Ice Spiders (2007) (TV)

Director:

Tibor Takács

Writer:

Eric Miller (written by)

Release Date:

9 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Hell Has Just Frozen Over.

Plot:

When a young ski team training for the Olympics arrives at the remote and isolated Lost Mountain Ski Resort to focus on training...

Plot Keywords:

Ski Resort | Scientist | Mountain | Spider | Skier

Cast

Patrick Muldoon	...	Dan 'Dash' Dashiell
Vanessa Williams	...	Dr. April Sommers
Thomas Calabro	...	Capt. Baker
David Millbern	...	Prof. Marks
Noah Bastian	...	Chad Brown
Carleigh King	...	Brittany
Stephen J. Cannell	...	Frank Stone
Matt Whittaker	...	Steven
Clayton Taylor	...	Quintin
Charles Halford	...	Coach Mike
Steve Bilich	...	Coach Palmer
Kiernan Ryan Daley	...	Rosen (as Kiernan Daley)
Cory McMillan	...	Perez (as Cory McMillian)
Connie Young	...	Mrs. Stewart
Marc Raymond	...	Mr. Stewart
James C. Morris	...	Joseph (as James Morris)
Johnny Tall	...	Johnny
Christopher Robin Miller	...	Bob (as Chris Miller)
Paul Kiernan	...	Rocky
K. Danor Gerald	...	Ranger Rick Dickerson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jill Adler	...	Female Skier
Kerry Pence	...	Run, They're Killing Everyone!
Amee Walden	...	Christina

Directed by
Tibor Takács

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eric Miller		written by

Produced by
Paul Colichman	....	executive producer
Andreas Hess	....	executive producer
Sylvia Hess	....	producer
Stephen P. Jarchow	....	executive producer
James R. Rosenthal	....	line producer
Jeffrey Schenck	....	producer

Original Music by
Penka Kouneva

Cinematography by
Barry Gravelle

Film Editing by
John Blizek
Danny Draven

Casting by
Dean E. Fronk
Donald Paul Pemrick

Production Design by
Travis Zariwny

Costume Design by
Amy Jean Roberts

Makeup Department
Maiko 'Mo' Gomyo	....	creature fx make-up
John L. Healy	....	special makeup effects designer
Stephanie Scott	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Sarah Nean Bruce	....	post-production manager
S. Costa	....	post-production supervisor
Brandon Klock	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shawn Bisi	....	second assistant director
Josh Holden Hume	....	second assistant director
Kelly L. King	....	second assistant director
Bern Kubiak	....	second second assistant director
Thomas Kuk	....	first assistant director
Brian O'Sullivan	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Kent Daniels	....	lead man
Joshua Zeigler	....	construction coordinator
Willy Paguntalan	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jason Brady	....	boom operator
Timothy A. Carpenter	....	sound designer
Timothy A. Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bobby Fisk	....	sound mixer
Glen Frazier	....	adr recordist
Vince Tennant	....	adr supervisor
Vince Tennant	....	sound editor
Nicholas Torres	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Jeffrey S. Farley	....	prop: spider legs
Gideon Hay	....	special effects makeup
Brant McIlroy	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Bennique Blasini	....	visual effects supervisor
Steven M. Blasini	....	visual effects supervisor
Dave Jerrard	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Frank L. Bare II	....	stunt performer
Jeff Chumas	....	utility stunts
Brad Jessey	....	stunt performer
Don Shanks	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Theo Angell	....	director of photography: second unit
David Forester	....	assistant camera
William Long	....	grip (as Bill Long)
Kory Mills	....	grip
Thad Paget	....	assistant camera
Jason Painter	....	first assistant camera
Derek Staker	....	still photographer
Eric Ulbrich	....	grip

Casting Department
Jennifer Lurey	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mike Law	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Alvaro De Ojeda	....	dailies colorist
Anthony Perez	....	telecine assist
Anthony Perez	....	telecine assist
Rick Short	....	executive in charge of post-production
Michael Volland	....	colorist
Jayme Wing	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Brian Goldman	....	music supervisor
Vivek Maddala	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Ben Bayless	....	stand-in
Johanna Beatty	....	assistant location manager
Steve Berman	....	completion bond
Jenni Bushman	....	production coordinator
Richard Carroll	....	production executive
Steven Doxey	....	production assistant
Stephen Gurley	....	production coordinator
Kristin Ludwin	....	script supervisor
Derek E. Mellus	....	assistant location manager
Fred Olen Ray	....	production consultant
Rita Retallick	....	business & legal affairs
Jason Seaton	....	production assistant
Orrin Stroll	....	business affairs
Aaron Lee Syrett	....	film commissioner
Brian Trenchard-Smith	....	creative consultant

Production Companies

• Sci Fi Pictures (presents)
• Christopher Filmcapital (production)
• Regent Entertainment (in association with)

Distributors

• Peacock Films (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Regent Worldwide Sales (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Obscure Artifacts

Other Companies

• Craze Agency, The  talent agency and representative
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Media Distributors Film Source  motion picture film supplied by
• Redman Movies and Stories  camera
• Redman Movies and Stories  lighting

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for creature violence

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA (2008)

Company:

Sci Fi Pictures

Goofs:

Factual errors: At least twice it is said that the temperature is sub-zero; yet the soldiers are playing basketball in tank tops, you cannot see anyone's breath, and a vehicle drives through a mud-puddle.

Quotes:

Johnny:Take that, Army dudes! We don't need you to kick spider butt.

Soundtrack:

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Spiders with Cold Feet

There's a ski resort far far away from civilization, yet there's a nice little city within viewing distance of the facility. Also next to the resort is a secret government research laboratory that studies spiders, giant spiders at that. The spiders escape... didn't see that one coming.

Anyways, if you pull the fire alarm in this so-called laboratory, a squad of shirtless idiots with m-16's come charging in looking for something to shoot. Some bimbo girl dressed like she's in a winter clothing catalog is the "doctor" in charge of the research and tries to call the shots. Instead we end up listening to some cocky guy with silly eyeglasses and a lab-coat on as he tries to capture the spiders as opposed to killing them. The spiders were smart though. Instead of listening to the horrible dialog going on at the lab set, they go and join the ski resort patrons next door for some snow packed action. They pull off some awesome jumps, tricks, etc. I think the spiders were actually better than the "olympic trainees" working on their skills. Anyways, the spiders squeal with delight, eat people, then ski some more.

I'm not really sure of what else to say about this near-fatal blow to the human IQ. A lot of the dialog was hard to tolerate as it was just flat out awful. All of the characters were undeveloped, clichéd, and brought a whole new meaning to being stupid. None-the-less, the spiders on ice action was hysterical in a sad way. Me and my friend enjoyed ripping on this movie all the way through.

If you can tolerate horrible dialog for some hilarious "creature violence," this film may be worth laughing at. Otherwise, I think it'd be best to avoid it at all costs.