From Within (2008)

Director:

Phedon Papamichael

Writer (WGA):

Brad Keene (written by)

Release Date:

3 June 2009 (Philippines)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

If you believe in the light, you've got to believe in the dark

Plot:

A small Maryland town is gripped by a curse which causes residents to take their own life one after another.

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Curse | Fire | Preacher | Underdog

Awards:

6 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Elizabeth Rice	...	Lindsay
Thomas Dekker	...	Aidan
Kelly Blatz	...	Dylan
Laura Allen	...	Trish
Adam Goldberg	...	Roy
Margo Harshman	...	Sadie
Rumer Willis	...	Natalie
Britt Robertson	...	Claire (as Brittany Robertson)
Steven Culp	...	Pastor Joe
Jared Harris	...	Bernard
Amanda Babin	...	Molly
Michelle Babin	...	Evil Molly
Candace Scholz	...	Mary
David Ariniello	...	Paul
Jamie Linck O'Brien	...	Kelly (as Jamie O'Brien)
Caitlin Gold	...	Julie
Mark A. Cummins	...	Teacher (as Mark Cummins)
Jonathan Orcutt	...	Sheriff Cooper
Bobby J. Brown	...	Officer Dan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jim Barbour	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Larry Carter	...	Teacher (uncredited)
Tim Colmus	...	Neighbor (uncredited)
Kirk Curran	...	HS Student (uncredited)
John Doty	...	Paramedic (uncredited)
Paul Fahrenkopf	...	Worshiper (uncredited)
Ponch Fenwick	...	Townsmen (uncredited)
Shiloh Fernandez	...	Sean (uncredited)
Tyler Gatton	...	Neighbor Kid (uncredited)
John Hagy	...	Church Parishoner (uncredited)
Pete Karas	...	Worshiper (uncredited)
Amber Nelson	...	Claire's Twin (uncredited)
Coley Speaks	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Tom Townsend	...	Townsmen (uncredited)
Ben Weiner	...	Extra at the School (uncredited)

Directed by
Phedon Papamichael

Writing credits (WGA)
Brad Keene		(written by)

Produced by
Josh Beane	....	co-producer
Adrian Butchart	....	producer (as Adrian Dylan Butchart)
Chris Gibbin	....	producer
Brad Keene	....	co-producer
Jonathan McCoy	....	line producer
John Moshay	....	executive producer
Bumble Ward	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jason Cooper
Oliver Kraus

Cinematography by
Rafael E. Sánchez

Film Editing by
Michael Matzdorff

Casting by
Emily Schweber

Production Design by
Susan Kessel

Set Decoration by
Kristine Kennedy

Costume Design by
Derek Sullivan

Makeup Department
Sandy Andrle Roffman	....	key makeup artist (as Sandy Andrle)
Sandy Andrle Roffman	....	special makeup effects artist (as Sandy Andrle)
Gina W. Bateman	....	first assistant makeup artist (as Gina Bateman)
Sherri Bramlett	....	hair department head
Charmaine Henninger	....	first assistant hair stylist
Cheryl 'Pickles' Kinion	....	first assistant makeup artist
Natasha Nava López	....	makeup production assistant (as Natasha Lopez)

Production Management
Jonathan McCoy	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Felisha N. Grice	....	second second assistant director (as Felisha Grice)
Harris Patramanis	....	second unit director
Chad Rosen	....	first assistant director
Tessa Lyn Stephenson	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jamie Bishop	....	on-set dresser
Marc Braun	....	set dresser
Megan Chomskis	....	art department production assistant
Joseph Timothy Conway	....	property master (as Joseph T. Conway)
Joe Galitsky	....	set dresser (as R. Joseph Galitsky)
Beth Grunder	....	shopper
Jaimie Hastings	....	painter
William Hendrick	....	set dresser
Judy Kaczender	....	mood boards
Eric Komala	....	set dresser
Tommy McCutcheon	....	set dresser
Tracey Oktavec	....	painter
Daniel Phillips	....	painter
Ellen Sara Popiel	....	assistant property master
Miki Scholtes	....	painter
Stephen G. Shifflette	....	leadman
Kevin R. Stephens	....	art department production assistant

