"Masters of Horror" Dance of the Dead (2005)

Director:

Tobe Hooper

Writers:

Mick Garris (creator)
Richard Christian Matheson (teleplay)
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TV Series:

"Masters of Horror" (2005)

Original Air Date:

11 November 2005 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

In a post-apocalypse society, 17-year-old Peggy lives with her over-protective mother and works in her restaurant...

Plot Keywords:

Corpse | Post Apocalypse | Overprotective Mother | Cattle Prod | Radio

Cast

Emily Anne Graham	...	Young Peggy (as Emily Graham)
Genevieve Buechner	...	Young Anna
Margot Berner	...	Marie
Marilyn Norry	...	Kate
Sharon Heath	...	Gerri
Jessica Lowndes	...	Peggy
Robert Englund	...	The MC
Ryan McDonald	...	Boxx
Jonathan Tucker	...	Jak
Don MacKay	...	Steven
Karen Austin	...	Quinn
Lucie Guest	...	Celia
Erica Carroll	...	Mia
Fraser Aitcheson	...	Giant Door Guy (as Darren Aitcheson)
Julia Barrick Taffe	...	Loopy Girl #1 (as Julia Taffe)
Leah Wagner	...	Loopy Girl #2
Kylie Furneaux	...	Loopy Girl #3
Melena Rounis	...	Anna (as Melena Ronnis)
Virginia Dee Mayne	...	Woman #1
Darren Moore	...	Creep in Muskeet
Misty Dawn Meeler	...	Woman #2
Brock Johnson	...	Pomade Creep
Clay Virtue	...	Creep in Doom Room
Decree	...	Doom Room Band

Directed by
Tobe Hooper

Writing credits
Mick Garris		(creator)
Richard Christian Matheson		(teleplay)
Richard Matheson		(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
Grant Rosenberg	....	consulting producer
Tom Rowe	....	producer
Pascal Verschooris	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Billy Corgan

Cinematography by
Jon Joffin		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Andrew Cohen

Casting by
Nancy Nayor		(as Nancy Nayor Battino)
Kelly Wagner		(as Kelly Martin Wagner)

Production Design by
David Fischer

Art Direction by
Don Macaulay

Set Decoration by
Ide Foyle

Costume Design by
Lyn Kelly

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

Production Management
Margo Coughlin Zimmerman	....	production manager: IDT Entertainment
Sally Dixon	....	post-production supervisor
Marie Norton	....	administrative manager: IDT Entertainment
Zaida Rodriguez	....	assistant manager: IDT Entertainment
Stacey Jade Smart	....	executive in charge of production: IDT Entertainment
Pascal Verschooris	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karin Behrenz	....	third assistant director (as Karen Behrenz)
Mick MacKay	....	first assistant director
Ian Samoil	....	second assistant director
Jim Dunn	....	second unit director (uncredited)
Yannick Leray	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)
Trevor Ralph	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Andrei Andrianko	....	assistant art director
Nick Dibley	....	property master (as Nicholas Dibley)
Jim Geddes	....	construction coordinator
Leesa Hanna	....	assistant set decorator (as Leesa McNalley)
John McIntosh	....	greens
Jake Miller	....	assistant property master
Zbibgniew Scheller	....	construction foreman (as Zbish Scheller)
John Wilcox	....	paint coordinator
Dylan Dowd	....	lead greens person (uncredited)
Les Ford	....	computer graphics designer (uncredited)
Sean McGee	....	on-set props assistant (uncredited)
Regan Steele	....	set dresser (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)
Devan Kraushar	....	co-sound designer (uncredited)
Todd R. Mason	....	sound effects recordist (uncredited)
Joshua Stevenson	....	assistant dialogue editor (uncredited)
James Wallace	....	sound effects editor (additional sound designer) (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Howard Berger	....	special effects makeup
Mark Boley	....	special effects makeup crew: KNB EFX Group, Inc. (as Mark Bolie)
Michael Deak	....	special effects makeup crew: KNB EFX Group, Inc. (as Mike Deak)
Robert Freitas	....	special effects makeup crew: KNB EFX Group, Inc. (as Rob Freitas)
Derek Heselton	....	special effects best boy (as Derek Heselston)
Grady Holder	....	special effects makeup crew: KNB EFX Group, Inc.
Jim Leonard	....	special effects makeup crew: KNB EFX Group, Inc.
Gregory Nicotero	....	special effects makeup (as Greg Nicotero)
Ron Pipes	....	special effects makeup crew: KNB EFX Group, Inc.
Frank Rydberg	....	special effects makeup crew: KNB EFX Group, Inc. (as Frank Ryberg)
Shannon Shea	....	special effects makeup crew: KNB EFX Group, Inc.
Wayne Szybunka	....	special effects coordinator
Veronica Torres	....	special effects makeup crew: KNB EFX Group, Inc.
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
Muzaffer Korkut	....	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
Dustin Brooks	....	fire stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Colin Decker	....	stunt fire safety (uncredited)
Christopher C. Fisher	....	stunt double: motorcycle rider (uncredited)
Rikki Gagne	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Rick Morwick	....	stunt safety (uncredited)

