali Staseson)
Peter Bryant	...	Detective #1
Ken Dresen	...	Detective #2 (as Ken Dressen)

Directed by
Mick Garris

Writing credits
Mick Garris		(creator)
Mick Garris		(teleplay)
Mick Garris		(short story)

Produced by
Keith Addis	....	executive producer
Bo Altherr	....	producer: special features
Morris Berger	....	executive producer
Stephen R. Brown	....	executive producer (as Steve Brown)
Ben Browning	....	co-producer
Andrew Deane	....	executive producer
Mick Garris	....	executive producer
Adam Goldworm	....	co-producer
John W. Hyde	....	executive producer
Lisa Richardson	....	producer
Tom Rowe	....	producer
Pascal Verschooris	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Nicholas Pike

Cinematography by
Attila Szalay		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Andrew Cohen

Casting by
Nancy Nayor		(as Nancy Nayor Battino)
Kelly Wagner		(as Kelly Martin Wagner)
Stuart Aikins		(uncredited)

Production Design by
David Fischer

Art Direction by
Teresa Weston

Set Decoration by
Ide Foyle

Costume Design by
Lyn Kelly

Makeup Department
Rexford Bangle	....	first assistant makeup artist
Mike Fields	....	on-set key makeup artist: KNB EFX Group, Inc. (as Michael Fields)
Cleo Gagner	....	first assistant hair stylist (as Cleo Gagne)
Sarah Graham	....	on-set key makeup artist: KNB EFX Group, Inc.
Dana Hamel	....	makeup artist
Adina Shore	....	hair stylist
Amanda McGowan	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Margo Coughlin Zimmerman	....	production manager: New Arc Entertainment
Sally Dixon	....	post-production supervisor
Stacey Jade Smart	....	executive in charge of production: New Arc Entertainment
Pascal Verschooris	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karin Behrenz	....	third assistant director (as Karen Behrenz)
Brian Giddens	....	first assistant director
Ian Samoil	....	second assistant director
Yannick Leray	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)
Trevor Ralph	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Andrei Andrianko	....	assistant art director
Doris Deutschmann	....	art department coordinator
Nick Dibley	....	property master (as Nicholas Dibley)
Jim Geddes	....	construction coordinator
Leesa Hanna	....	assistant set decorator (as Leesa McNalley)
Jake Miller	....	assistant property master
Dylan Dowd	....	lead greens person (uncredited)
Les Ford	....	computer graphics designer (uncredited)
Sean McGee	....	on-set props assistant (uncredited)
Regan Steele	....	set dresser (uncredited)
John Wilcox	....	paint coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Anke Bakker	....	sound supervisor
Kevin Belen	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jay Cheetham	....	background sound editor
Jacqueline Cristianini	....	sound supervisor
Kris Fenske	....	sound designer
Kevin Konarzewski	....	adr mixer
Jason Mauza	....	foley editor
Laurie Melhus	....	audio post coordinator
Iain Pattison	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jean Raymond	....	foley mixer
Sebastian Salm	....	sound mixer
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Paul Sharpe)
Colin Smith	....	boom operator
Matthew Wilson	....	sound effects editor (as Matt Wilson)
Kevin Konarzewski	....	walla recordist (uncredited)
Todd R. Mason	....	sound effects recordist (uncredited)
Joshua Stevenson	....	assistant dialogue editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Howard Berger	....	special effects makeup
Mark Boley	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Mark Bolie)
Michael Deak	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Mike Deak)
Robert Freitas	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Rob Freitas)
Derek Heselton	....	special effects best boy (as Derek Heselston)
Grady Holder	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Jim Leonard	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Gregory Nicotero	....	special effects makeup
Ron Pipes	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Frank Rydberg	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Frank Ryberg)
Shannon Shea	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Wayne Szybunka	....	special effects coordinator
Veronica Torres	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Lindsay Vivian	....	special effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Corey Bastiaans	....	cg artist: Anthem Visual Effects
Matt Belbin	....	visual effects editor
Sébastien Bergeron	....	digital effects supervisor: Anthem Visual Effects
Paul Chapman	....	digital compositor: Anthem Visual Effects
Craig Clarke	....	senior compositor: Anthem Visual Effects
Annabelle Kent	....	digital compositor: Anthem Visual Effects
Ken Lee	....	cg artist: Anthem Visual Effects
Darren MacKay	....	digital compositor: Anthem Visual Effects
Stu McRae	....	digital compositor: Anthem Visual Effects (as Stu MacRae)
Alessandro Nardini	....	cg artist: Anthem Visual Effects
Lisa K. Sepp	....	visual effects coordinator (as Lisa Sepp Wilson)
Lisa K. Sepp	....	visual effects producer: Anthem Visual Effects (as Lisa Sepp Wilson)
Lee Wilson	....	visual effects supervisor: Anthem Visual Effects
Mladen Miholjcic	....	senior cgi artist: Anthem Visual Effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Jim Dunn	....	stunt coordinator
Jim Dunn	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Bradley S. Creasser	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as Brad Creasser)
Stewart Henshaw	....	best boy lighting
Kieran Humphries	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Tom Kaczmarski	....	key grip
Christina Kasperczyk	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Mike Kolafa	....	gaffer (as Michael Kolafa)
Dean Schwingboth	....	best boy grip
Richard Wilson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Rob Cantin	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Chris Cove	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Ian Gariepy	....	dolly grip (uncredited)
Jeff Grimshire	....	dolly grip (uncredited)
Seth Hettrick	....	key rigging grip (uncredited)
Jos Oman	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Sandra-Ken Freeman	....	extras casting (as Sandra Ken-Freeman)
Kevin Mockrin	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Linda Leduc	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Richard Cordes	....	color timer
Andrea Dixon	....	color timer
David Reale	....	assistant editor
Matt Venables	....	post-production coordinator
Mike Williamson	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Mike Beckett	....	music editor
Lisa Brown	....	music supervisor
Jennifer Ross	....	music supervisor
Ed Shearmur	....	composer: theme music (as Edward Shearmur)
Happy Walters	....	music supervisor
James Fogel	....	assistant score engineer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Fraser Sutherland	....	transportation coordinator
John Swetlikoe	....	transportation captain
Rainer Scheelisch	....	driver: special equipment (uncredited)
Duane Shearer	....	office driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Barbara Barnes	....	assistant production coordinator
Steve Best	....	assistant to director
Kristi Blicharski	....	unit publicist
Sheri Buckham	....	assistant accountant
Kathryn Drew	....	production accountant (as Kath Drew)
Shalia Edl	....	production coordinator
Gary Garfinkel	....	network executive
Kristin Harris	....	production coordinator: New Arc Entertainment
Dave Harvey	....	assistant accountant
Katy Lew	....	assistant to producers
Debra Margolis	....	script supervisor (as Debra Ann Margolis)
Sheri Mayervich	....	location manager
Marie Norton	....	production administration manager: New Arc Entertainment
Ross Redhead	....	assistant to producers
Louis Schwartzberg	....	stock footage
Dinean Stayk	....	assistant location manager
Alison Stephen	....	assistant to producers
Alison Stephen	....	script coordinator
Bonnie Sutherland	....	set supervisor
Stephen Tibbetts	....	stand-in (as Stephen Tibbets)
Raj Uppal	....	assistant to producers (as Rajvinder Uppal)
Steven Vlasak	....	operations manager
Desiree Zurowski	....	stand-in
Krista Johnston	....	clearances (uncredited)
Joseph Thomas	....	chef (uncredited)

