"Masters of Horror" We All Scream for Ice Cream (2007)

Director:

Tom Holland

Writers:

Mick Garris (creator)
David J. Schow (teleplay)
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TV Series:

"Masters of Horror" (2005)

Original Air Date:

12 January 2007 (Season 2, Episode 10)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Years ago, they pulled a disastrous childhood prank on the neighborhood ice cream delivery man that got him killed...

Plot Keywords:

Ice Cream | Revenge | Vomit | Fat Child | Ice Cream Truck

Cast

Brent Sheppard	...	Kent
Maxwell Neck	...	Kenny
Tim Henry	...	Papa Joe
Lee Tergesen	...	Layne
Laura Drummond	...	Darlene
Colin Cunningham	...	Virgil
Ingrid Tesch	...	Angela
Quinn Lord	...	Toby
Lyle St. Goddard	...	Toot
Brendan Saul	...	Petey
William Forsythe	...	Buster
Kevan Kase	...	Buck
Spencer Achtymichuk	...	Young Layne
Cainan Wiebe	...	Young Toot
Brett Kelly	...	Young Joe
Diego Martinez-Tau	...	Erky
Samuel Patrick Chu	...	Young Virgil
Alexia Fast	...	Marylyn
Zak Ludwig	...	Young Kent
Dryden Dion	...	Young Skip
Alexis Llewellyn	...	Chyla
Gordon Grice	...	Joe Lee
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Megan McKinnon	...	Pam Embry (uncredited)
Sean Connor Roche	...	Petey (uncredited)

Directed by
Tom Holland

Writing credits
Mick Garris		(creator)
David J. Schow		(teleplay)
John Farris		(short story "I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream for Ice Cream")

Produced by
Keith Addis	....	executive producer
Morris Berger	....	executive producer
Steve Best	....	associate 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	....	line producer

Original Music by
Nicholas Pike

Cinematography by
Jon Joffin		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Patrick McMahon

Casting by
Stuart Aikins
Sean Cossey
Lindsey Hayes Kroeger
David Rapaport		(as David H. Rapaport)

Production Design by
David Fischer

Art Direction by
Don Macaulay

Set Decoration by
Ide Foyle

Costume Design by
Lyn Kelly

Makeup Department
Howard Berger	....	special effects makeup
Lyne Denomme	....	first assistant makeup
Mike Fields	....	on-set key makeup artist (as Michael Fields)
Sarah Graham	....	on-set key makeup artist
Marcy Hodel	....	first assistant hair stylist
Tami Lane	....	on-set key makeup artist
Gregory Nicotero	....	special effects makeup
Adina Shore	....	key hair stylist
Margaret Solomon	....	key makeup

Production Management
Margo Coughlin Zimmerman	....	production manager: Starz Productions (as Margo Zimmerman)
Sally Dixon	....	post-production supervisor
Sheri Mayervich	....	unit production manager
Stacey Jade Smart	....	executive in charge of production: Starz Productions
Pascal Verschooris	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ania Musiatowicz	....	third assistant director
Darren Robson	....	second assistant director
Rob Vouriot	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Andrei Andrianko	....	assistant art director
Nick Dibley	....	property master (as Nicholas Dibley)
Dylan Dowd	....	lead greens person
Jim Geddes	....	construction coordinator
John Lund	....	storyboard artist
John McIntosh	....	greens
Jake Miller	....	assistant property master
Nathalie Morin	....	assistant set decorator (as Natalie Morin)
Zbibgniew Scheller	....	construction foreman (as Zbish Scheller)
John Wilcox	....	paint coordinator
Jean Brophey	....	on-set dresser (uncredited)
Izabela Domachowski	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Les Ford	....	computer graphics designer (uncredited)
Scott Riddell	....	second assistant props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Anke Bakker	....	sound supervisor
Kevin Belen	....	re-recording mixer
Brian Campbell	....	dialogue editor
Jay Cheetham	....	background sound editor
Jacqueline Cristianini	....	adr supervisor
Jacqueline Cristianini	....	dialogue supervisor
Kris Fenske	....	sound designer
Devan Kraushar	....	sound effects editor
Jason Mauza	....	foley editor
Laurie Melhus	....	audio post-production coordinator
Glen Noseworthy	....	adr mixer
Iain Pattison	....	re-recording mixer
Sebastian Salm	....	sound mixer
Paul A. Sharpe	....	re-recording mixer (as Paul Sharpe)
Shane Shemko	....	foley artist
Colin Smith	....	boom operator
Cam Wagner	....	foley artist
Matthew Wilson	....	sound effects editor
Todd R. Mason	....	sound effects recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jaremy Aiello	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Randy Ball	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Robert Freitas	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Rob Freitas)
Steve Hartman	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Derek Heselton	....	best boy special effects
Grady Holder	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Akihito Ikeda	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Derek Krout	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Derek Krouse)
Jim Leonard	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Ben Rittenhouse	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Wayne Szybunka	....	special effects coordinator
Veronica Torres	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
A.J. Venuto	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Lino Stavole	....	special effects technician: mold department, K.N.B Effects Group (uncredited)
Attila Vaski	....	lead/fab/asst (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Matt Belbin	....	digital effects editor (as Matthew Belbin)
Sébastien Bergeron	....	digital effects supervisor
Gael Hollard	....	digital compositor
Annabelle Kent	....	digital compositor
Mladen Miholjcic	....	cg artist
Stephen Paschke	....	cg artist
Lisa K. Sepp	....	visual effects producer (as Lisa Sepp-Wilson)
Lee Wilson	....	visual effects supervisor
Jayson Castro	....	visual effects production assistant (uncredited)