Sound Department
Robert J. Anderson Jr.	....	sound mixer (as Robert Anderson)
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Mark Camperell	....	sound consultant
Ted Caplan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ted Caplan	....	sound supervisor
Dan Cook	....	sound utility (as Daniel J. Cook)
Dominique Decaudain	....	foley artist (as Dominique Tabach)
Mark Mariaca	....	sound utility
Michael Moore	....	sound utility
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Andy Potvin	....	dolby sound consultant
Rocky Quiroz	....	boom operator
Matthew Reale	....	recording technician
Monique Salvato	....	dialogue editor
Kevin Skaggs	....	digital transfer engineer
Alec St. John	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
Donald Sylvester	....	dialogue editor (as Don Sylvester)
Judah Getz	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Hank Atterbury	....	special effects supervisor
Ronald J. Compton	....	special effects technician
Phaedra Eason	....	special effects technician
Spider Wayne Kehs	....	special effects technician (as Wayne Kehs)
Sean O'Harra	....	special effects technician
William D. Seidel	....	special effects technician
Tom Turnbull	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Erika Abrams	....	visual effects production accountant
John Baker	....	cg artist
Bryan Chavez	....	cg artist
Christine Cram	....	digital painter
Erin M. Cullen	....	rotoscope artist: Furious FX (as Erin Cullen)
Scott Dougherty	....	visual effects executive producer: Furious FX
Krystine Lankenau	....	rotoscope artist: Furious FX (as Kristine Lankenau)
David Lingenfelser	....	executive visual effects supervisor: Furious Fx
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	creative supervisor: Furious FX
Sean O'Connor	....	compositor: Furious FX
Kim O'Donnell	....	compositor: Furious FX (as Kim Pepe)
Chris Serenil	....	computer services manager
Mark Shoaf	....	cg supervisor: Furious FX
Tiffany Smith	....	visual effects producer: Furious FX (as Tiffany A. Smith)
Tracy Takahashi	....	visual effects producer: Furious FX
Justin Cornish	....	visual effects supervisor: Atomic Arts (uncredited)
Henrik Jonsson	....	digital effects artist: Atomic Arts (uncredited)
Anthar Kharana	....	compositor: Atomic Arts (uncredited)
Brooke Lyndon-Stanford	....	visual effects supervisor: Atomic Arts (uncredited)
Tony Neal	....	digital effects artist: Atomic Arts (uncredited)

Stunts
Chris Barnes	....	marine coordinator
Roy Farfel	....	stunt coordinator
Jim Ford	....	stunt fire safety
Tina Mckissick	....	stunt double
Ian Mclaughlin	....	stunt diver
Jeff Medeiros	....	utility stunts
Kimberly Shannon Murphy	....	stunt double
Joanna Shelmidine	....	stunt double: Margo Harshman (as Joanne Shelmadine)
David Shumbris	....	stunt double: Adam Goldberg
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator
Christopher Place	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Sung Rae Cho	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Dan Coplan	....	"a" camera operator/steadicam
James Dombey	....	grip (as James B. Dombey)
Jason Dunn	....	grip
Ray Garcia	....	key grip
Kirk R. Gardner	....	"a" camera operator/steadicam
William J. Gray	....	still photographer (as Bill Gray)
John Hamilton	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as John Hamilton Santoro)
Chris Henry	....	best boy electric
Patrick Hoeschen	....	gaffer (as Pat Hoeschen)
Cody Jacobs	....	camera intern
Akis Konstantakopoulos	....	camera intern
Akis Konstantakopoulos	....	director of photography: second unit
Joe Kurtz	....	dolly grip
Alexandra Lucka	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Harrison Palmer	....	company electrician
Mike Panczenko Jr.	....	camera loader (as Michael Panczenko Jr.)
Nimit Phongnimit	....	grip (as Tai Nimit)
Joe Sanchez	....	first assistant camera
Basil Tydings	....	electrician
Jason Younger	....	best boy grip
Doug Cordonier	....	grip (uncredited)
April Lanci-Leseur	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Eric Metcalf	....	grip (uncredited)
Franz Wise	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Sarah Bacharach	....	casting associate
Jennifer Levy	....	associate casting director
Betsy Royall	....	extras casting
Michael Cohen	....	casting intern: local (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anna Prisekin	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Regan Copeland	....	conform artist
Katherine Kane	....	dailies producer
Paul Lavoie	....	digital intermediate producer
Shawn Nee	....	assistant editor
Kay Sievert	....	colorist: dailies
Walter Volpatto	....	digital intermediate colorist
Erin White	....	assistant editor: Fotokem
Mathieu Reid	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Ted Caplan	....	music editor
Ted Caplan	....	music supervisor
Jason Cooper	....	vocal arranger
Lucy Cooper	....	vocal arranger
Oliver Kraus	....	vocal arranger
Areli Quirarte	....	music consultant

Transportation Department
Ron Bohn	....	driver
Michael A. Cesenairo	....	driver (as Mike Cesenaro)
Lennie Davis	....	driver
Rick Dennis	....	driver (as Richard Dennis)
Bill Eid	....	driver
Chuck Eid	....	driver
William T. Hicks	....	driver
John W. Kirschke	....	driver
Thomas F. Lombardi	....	picture car coordinator (as Thom Lombardi)
Frank Metts Sr.	....	transportation captain
Michael A. Mulvaney	....	camera car driver
Steven Truckenmiller	....	transportation co-captain (as Steve Truckenmiller)
Kenny Zeigler	....	transportation coordinator
Monica Moore	....	picture car wrangler (uncredited)

