The New Daughter (2009)

Director:

Luiso Berdejo

Writers (WGA):

John Travis (screenplay)
John Connolly (short story)

Release Date:

7 October 2010 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

How Far Will A Father Go To Protect The Ones He Loves?

Plot:

A single father moves his two children to rural South Carolina, only to watch his daughter exhibit increasingly strange behavior.

Plot Keywords:

Mound | Writer | Babysitter | Single Father | Straw Doll

Cast

Kevin Costner	...	John James
Ivana Baquero	...	Louisa James
Samantha Mathis	...	Cassandra Parker
Gattlin Griffith	...	Sam James
Erik Palladino	...	Officer Ed Lowry
Noah Taylor	...	Professor Evan White
James Gammon	...	Roger Wayne
Sandra Ellis Lafferty	...	Mrs. Amworth
Margaret Anne Florence	...	Alexis Danella
Christopher Harvey	...	Rick Ross
Brynn Massey	...	Sally
Martin Thompson	...	Stewart Green
Nevaina Graves Rhodes	...	Pam
Rob Bonz	...	Adrian
James Middleton	...	Scott
Ralph LaCorte	...	Publisher
Guy Perry	...	Alpha Creature
Edmund Entin	...	Creature #2
Gary Entin	...	Creature #1
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Charles Davis	...	Student (uncredited)
Amanda Garsys	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Luiso Berdejo		(as Luis Berdejo)

Writing credits (WGA)
John Travis		(screenplay)
John Connolly		(short story)

Produced by
Paul Brooks	....	producer
Guy Danella	....	co-producer (as Guy A. Danella)
Brad Kessell	....	co-producer
Don Kurt	....	co-producer
Scott Niemeyer	....	executive producer
Jonathan Shore	....	associate producer
Norm Waitt	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Javier Navarrete

Cinematography by
Checco Varese		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Tom Elkins
Robb Sullivan

Casting by
Eyde Belasco

Production Design by
Chris Shriver

Set Decoration by
Chuck Potter

Costume Design by
Dana Campbell

Makeup Department
Jessica Anderson Crocker	....	special makeup effects artist (as Jessica Anderson-Abbott)
Mark Ballou	....	special makeup effects coordinator: MastersFX
Darlene Brumfield	....	department head hair stylist
Darlene Brumfield	....	hair stylist: Mr. Costner
Susan Buffington	....	hair stylist
Gigi Collins	....	assistant makeup artist (as Angela Collins)
Joe Colwell	....	special makeup effects artist
Michelle Garbin	....	special makeup effects artist
Dennis Liddiard	....	key makeup artist
Patricia McAlhany Glasser	....	key hair stylist (as Pat Glasser)
Francisco X. Pérez	....	makeup department head
Chad Washam	....	special makeup effects technician

Production Management
Jeff L. Anderson	....	production supervisor
Koah Kruse	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John D. Bert	....	second second assistant director
Scott Carter	....	second assistant director (as Scott Carter)
Jesse Nye	....	second assistant director
Chip Signore	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jack Ballance	....	set designer
Kenneth Bryant	....	lead man
Chris Buchinsky	....	storyboard artist
Katie Clinebelle	....	props
Jennifer D. Corley	....	art department coordinator
D. Tobias Denney	....	props
Stephen Eno	....	painter
Jordan Foster	....	set dresser
Susanna Glattly	....	camera scenic
Lillian Heyward	....	signwriter
Sarah Hoopes	....	art department production assistant
Richard Krish	....	co-leadman
Christopher Kuder	....	propmaker gang boss
Bill MacSems	....	property master
Angela Nahum	....	art department assistant
Katherine Parker	....	painter
James Passanante	....	construction coordinator
Ryon Peck	....	props
Ryon Peck	....	storyboard artist
Gregg Perez	....	set dresser
Erik Sedwick	....	storyboard artist
Richard Waldrop	....	assistant property master
Dana White	....	on-set dresser
Katie Clinebelle	....	property assistant (uncredited)
Kelly Rubottom	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Brian Campbell	....	dialogue editor
Timothy Cargioli	....	boom operator
Jay Cheetham	....	background sound editor
Paul Curtis	....	supervising sound editor
Dario DiSanto	....	foley editor
Kris Fenske	....	sound designer
Jason Gaya	....	adr mixer
Jonathan Gaynor	....	production sound mixer
Judah Getz	....	adr mixer
David Green	....	assistant dialogue editor
Graeme Hughes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Kitting	....	adr mixer
Devan Kraushar	....	additional sound designer
Christine McLeod	....	sound supervisor
Marc Meyer	....	sound designer
Andrew Morgado	....	adr mixer
Maureen Murphy	....	foley artist
Glen Noseworthy	....	foley recordist
Ryan Nowak	....	sound effects editor
Iain Pattison	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Peterson	....	cable
Christopher M. Ray	....	m&e re-recording mixer (as Chris Ray)
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rob Speight	....	adr recordist
Deron Street	....	first sound assistant
James Wallace	....	sound designer
Ross Wissbaum	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
David Beavis	....	special effects coordinator
Luiso Berdejo	....	creature designer (as Luis Berdejo)
Jack Firman	....	creature crew: MastersFX, Inc.
Jonathan Gording	....	contact lens consultant
David Hill	....	special effects foreman
Matt Mizell	....	special effects technician
Robert 'Lucky' Rieker	....	special effects technician
Maury Ruiz	....	concept artist: MastersFX
Maury Ruiz	....	prosthetic painter: MastersFX
Hill Vinot	....	sculptor/fabricator: Todd Masters FX
Susan Beavis	....	special effects buyer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Austin Basile	....	digital compositor
Nadine Blackler	....	digital compositor
Greg Cheng	....	digital artist
David Cole	....	digital colourist
Pete Dionne	....	3d artist: Technicolor
Christopher Elke	....	visual effects producer: Technicolor Vancouver
Steve Elliott	....	visual effects i/o: Technicolor Vancouver
John Fukushima	....	senior compositor
Sean Gilhooly	....	visual effects coordinator
Colin Liggett	....	senior composite artist
Jason Maher	....	visual effects artist: Technicolor Vancouver
Damian McDonnell	....	additional digital intermediate colorist
Robert McKinnon	....	creature concept designer
Stephen Misek	....	character technical director
Milton Muller	....	digital compositor
Doug Oddy	....	visual effects supervisor
Richard Patterson	....	cg supervisor
Vasho Pekar	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Price	....	visual effects artist
Kenton Rannie	....	digital compositor
Persis Reynolds	....	visual effects executive producer: Technicolor Vancouver
Cabral Rock	....	on-set VFX coordinator
Vicki Silva	....	digital compositor
Adam Stern	....	visual effects supervisor: Artifex Studios
Jeremy Stewart	....	animator
Patrick Thompson	....	digital compositor
Joel Tong	....	digital compositor
Brent Veal	....	digital compositor
Dmitry Vinnik	....	visual effects artist
Jason Wilson	....	visual effects artist
Matt Yeoman	....	digital compositor
Sebastien Betsch	....	digital painter (uncredited)

