Hallowed Ground (2007) (V)

Director:

David Benullo

Writer (WGA):

David Benullo (written by)

Release Date:

9 October 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

After she becomes stranded in a small town, a young woman discovers her arrival there was foretold a century earlier by the town's founding preacher and that she is an integral part of his impending - and terrifying - rebirth. |

Plot Keywords:

Preacher | Small Town | Human Sacrifice | Crying Child | Orphan

Cast

Jaimie Alexander	...	Liz Chambers
Brian McNamara	...	Sheriff O'Connor
Ethan Phillips	...	Preacher
Chloë Grace Moretz	...	Sabrina (as Chloe Grace Moretz)
Ned Vaughn	...	Deputy Mark Simmons
Jim Cody Williams	...	Earl
Tamara Clatterbuck	...	Waitress
Nick Chinlund	...	Jonas Hathaway
Hudson Leick	...	Sarah Austin
Dan Warner	...	Officer Chandler
Randy Ross	...	Farmer
Steve Larkin	...	Mayor
Fred Meyers	...	Lanky Teenager
Time Winters	...	Victim
William Stanford Davis	...	Truck driver
Rico E. Anderson	...	Crucified Man
Ryan Honey	...	Sabrina's Father
Walter Phelan	...	Scarecrow (as Walter Phelan Jr.)
Rachel Grodnik	...	Farm girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Devon Iott	...	Girl at Restaurant (uncredited)

Directed by
David Benullo

Writing credits (WGA)
David Benullo		(written by)

Produced by
Eric Gozlan	....	executive producer
Michael Greenfield	....	executive producer (as Mike Greenfield)
Daniel Grodnik	....	producer
Richard Iott	....	associate producer
Wendy Kay Moore	....	associate producer (as Wendy Moore)
Martin Scharf	....	associate producer (as Martin Scharff)
Timothy J. Warenz	....	producer

Original Music by
Neal Acree

Cinematography by
Keith J. Duggan		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Yale Kozinski

Casting by
Dori Zuckerman

Production Design by
Nava

Set Decoration by
Shandy Ray

Costume Design by
Laura Angotti

Makeup Department
Martina Kohl	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Maureen Norton	....	post-production supervisor
Timothy J. Warenz	....	unit production manager (as T.J. Warenz)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ivan Andrijanic	....	first assistant director
Katie Larsen	....	second second assistant director
Roger Udwin	....	second assistant director

Art Department
JoAnne M. Ando	....	on-set dresser
Roy DeMarco	....	props
Paul Gebeau	....	assistant property master (as Paul 'Mongo' Gebeau)
Carlton Rude	....	property master
Roni Spitzer	....	assistant art director
Samo Tusak	....	set dresser

Sound Department
David Barber	....	sound effects editor
Melissa Bylsma	....	sound post-production coordinator
Brian Curley	....	boom operator
Trevor Dowswell	....	sound post-production coordinator
Sean Gray	....	sound effects editor
David Kitchens	....	sound supervisor
Michael Lengies	....	sound mixer
Jeff Merritt	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Josh Timonen	....	main title design

Stunts
Walter Phelan	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Adam Duffy	....	electrician
Brian Eastveld	....	grip
Adam Lozuk	....	key grip
David Newbert	....	grip
Dustin Penrod	....	best boy electric
Dustin Penrod	....	gaffer
Evan Pesses	....	best boy grip
Victoria Tidmarch	....	additional camera operator
Michael Vartholomatos	....	assistant camera
Tanner Wolfe	....	electrician

Casting Department
Lauren Failla	....	casting associate
Heather Sirota	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Erica Palay	....	assistant costume designer
Nora Wooldridge	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Scott Freeman	....	on-line digitizer
Brett Line	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
William Cope	....	transportation coordinator
Anthony Detiege	....	driver
George A. Miki	....	transportation captain
Eddie Santana	....	driver

Other crew
Roy DeMarco	....	production assistant
Jack Hoziel	....	executive assistant
Jared Isham	....	production assistant
Martin Kalfs	....	production assistant
Shannyn K. Marlen	....	production coordinator
Stephan Rothman	....	production accountant
Andrew Yeager	....	production assistant

Thanks
Deanna Hodges	....	special thanks
Doug Holton	....	special thanks
Madeline Claire Holton	....	special thanks
Connie Iott	....	special thanks
Devon Iott	....	special thanks
Joanne Lombardi	....	special thanks
Wayne Martin	....	special thanks
Richard Pedee	....	special thanks
Dean Schramm	....	special thanks
Jim Strader	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Daniel Grodnik Productions
• Liz's Garden Company
• Reel Entertainment

Distributors

• Icon Film Distribution (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sci-Fi Channel, The (2007) (USA) (TV)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Juniper Post  sound post-production
• PES Payroll  extras payroll services

Also Known As:

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA (2009) | Singapore:M18

Company:

Daniel Grodnik Productions

Soundtrack:

Bonfire In The Sky

A Really Earnest Try

HALLOWED GROUND is a peculiar little movie. Good camera work. Decent actors. And dull as watching paint dry.

Somebody forgot that the first six letters in "thriller" are t-h-r-i-l-l. The object is to make people's pulses race, not to put the audience to sleep.

Elizabeth's car breaks down in a strange (and underpopulated) little town. She gets it to a garage, only to be told that the needed part can't be gotten until tomorrow. Stranded.

She goes to a diner and gets into a conversation with a tabloid reporter conveniently in town to do a story on strange events in the area many years ago. The reporter conveniently provides exposition establishing the main conflict that the story will cover.

And so we're treated to Elizabeth's adventures trying to escape a crazed cult. So we have a little CHILDREN OF THE CORN, a touch of THE Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE, and a dash of those movies Hammer Studios made where Christopher Lee's cult got outsmarted by Peter Cushing. For seasoning add a cute little girl. But no original ideas involved.

This would have been a great thirty minute episode of Tales from the Darkside. But stretching it to feature length was just cruel.