The Portal (2010/I)

Director:

Serge Rodnunsky

Writer:

Serge Rodnunsky

Release Date:

2010 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Dare to face your inner child...

Plot:

Investigators pursuing a bizarre hemorrhagic illness are lead to a strange black painting that they discover is a portal to another dimension. |

Plot Keywords:

Painting | Shower | Library | Doctor | Ghost Child

Cast

Michael Madsen	...	Dr. Azirra
Jenna Colby	...	April Meddows (as Jenna Zablocki)
Michael Muhney	...	Daniel Savanah
Stacy Keach	...	Professor Haffler
Nicholas Brendon	...	Paul
Mary-Margaret Humes	...	Mary
Roddy Piper	...	Homeless George
Sandy Hackett	...	Dr. Mulog
Michael Desante	...	Charlie Jessup
Laura Sorenson	...	Valerie
Rachel Wittman	...	Alexis
Danny Roque	...	Custodian Leon
Paul Hodge	...	Malcolm Francis
Shaun Kurtz	...	Priest
Dustin Cyril Robles	...	Bradley
Wade Speckels	...	Brian
Christopher Gehrman	...	Orderly
Josh Kelly	...	John
Ariel Teal Toombs	...	Nurse Lucy
Darren Dupree Washington	...	Guard Grant (as Darren Schnase)
Allen Earls	...	Officer
Ashly Margaret Rae	...	Nurse Kelly (as Ashly Rae)
Matthias Bernd	...	Security Guard
Dave Glenn	...	Policeman
Evan Martinez	...	Policeman
Edward P. Blinn	...	Apartment dweller (as Ed Blinn)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marin Grote	...	Valerie's Inner Child
Paul Petersen	...	Manager Rick
Rebecca Zamolo	...	Nurse

Directed by
Serge Rodnunsky

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Serge Rodnunsky

Produced by
Art Birzneck	....	executive producer
Joe Dain	....	line producer
Michael Desante	....	co-executive producer
Sandy Hackett	....	co-executive producer
Serge Rodnunsky	....	producer
Laura Sorenson	....	executive producer
Wade Speckels	....	co-executive producer
Gerald I. Wolff	....	executive producer
Gerald I. Wolff	....	producer

Original Music by
Danny Tannenbaum		(score by)

Cinematography by
Serge Rodnunsky

Film Editing by
Nicole Opyr
Mychal Simka

Casting by
Christine Joyce

Production Design by
Andrew Baird

Art Direction by
Andrew Baird

Set Decoration by
Eric Atkisson
Erik Atkisson

Costume Design by
Nicole Schott

Makeup Department
David J. Dai'Ley	....	key makeup artist
Tom Devlin	....	key special makeup effects artist
Ernest Esquer	....	key hair stylist
Gage Hubbard	....	special makeup effects artist
Kazuyuki Okada	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Jason Koren	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexander Dutton	....	first assistant director
Matthew Toungate	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Joel Ariniello	....	art department production assistant
Lola Baird	....	special props designer
Graham Daseler	....	art department intern

Sound Department
Nick Smeloff Jr.	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Kevin Carter	....	special effects contact lenses
Tom Devlin	....	special effects supervisor
Gage Hubbard	....	special effects artist (as Gage Munster)
Liz Mendoza	....	special effects artist
Kazuyuki Okada	....	special effects artist

Visual Effects by
Greg Reimink	....	main title design

Stunts
Kim Robert Koscki	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ben Chananie	....	best boy grip
Kenneth M. Chernow	....	electrician
Christian H. Clark	....	swing grip and electric
Rob Givens	....	first assistant camera
Jonathan M. Hart	....	grip electric swing
Sean Hill	....	key grip
Sean Michael Hill	....	key grip
Carlos M. Jimenez	....	gaffer
Loren Kling	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Loren Kling	....	second assistant camera
Jake Leannah	....	electrician
Jake Rose	....	best boy electric
Phillip Smith	....	grip

Casting Department
Elke Bernd	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kaitlin Weichsel	....	assistant costume designer
Kaitlin Weichsel	....	wardrobe supervisor

Transportation Department
Christian H. Clark	....	driver
Sage Michael	....	driver: RV

Other crew
Elke Bernd	....	production assistant
Aline Larrison Campbell	....	production coordinator
Kristine Familletti	....	script supervisor
Jonathan M. Hart	....	craft service
Jennifer Kaplan	....	assistant to cast
Melanie Myburgh	....	producer's representative
Matt Shichtman	....	production assistant

Thanks
Michael Baumgarten	....	thanks
Doug Nolan	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Rojak Films
• Tiger Entertainment

Other Companies

• Signature Entertainment  production services

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Rojak Films

better acting in 80's porno movies

I can't believe that this movie had a budget of $3,500,000, $3.50 would be more believable, it doesn't even have the redeeming quality of being "so bad it is good"...

First the acting is completely forced and so obviously false that you really do get the feeling that you are watching a really low budget 70's - 80's Porno movie without the fleshy bits, the acting is not so much wooden as petrified...

Secondly I get the feeling that this was directed by a 8 year old kid in the way that it bumbles along...

Thirdly if the 8 year old directed it then their 5 year old sibling wrote the script...

The cinematography was also about the level of a really poorly made porno with some sort of wedding video editing effects whenever the female lead goes into one of her weird daydream flashback recollection type things...

This is a stinker of the highest order and could only be rescued from the wastebin of history by the intervention of the rifftrax guys who could at least add a comical commentary to this dire drivel...