Other crew
Jo Barnett	....	production accountant
Barry Ben	....	office production assistant
Magi Berciano	....	production legal: Rosen Law Group
Kristen Boulé	....	key set production assistant
Benjamin Cantler	....	set production assistant
Thomas Dekker	....	director: behind the scenes
Sherry L. Dera	....	office production assistant (as Sherry Dera)
Sam Ennis	....	caterer
Samantha Ennis	....	assistant chef
Zach Hill	....	assistant chef
Katherine Ada Howard	....	set production assistant
Emma Humphrey	....	production coordinator
Akis Konstantakopoulos	....	director: news footage
Karina Moller	....	assistant: producers
Walter E. Myal	....	set production assistant (as Walter Myal)
Elizabeth Raber	....	craft service (as Elisabeth Raber)
Dan Rappazzo	....	office production assistant
Phillip L. Rosen	....	production legal: Rosen Law Group
Matt Ryb	....	office production assistant (as Matt Rybczynski)
Matt Ryb	....	producer: behind the scenes (as Matt Rybczynski)
Corey Schuler	....	office production assistant
Christopher Scott	....	set production assistant
Tracy Scott	....	script supervisor (as Tracy L. Scott)
Jazmin Simmons	....	location intern
Josh Slates	....	location manager
Anthony J. Spinelli	....	set production assistant (as Anthony Spinelli)
David Szymanski	....	location assistant
Robert M. Szymanski	....	production legal: Eclipse Law Corporation
May Tam	....	set production assistant
Megan Taylor	....	assistant production coordinator
Shane Tunney	....	assistant location manager
Scott Wallace	....	medic
Shelley Marie Brown	....	promotions (uncredited)
Jeff Cummings	....	post production consultant (uncredited)
Amber Nelson	....	body double: Brittany Robertson (uncredited)
Amber Nelson	....	stand-in: Elizabeth Rice and Brittany Robertson (uncredited)
Mitch Spacone	....	system support: FotoKem (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Burgundy Films

Distributors

• Celsius Entertainment (2008) (Non-USA) (all media)
• After Dark Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cinestar (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• 21st Century Pictures (2010) (Australia) (DVD)
• 21st Century Pictures (2010) (Australia) (video)
• CatchPlay (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Cinemavault (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
• Contender Entertainment Group (2009) (UK) (DVD)
• E1 Entertainment (2009) (UK) (video)
• Imagem Filmes Distribudiora (2009) (Brazil) (video)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Innoform Media (2009) (Singapore) (video)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• LineTree (2008) (South Korea) (all media)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Movie Bank (2009) (Belgium) (all media)
• Movie Bank (2009) (Luxembourg) (all media)
• Movie Bank (2009) (Netherlands) (all media)
• Movie Bank (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Movie Network Channels, The (2012) (Australia) (TV)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• P.F.A. Films (2008) (Italy) (DVD)
• Paco Pictures (2011) (Italy) (all media)
• Pioneer Films (2009) (Philippines) (all media)
• Prime Pictures (2009) (United Arab Emirates) (all media)
• Queen Imperial Films (2009) (Indonesia) (all media)
• Rézo Films (2009) (France) (video)
• SPI International (2010) (Hungary) (all media)
• SPI International (2010) (Poland) (all media)
• SPI International (2010) (Romania) (all media)
• Svietko Entertainment (2009) (Armenia) (video)
• Svietko Entertainment (2009) (Belarus) (video)
• Svietko Entertainment (2009) (Russia) (video)
• Telepool (2009) (Austria) (all media)
• Telepool (2009) (Germany) (all media)
• WEG Entertainment (2010) (India) (all media)
• Özen Film (2009) (Turkey) (all media)

Special Effects

• Atomic Arts
• Furious FX

Other Companies

• Black Diamond Catering  catering
• Buzz Factory, The  promotions
• EMS Payroll  extras payroll (uncredited)
• Eclipse Law  production legal
• FotoKem  color
• FotoKem  the producers wish to thank
• Getty Images  footage supplied by
• Maryland Film Office  the producers wish to thank
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by
• Panavision  the producers wish to thank
• Pat Moran and Associates  casting: Baltimore
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phones and walkies (uncredited)
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals (uncredited)
• Rosen Law Group  production legal
• Truman Van Dyke Company  insurance
• Widget Post Production  post-production sound services (as Widget Post)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, disturbing images and some language

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (35 mm version) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA (2010)

Filming Locations:

Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA

Company:

Burgundy Films

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Lindsey attempts suicide on the dock by wrapping a rope around her neck and pulling on both ends. In reality the obstruction of the carotid artery would stop blood flow to the brain and she would lose consciousness before she would have been able to kill herself.

Soundtrack:

Vissi d'art

Better Than Expected

I was expecting a mediocre film when I starting watching this movie because of the lack of actors I recognized plus watching it on cable (IFC), but I was pleasantly surprised on how creepy and well done it was.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't nearly as good as The Ring, but still made me more than a little freaked out at several points.

You do need to pay close attention to the film to understand it - especially the end. The plot was decent and the story flowed pretty well.

I would recommend this horror flick to scary movie fans. I would say there was a noticeable lack of gore, but not in a bad way. If you are wanting a slasher flick, this is not the movie for you.