Stunts
Robert Brubaker	....	stunts (as Bob Bruebaker)
Danny Downey	....	stunts
Dale Frye	....	stunts
Danielle Hershon	....	stunt double
Cal Johnson	....	stunt coordinator
Emily Jordan	....	stunt double
Anderson Martin	....	stunts
David Brian Martin	....	stunt performer
Josh Petro	....	stunt performer
Lonnie R. Smith Jr.	....	stunts
Brian Smyj	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Alan Aldridge	....	additional first assistant camera: "b" camera
Benjamin Baggott	....	rigging electrician
Troy Boggess	....	rigging electrician
Antonio Calvache	....	additional director of photography
Joe Collins	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Pam Connor	....	co-key grip
Catherine Cravens	....	electrician
Ben Davidson	....	electrician
Jackson Lee Davis	....	camera preview technician (as Jackson L. Davis)
John W. DeBlau	....	gaffer
Lee Donaldson	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Colin Duran	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Rusty Edmonson	....	rigging gaffer
Jerome Fauci	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jerome Fauci	....	second unit cinematographer
Jerome Fauci	....	steadicam operator
Tom Fendley	....	best boy electric
Ben Glass	....	still photographer
Daniel R. Haizlip	....	best boy grip
Zsolt P. Haraszti	....	camera loader (as Zsolt Haraszti)
Geoff Herbert	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
W.C. 'Chunky' Huse	....	key grip (as W.C. Huse)
Tony Jenzano	....	video assist operator
Brian Knox	....	grip
Jeff Moore	....	additional camera operator: "b" camera
Ignacio Musich	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Alan Newcomb	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Harrison Palmer	....	electrician
Scott Read	....	best boy electric
Kenny Rivenbark	....	super technocrane operator
Schenley V. Sargusingh	....	electrician
Mike Satterfield	....	rigging electrician
Art Schultz	....	rigging electrician
James Selph	....	set grip
David Shakibanasab	....	electrician
John E. Stephens	....	dolly grip: "a" camera (as John Stephens)
Steve A. Stephenson	....	rigging grip
Jeff Sterner	....	electrician
John R. Sutton	....	rigging key grip
Dan Turek	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Daniel Turek)

Casting Department
Ashli Bogart	....	casting assistant
Richard Futch	....	location casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Catherine A. Abreo	....	set costumer
Teresa Beach	....	wardrobe assistant
Shawna-Nova Foley	....	set costumer
Maritza Garcia-Roddy	....	costume supervisor (as Maritza Garcia)
Terri Helms	....	seamstress
Emmie Holmes	....	costume buyer
Karen Keyes	....	key set costumer: Kevin Costner
Keva Keyes	....	additional on-set costumer
Julia Rusthoven	....	costumer
Paul A. Simmons Jr.	....	key costumer (as Paul Simmons)