Production Companies

• British Columbia Production Tax Credit (with the participation of)
• IDT Entertainment
• Industry Entertainment
• Nice Guy Productions
• Reunion Pictures

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (UK) (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Cinemax (2007) (Hungary) (TV)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Kadokawa Entertainment (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Nelonen (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• Premiere (2007) (Germany) (TV)
• SBP (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Showtime Networks (2005) (USA) (TV)
• Splendid Film (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Vertice Cine (2007) (Spain) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Anthem Visual Effects
• K.N.B. Effects Group

Other Companies

• Aikins / Cossey Casting  casting
• BBC Motion Gallery  stock footage courtesy of
• Background, The  walla group (as The Background)
• Blacklight Films  stock footage
• Boardwalk Foley  foley artists
• Getty Images  stock footage
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures  film lab services (as Rainmaker)
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures  post-production (as Rainmaker)
• Sharpe Sound Studios  audio post production
• Thomas Cobb Design  title design (as The Thomas Cobb Group)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Italy:VM14 | Germany:16 | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) (self applied) (2008) | Finland:K-18 (DVD) (self applied) (2007) | Argentina:16 | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

British Columbia Production Tax Credit

Trivia:

When Jamie is in his bed, he takes the book "Desperation" by Stephen King off his night stand. Director Mick Garris directed the TV version of Desperation (2006) (TV), in which Henry Thomas also stars.

Goofs:

Factual errors: A newspaper is shown briefly with the words "site of grizzly killing." The correct word would be "grisly," as "grizzly" means "speckled with gray" or refers to a type of bear.

Quotes:

Wally:Who knows, you might meet a rock 'n roll nymphomaniac.

Soundtrack:

Small Shiluette

Interesting story

While I was watching "Chocolate", I couldn't help thinking it looked a lot like Stephen King's horror novels, so I wasn't surprised when I learned it was written by Mick Garris, a die hard King fan.

It's not the stereotypical horror story with lots of blood and/or monsters from hell, and focuses on psychological horror, just like in the best Stephen King's novels. It's really worth a watch and if you like good horror stories you can't miss this one.

The acting is fairly good and the story is easy to understand and follow, with a very nice twist at the end. The only bad thing I see in it is that it is a bit short and the story has a few holes that could have been filled if it had been made into a full length movie and not just a TV series chapter. I really do think the script deserved a movie.