Stunts
Jim Dunn	....	stunt coordinator
Ali Dunn	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Austin Dunn	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Connor Dunn	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Jim Dunn	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Johnson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Lane Koch	....	first assistant camera
Mike Kolafa	....	gaffer (as Michael Kolafa)
Brock Miller	....	best boy grip
Jos Oman	....	first assistant camera
Steve Sherlock	....	key grip
Jared Smith	....	best boy lighting
Peter Wilke	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Ian Gariepy	....	dolly grip: "b" camera (uncredited)
Aaron Haesler	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Jeremy Spofford	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Sandra-Ken Freeman	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Glenna Owen	....	assistant costume designer
Tyler Tone	....	set costume supervisor
Jessica Milligan	....	costumer (uncredited)
Debra Torpe	....	costume truck supervisor (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Nathan Atkins	....	assistant editor
Richard Cordes	....	color timer
Andrea Dixon	....	color timer
Troy Sitter	....	post-production assistant
Matt Venables	....	post-production coordinator
Mike Williamson	....	editorial coordinator

Music Department
Mike Beckett	....	music editor
Jennifer Ross	....	music supervisor
Ed Shearmur	....	composer: main title music (as Edward Shearmur)

Transportation Department
Louie Hausner	....	transportation captain
John Swetlikoe	....	transportation coordinator
Duane Shearer	....	office driver (uncredited)
Jovan Vujatovic	....	picture car coordinator (uncredited)

Other crew
Christine Barrie	....	stand-in
Michael Bishop	....	key production assistant
Genessa Davis	....	assistant production coordinator
Jim Desroches	....	production coordinator (as James Desroches)
Annie Doyon	....	assistant accountant
Cameron Grierson	....	assistant to producer
Cameron Grierson	....	script coordinator
Richter Hartig	....	production auditor: Starz Productions (as Richter Q. Hartig)
Dave Harvey	....	assistant accountant
Tom Hoeverman	....	assistant location manager
Elissa Howarth	....	production administration manager: Starz Productions
Alison Hunter	....	script supervisor
Andrea Kaufman	....	production coordinator: Starz Productions (as Andrea M. Kaufman)
Katy Lew	....	executive administrator
Ross Redhead	....	assistant to producers
Tracey Renyard	....	location manager
Adrian Salpeter	....	assistant to producers
Stephen Tibbetts	....	stand-in (as Stephen Tibbets)
Bill Vigars	....	unit publicist
Steven Vlasak	....	operations manager
Beverly Wiens	....	production accountant
Stephanie Brown	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Nancy Heller	....	office manager: Anthem Visual Effects (uncredited)
Krista Johnston	....	clearance (uncredited)

Thanks
Dan Walton	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Starz Productions
• Nice Guy Productions
• Industry Entertainment

Distributors

• Cinemax (2008) (Hungary) (TV)
• Kadokawa Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Premiere (2009) (Germany) (TV)
• Showtime Networks (2007) (USA) (TV)
• Splendid Film (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Starz Home Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• Vertice Cine (2009) (Spain) (DVD)

Special Effects

• K.N.B. Effects Group (special makeup effects)
• Anthem Visual Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Thomas Cobb Design  main title design (as The Thomas Cobb Group)
• Sharpe Sound Studios  sound post-production
• Background, The  walla artists
• Rainmaker  film lab services
• Rainmaker  post-production services
• Reunion Pictures  production services

Runtime:

57 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Australia:MA (2007) | Italy:VM14 | Germany:16 | Spain:18

Company:

Starz Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: As a child Papa Joe is within the age range of the gang. However as a grownup he appears to be a good 20 years older the the rest of the adult gang.

Movie Connections:

References The Wild Bunch (1969)

Soundtrack:

Virtual Environment

Best episode of Season Two

So far during its second season, "Masters of Horror" has strictly been a hit-and-miss affair. While the first season was full of groundbreaking and daring one hour films, the second season has been a mixed bag. For every truly great episode like John Landis' "Family" and Joe Dante's "The Screwfly Solution", there's been a batch of unwatchable episodes like Tobe Hooper's "The Damned Thing", Daria Argento's "Pelts", and John Carpenter's "Pro-Life." With the exception of Rob Schmidt's "Right to Die", one element all them have had in common is that they haven't been very original. Tom Holland's "We All Scream for Ice Cream", on the other hand, is one of the most original horror tales to come along in quite some time. While shades of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET can be found, "We All Scream for Ice Cream" is fresh and exciting, just like one would expect from the director of such classics as FRIGHT NIGHT and CHILD'S PLAY. This is Holland at his best, expertly directing an emotional and character-driven story with intensity, tight pacing, and style. Credit is also due to writer David J. Schow, who also wrote last season "Pick Me Up", which despite repeated viewing I still am not a fan of. Schow successfully adapted John Farris short story and even managed to improve it. Here's to hoping Holland and Schow team up again for Season Three. Final say: Best episode of Season Two. 10/10