Editorial Department
Rob Bonz	....	first assistant editor
Gilbert Carreras	....	color timer
Maxine Gervais	....	digital intermediate colorist
David Kennedy	....	digital intermediate assistant
Kate Kroll	....	post-production coordinator
Ralph LaCorte	....	editorial production assistant
Drew MacDonald	....	editorial production assistant

Music Department
Hal Beckett	....	supervising music editor
Meagan Carsience	....	music editor
Eimear Noone	....	conductor
Julie Pearce	....	music editor
Tyler Westen	....	scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Samuel Wayne Beitz	....	driver: honeywagon
Kenneth Bennett	....	driver: cast
Robert Gillis	....	driver: honeywagon
Jack Munn	....	driver
Joey Ricker	....	driver
Doug Wright	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Lesa Andelson	....	production attorney
Jeff L. Anderson	....	production supervisor
Tammy Arnold	....	dialect coach
Matthew Benson	....	production executive
Warren Brace	....	production secretary
David Michael Brown	....	key craft service
Rick Canino	....	stand-in
Elizabeth A. Dennis	....	assistant production office coordinator
Shane Detwiler	....	production assistant
Chris Doss	....	executive in charge of finance
Chris Drake	....	location assistant
Laura Forrest	....	travel service
Jennifer Fowler	....	production secretary
Vanessa Garsys	....	set interpreter
Suraj Gohill	....	production lender
Cindi Hobgood	....	location manager
Blake H. Hughes	....	production assistant
Joanna L. Rees Jones	....	executive in charge of post production
Heather Joyce	....	publicist
Buddy Knotts	....	helicopter camera pilot
Chase Lynch	....	photo/filming double
Liliana M. Molina	....	script supervisor
Lisa Morelli	....	stand-in
Tanoa Parks	....	production accountant
Alice M. Peschl	....	assistant production coordinator
Tarah Phillippi	....	assistant accountant
Judson Ragsdale	....	production assistant
Martin R. Scarbrough	....	medic
Dylan Tarason	....	production executive
Tiffany Thomas	....	first assistant acccountant
Townson Wells	....	production assistant
Hunter Wentworth	....	production assistant
Trina Naz	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Dawn York	....	uncredited

Thanks
Rodrigo Cortés	....	thanks
Guillermo del Toro	....	special thanks
Jorge Dorado	....	special thanks
Tom Drumm	....	special thanks
Adrián Guerra	....	special thanks
Peter Safran	....	special thanks
Koldo Zuazua	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Gold Circle Films
• New Daughter Productions

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Presidio (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Vertice Cine (2010) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2010) (Greece) (DVD)
• California Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• CatchPlay (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• EcoFilmes (2010) (Portugal) (all media)
• Ecofilmes (2010) (Portugal) (all media)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Future Film (2010) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (both cropped to 1.78:1)
• Hollydan Works (2010) (Serbia) (DVD)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2010) (Thailand) (all media)
• Maple Pictures (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
• Midget Entertainment (2009) (Denmark) (all media)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)

Special Effects

• MastersFX (prosthetic FX & character FX)

Other Companies

• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by
• David Haddad  transportation equipment
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Gallagher Entertainment  insurance (uncredited)
• Haddad's  transportation equipment
• LCW Props  set equipment
• Line 21 Media Services Ltd.  combined dialogue, continuity & spotting list
• PJF Productions  main and end titles
• PJF Productions  titles
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Sonic Magic  adr recording
• out post sound Ltd.  ADR recording

Also Known As:

"Nest" - Japan (English title) (imdb display title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic material including violence, disturbing images and brief strong language

Runtime:

USA:108 min (DVD version) | Argentina:108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44552) | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | Portugal:M/16 | Japan:G | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Company:

Gold Circle Films

Trivia:

Last cinema film of James Gammon.

Goofs:

Factual errors: James and his contractor prepare a batch of ANFO (ammonium nitrate + fuel oil) to blow up the mound. This is a 'tertiary' explosive, which means you cannot set it off with fire. It would just burn. To set off the detonation, you need to explode a secondary explosive, like a stick of dynamite, which in turn needs to be set off with a primary explosive, like a blasting cap.

Movie Connections:

Features "Dexter's Laboratory: Blackfoot and Slim/Trapped with a Vengeance/The Parrot Trap (#2.36)" (1998)

Considering The Source, Movie Is True To Form

In todays, "no imagination, every bit of story must be spelled out on screen in action and with explosions" it is often to appreciate movies that make you think, draw conclusions, actually use you imagination and remember the source.

This movie is true to the short story it is based on with a good cinematic backdrop where the actors act, and everything isn't carried out on a blue/green screen. Costner's portrayal was very true to the actual character which, isn't that the point of having characters and using actors that can act.

In a genre that is quickly becoming based only on graphic, grotesque, shocking blood and gore sequences and predictable horror and grisly effects, this thriller is actually attractive for all the right reasons and should be enjoyed highly by those that appreciate true horror/thriller films as opposed to the blood soaked hacker/slasher movies that are being pumped out monthly.