Bacterium (2006)

Director:

Brett Piper

Writer:

Brett Piper

Release Date:

November 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Invade. Infect. Mutate. Devour.

Plot:

When a handful of friends stumble upon the abandoned building, they come face to face with a biological weapons experiment gone catastrophically wrong...

Plot Keywords:

Creature Feature | Blob | Blobs | Gore | Slime

Cast

Alison Whitney	...	Beth
Benjamin Kanes	...	Jiggs
Miya Sagara	...	Brook
Andrew Kranz	...	Chandler (as Andrew Michael Kranz)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carl Burrows	...	Radio Operator
Buzz Cartier	...	Dr. Clarkson - Melting Scientist
Tom Cikoski	...	Senator Clairmont
Shelley Dague	...	Karin
Jessica Day	...	Major Larson
A.J. Khan	...	Jed's babe
Chuck McMahon	...	Dr. Boskovic
Rob Monkiewicz	...	Jed
Duane Polcou	...	Clete Clifton - Newscaster
Henrique Couto	...	Helicopter Pilot #2 (uncredited)
Jeffrey Faoro	...	Helicopter Pilot #2 (uncredited)

Directed by
Brett Piper

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Brett Piper

Produced by
Samuel Benedict	....	producer
Christina Christodoulopoulos	....	line producer
Jeffrey Faoro	....	executive producer
Michael Raso	....	executive producer
Michael A. Weiss	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jon Greathouse

Cinematography by
Marc Cavello

Production Design by
Christina Christodoulopoulos

Art Department
Conor Laverty	....	assistant art director

Stunts
Johnny Sullivan	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Joe Kolbek	....	videographer: behind the scenes

Other crew
Tom Cikoski	....	key production assistant

Production Companies

• E.I. Independent Cinema

Distributors

• E.I. Independent Cinema (2006) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• EI (Exposure Index) Independent Cinema
• Shock-O-Rama Cinema (2006) (worldwide) (all media)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi horror violence and gore, some partial nudity and language

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Company:

E.I. Independent Cinema

Trivia:

All the blobs in the movie were practical effects. Depending on their stage of development they were made of gel wax, wallpaper paste, water balloons, Spanish moss, fake spider webbing, latex and/or Ultra-Slime. There were no CGI blobs in the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the opening scene, after the scientist in the hazmat suit falls to the ground by the burning car, his body disappears for subsequent shots.

Biggest bacteria ever!

'Bacterium' is a movie almost impossible to vote for, because from one minute to the next, it mutates from a 1 to a 10 or vice versa. The scene where the scientist talks about his super-bomb, while the politicians don't understand a word of his scientific explanations and decide to just toss a coin (to bomb or not to bomb, that is the question) is the funniest scene of that kind since 'Dr Strangelove'. On the other hand, the movie has rather tedious scenes in the military guys' HQ and the house as well, for example when the kids are watching the monster crawling in circles and growing a bit, then crawling some more and growing some more... you might watch the pond with the goldfish instead. Of course you would miss the hot chick then, taking her clothes off for a decontamination shower. Strangely enough, no-one else in the whole movie needed a decontamination shower, must be one of those purely coincidental things. In the end, with its ingredients (bikers, monsters, mad scientists), 'Bacterium' is cool despite the occasional flaws (paint-ball?) along the way.