Bone Eater (2007) (TV)

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Jim Wynorski (screenplay) and
William Langlois (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In Sweet Water, the ambitious entrepreneur Dick Krantz is constructing a resort in the middle of the desert under the protest of the Katonahs...

Plot Keywords:

Bone | Worker | Monster | Investigation | Tomahawk

Cast

Bruce Boxleitner	...	Sheriff Steve Evans
Michael Horse	...	Storm Cloud
Adoni Maropis	...	Johnny Black Hawk
Clara Bryant	...	Kelly Evans
Jesse Janzen	...	Milo Sachetti
William Katt	...	Dr. Boombas
Walter Koenig	...	Coogan
Gil Gerard	...	Big Jim Burns
Jennifer Lee Wiggins	...	Kaya
Veronica Hamel	...	Commissioner Hayes
Brian Gross	...	Dirk Pomeroy
Jim Storm	...	Dick Krantz (as James Storm)
Roark Critchlow	...	Deputy Roberts
Stormy Shuff	...	Lolli Wills
Timothy Starks	...	Paul Riley (as Tim Starks)
Paul Rae	...	Neil Elroy
Robert Clotworthy	...	Jimmy Winger
Tom Schmid	...	Dr. Clayton Forrester
Kristen Honey	...	Rachel LeGrand
Carlos Moreno Jr.	...	Randy Cook
Jeffrey Scott Kelly	...	Josh MacDonald
Adrian Alvarado	...	Chuck Hanson
Sonny D'Angelo	...	Huey Blake
Cole S. McKay	...	Dewey Jones (as Cole McKay)
David Ott	...	Louis Smith
William Langlois	...	Patrolman Monroe
Edward P. Blinn	...	Scary Construction Worker (as Ed Blinn)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Callahan	...	Construction worker (uncredited)
Randy Flagler	...	Henry (uncredited)
Scott Guenthard	...	Construction worker / guard (uncredited)
William Murphy	...	Jack (uncredited)
Scott Norris	...	Construction Worker (uncredited)

Directed by
Jim Wynorski		(as Bob Robertson)

Writing credits
Jim Wynorski		(screenplay) (as Bob Robertson) and
William Langlois		(screenplay) (as Bill Monroe)

Produced by
Stefano Dammicco	....	executive producer
Lisa M. Hansen	....	executive producer
Paul Hertzberg	....	producer
Michael Williams	....	line producer

Original Music by
Chuck Cirino

Cinematography by
Andrea V. Rossotto

Film Editing by
Marcus Manton

Casting by
Fern Champion
Paul Ruddy

Production Design by
Robert Hummel		(as Robert E. Hummell)

Costume Design by
Jo Rosen

Makeup Department
Megan Graham	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Eric A. Haynes	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shawn Dyrdahl	....	first assistant director
Jill Hoppy	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Kevin Hummel	....	property master

Sound Department
Willy Allen	....	supervising adr editor
Bastien Benkhelil	....	foley engineer
Bastien Benkhelil	....	foley mixer
Patrick Giraudi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Giraudi	....	supervising sound editor
Xavier Sol	....	sound effects editor
Cristina Turek	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Bradley Adams	....	compositor: Digital Slaves VFX
Bradley Adams	....	lead character animator: Digital Slaves VFX
Landon Bootsma	....	compositor: Digital Slaves VFX
Stephen Cropo	....	compositor: Digital Slaves VFX
Barbara Domuschieva	....	visual effects
Stanislav Enilenis	....	digital effects artist
Martin Halle	....	on-set visual effects supervisor
Keith M. Hamilton	....	compositor: Digital Slaves VFX
Miles Herrington	....	3D generalist: Digital Slaves VFX
Miles Herrington	....	render wrangler: Digital Slaves VFX
Brandon Hines	....	compositor: Digital Slaves VFX
Francois Latremoille	....	3D supervisor: Digital Slaves VFX
Thierry Latremoille	....	character animator: Digital Slaves VFX
Thierry Latremoille	....	digital artist: Digital Slaves VFX
Thierry Latremoille	....	modeler and texture artist: Digital Slaves VFX
Herbert Lowis	....	character modeler and rigger: Digital Slaves VFX
Julia K.S. Miles	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Slaves VFX
Julia K.S. Miles	....	visual effects producer: Digital Slaves VFX
Julia K.S. Miles	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Slaves VFX
Kristopher Pestano	....	lighting technical director: Digital Slaves VFX
Kristopher Pestano	....	render wrangler: Digital Slaves VFX
Geoffrey Soga	....	3D visual effects artist: Digital Slaves VFX

Stunts
Sonny D'Angelo	....	stunt coordinator
David Ott	....	action coordinator
David Ott	....	stunts
Scorchio Pepo	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Sena Kwasi Amengor	....	electrician
Team Bashet	....	electrician
Ana Foy	....	best boy electric
Tom Funk	....	camera loader
Tom Funk	....	second assistant camera
David Gamble	....	key grip
Kevin Hummel	....	still photographer
Gembala James	....	dolly grip
Louis Normandin	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Iain Pirie	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Max Logan Boyer	....	assistant editor (as Max Boyer)

Music Department
Mark Brisbane	....	composer: additional source cues

Transportation Department
Rick Kelleher	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Will Alovis	....	script supervisor
Heather Dennis	....	assistant production coordinator
Michael Haddad	....	craft service
Crystal 'Sue' McGraw	....	production accountant
Marian Ng	....	script supervisor
Luke Rold	....	office production assistant

Production Companies

• Cinetel Films

Distributors

• Sci-Fi Channel, The (2007) (USA) (TV)
• Albatros Film (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Nexeed (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Sci Fi Channel (2009) (Belgium) (TV) (limited)
• Sci Fi Channel (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Digital Slaves VFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Digital Slaves VFX  visual effects and animation
• Media Distributors Film Source  Fuji film provided by

Also Known As:

"Skeleton Rider" - Japan (English title) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence

Runtime:

Greece:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Germany:16 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Sable Ranch - 25933 Sand Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

Cinetel Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The bent rifle is obviously rubber or plastic. The wooden stock clearly follows the bent barrel instead of being shattered.

Bone-jarringly bad!

I have made no secret of disliking SyFy's movies in general, though I see them for novelty value and because there are some that actually did on paper have decent ideas to work from. That was the case with Bone Eater, a good idea let down horribly by worse than bad execution. The acting is not great, neither is it terrible, though some of the cast are either over-eager or bland and the more likable actors in the movie are not given as much to do as they had potential to. Bruce Boxleitner is the best of the lot and he tries hard, though he's done better. But what could they do with a script that was so cheesy and sometimes childish in tone and characters that were so clichéd and the very anti-thesis of engaging. Not only have most of these characters been seen before many times whether in SyFy or not but often very irritating too, also like with the Sheriff and his daughter the relationships and development between characters are never fully explored. The story is dull, formulaic and far too silly for its own good with unexciting set pieces, a severe lack of suspense, an over-familiar and all too predictable inclusion of the villain(poorly written and over-compensated acting-wise) vs Native Americans angle logic lapses and a ridiculously contrived finale. The soundtrack sounds cheesy and even out of place apart from some atmospheric and rousing parts in the chase sequences, and the effects are both stiff and daft in look. Neat idea for the creature, but apart from the phantom skeleton horse, it looks pathetic and doesn't have any impact at all. The editing is often choppy too, there are the inevitable(and occasionally with SyFy fun to spot) continuity errors especially with the whole one hour left of daylight and it is still early afternoon thing, and the filming has moments where it is much too dark. Overall, bone-jarringly bad and one of SyFy's worst. 1/10 Bethany Cox