Born of Earth (2008)

Director:

Tommy Brunswick

Writer:

Joseph Thompson (written by)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Over centuries humans have been mysteriously disappearing with no explanations, just hushed whispers in the dark...

Cast

Daniel Baldwin	...	Danny Kessler
James Russo	...	Tom Reeser
Brad Dourif	...	Mayor
Shannon Zeller	...	Haley Williams
Jennifer Kincer	...	Kelly Williams
James Arthur Lewis	...	Dept. Clarence Hicklin (as Jim Lewis)
Randall Godwin	...	Professor
Joe Wachowski	...	Pete
Ele Bardha	...	Jerry
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Anton	...	Bookstore Owner
Virginia Bryant	...	Irate Wife - in the Bookstore
William C. Fox	...	Businessman
Tamara Frapasella	...	Bookstore Customer
David Gibson	...	Cafe patron using laptop computer
Alan Gildenberg	...	Alan
Stuart Gildenberg	...	Stuart
Pennie-Marie Hawkins	...	Victim
Eric Jaan	...	Sam Murphy
Adam Lorenz	...	Creature Performer
Tevis R. Marcum	...	Man Dead on Main Street
Aphrodite Nikolovski	...	Shannon Kessler
Dennis North	...	Irate husband in bookstore
Kevin Nowak	...	Kevin Harrison
Brian G. Walsh	...	Man gutted on Main Street
David G.B. Brown	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Tommy Brunswick

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joseph Thompson		written by

Produced by
Todd Brunswick	....	producer
Tommy Brunswick	....	producer
Alan Gildenberg	....	executive producer
Arlene Gildenberg	....	associate producer
Stuart Gildenberg	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
Michael Kudreiko

Film Editing by
Todd Brunswick

Makeup Department
Stephanie Arble	....	key hair stylist
Brian Demski	....	special makeup effects artist
David Greathouse	....	special makeup effects artist
Rochelle Kneisely-Fisher	....	key makeup artist (as Rochelle Kneisley)

Production Management
Monique Recchia-Castria	....	production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dayna Recchia	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Dwayne Roszkowski	....	property master

Sound Department
Gerard Gratiot	....	boom operator
Gerard Gratiot	....	production sound mixer
Spencer Hall	....	sound re-recording mixer
Spencer Hall	....	supervising sound editor
Brian Kaurich	....	production sound mixer
Jon Manthei	....	boom operator
Jeff Urbanowicz	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Kevin Carter	....	special effects contact lenses
Brian Demski	....	special effects
Beki Ingram	....	special effects
Gary Jones	....	special effects
Alan Tuskes	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Peter M. O'Neill	....	digital compositor
Peter M. O'Neill	....	digital effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Jim Dickson	....	grip
Geoff Ernst	....	key grip
Dennis Michael	....	still photographer
Andy Peterson	....	grip
Dwayne Roszkowski	....	assistant still photographer
Graham Strachan	....	gaffer
Jeff Urbanowicz	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephanie Arble	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Bradley J. Kirsch	....	assistant editor
Doug Kolbicz	....	assistant editor
Peter M. O'Neill	....	colorist
Peter M. O'Neill	....	on-line editor

Other crew
Doug Kolbicz	....	script supervisor
Ryan Tamaroff	....	production assistant
Jeff Urbanowicz	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Skeleton Factory, The

Distributors

• Comcast On Demand (2009) (USA) (TV)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Thailand) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Vietnam) (all media)
• Lightning Home Entertainment

Special Effects

• Precinct 13 Entertainment

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence and gore

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Salem Township, Michigan, USA

Company:

Skeleton Factory, The

Silly monsters ahoy.

After witnessing his wife murdered and his children stolen by subterranean creatures Danny Kessler goes for a five year stroll (I assume, as we don't find out where he's been) Only to return on the night the creatures decide to eat the town.

Born of earth is a cheaply made and flawed movie. That being said I still quite enjoyed it. The plot is predictable and old yet still quite fun. After the opening the story takes a while to get going again but becomes fairly enjoyable when the monsters start killing everyone.

The creatures themselves are a little silly looking. I often find with creature movies that I wished I'd seen a little more of the creatures but that was not the case here. There was no subtlety, they were constantly squat walking or bouncing across the screen looking quite ridiculous. I won't mention the effect when one of them is killed. The gore effects on the other hand are fairly decent. There's a couple of good kills in there and these creatures sure love munching on entrails.

The acting is a bit hit and miss Daniel Baldwin is OK and Brad Dourif is good despite being dressed in a suit twice his size but everyone else is your standard B-movie grade acting.

So Born of earth was a movie I did end up quite enjoying but I doubt many others will.