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
Peter Wilke	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Peter Wilkie)
Rob Cantin	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Chris Cove	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Jeff Grimshire	....	dolly grip (uncredited)
Seth Hettrick	....	key rigging grip (uncredited)
Jos Oman	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Pascal Jean Provost	....	cinematographer: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Sandra-Ken Freeman	....	extras casting (as Sandra Ken-Freeman)
Paul Becker	....	dance casting (uncredited)

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

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

Music Department
Mike Beckett	....	music editor
Lisa Brown	....	music supervisor
Nicholas Pike	....	composer: additional music
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
Duane Shearer	....	office driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Steve Best	....	assistant to director
Kristi Blicharski	....	unit publicist
Sheri Buckham	....	assistant accountant
Genessa Davis	....	assistant production coordinator
Andrzej Dec-Williams	....	assistant location manager (as Andrzej Dec)
Kathryn Drew	....	production accountant (as Kath Drew)
Shalia Edl	....	production coordinator
Gary Garfinkel	....	network executive
Louisa Gradnitzer	....	location manager
Kristin Harris	....	production coordinator: IDT Entertainment
Dave Harvey	....	assistant accountant
Alison Hunter	....	script supervisor
Katy Lew	....	assistant to producers
Ross Redhead	....	assistant to producers
Louis Schwartzberg	....	stock footage
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
Paul Becker	....	choreographer (uncredited)
Krista Johnston	....	clearances (uncredited)
Vicky Lambert	....	co-choreographer (uncredited)
Andrej Marko	....	production assistant (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 (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Cinemax (2007) (Hungary) (TV)
• Kadokawa Entertainment (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Premiere (2007) (Germany) (TV)
• SBP (2007) (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  images courtesy of
• Background, The  walla group (as The Background)
• Blacklight Films  stock footage
• Boardwalk Foley  foley artists
• Getty Images  stock footage provided by
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures  post-production services (as Rainmaker)
• Sharpe Sound Studios  audio post production
• Thomas Cobb Design  title design (as 'the Thomas Cobb Group')

Runtime:

59 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Argentina:16 | Germany:18 | Spain:18

Company:

British Columbia Production Tax Credit

Quotes:

M.C.:Management has requested no guns, no meaningful conversations and no self-surgery during the show.

Soundtrack:

Discover Me Like Empitness

Dystopian

Tobe Hooper's Dance of the Dead is never going to win over the usual horror crowd. Why's that? Well because it focuses on meaning, message and character as opposed to jumps, gore and kills. For those who watch a horror film just for the kills and gore, give up and go back to The Horror Channel.

"Dance of the Dead". Tells a story of a angst ridden youth of America, brought on by a total disregard for human safety by those in power. A theme that's becoming more popular in the horror genre with Alexandre Aja's "The Hills Have Eyes" remake. There are no monsters here, save for the corrupted and corroded humanity of the characters.

A true Masters of Horror episode in that it's directed by Hooper (Whose "Poltergeist" would go on to inspire "Ringu") and based on the short story by Richard Matheson ("I am Legend" and "The Incredible Shrinking Man" are widely considered some of the best sci-fi, and in the case of the former, sci-fi/horror novels around). Hooper captured some of that foreboding, and pessimistic view of that master write Matheson, although hardly to the standard that the novel "I am Legend" did.