Screamers: The Hunting (2009) (V)

Director:

Sheldon Wilson

Writers:

Philip K. Dick (inspired by the short story "Second Variety" by)
Tom Berry (story)
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Release Date:

17 February 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The Perfect Weapon Is Now The Ultimate Killing Machine

Plot:

A group of humans arrive on Sirius 6-B to investigate an SOS signal sent out from the planet, which...

Plot Keywords:

Canadian Science Fiction | Second Part | Direct To Video Sequel To Theatrical Movie | Sequel

Cast

Gina Holden	...	Lt. Victoria Bronte
Jana Pallaske	...	Schwartz
Lance Henriksen	...	Orsow
Greg Bryk	...	Cmdr. Andy Sexton
Christopher Redman	...	Rafe Danielli
Tim Rozon	...	Madden
Dave Lapommeray	...	Sgt. Romulo (as Dave La Pommeray)
Jody Richardson	...	Soderquist
Stephen Amell	...	Guy
Holly O'Brien	...	Hannah
Darryl Hopkins	...	Dwight
Steve Lush	...	Bryce
Stephen Patrick Dunn	...	Teenage Screamer Boy 1 (as Stephen Dunn)
Justin Madol	...	Teenage Screamer Boy 2
Sarah Small	...	Teenage Screamer Girl
Lynley Hall	...	Jessie
Shaun Johnston	...	Haggard Man
Ruth Lawrence	...	Cave Woman
Edward Quinlan	...	Short Man

Directed by
Sheldon Wilson

Writing credits
Philip K. Dick		(inspired by the short story "Second Variety" by)
Tom Berry		(story)
Miguel Tejada-Flores		(screenplay)
Miguel Tejada-Flores		story

Produced by
Josée Bernard	....	co-executive producer
Tom Berry	....	executive producer
Charles W. Fries	....	executive producer (as Chuck Fries)
Antony I. Ginnane	....	executive producer
Paul Pope	....	producer
Stefan Wodoslawsky	....	producer
Gordon Yang	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Benoit Grey

Cinematography by
John P. Tarver		(as John Tarver)

Film Editing by
Isabelle Levesque

Casting by
Fern Champion
Baptiste Neis
Lisa Parasyn

Production Design by
James McAteer

Art Direction by
Shelley Cornick

Makeup Department
Kathy Tse	....	prosthetics coordinator

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Forsyth	....	second assistant director
Craig Wallace	....	first assistant director
Gordon Yang	....	second unit director

Art Department
Lori Ann Benson	....	set buyer
Jason Clarke	....	assistant art director
Mark Dubeau	....	creature designer
Gord Hammond	....	head painter
Jose Holder	....	storyboard artist
Derek Holmes	....	key scenic
Murray Keith	....	construction coordinator
Sam Paterson	....	carpenter
Paul Wade	....	head scenic carpenter

Sound Department
Jocelyn Caron	....	adr and foley recordist
Valéry Dufort-Boucher	....	dialogue editor
Denys Dufresne	....	additional sound effects editor
Dave Fritz	....	adr mixer
Benoit Leduc	....	adr and foley recordist
Mark Neary	....	boom operator
Jacques Plante	....	adr editor
Christian Rivest	....	sound designer
Christian Rivest	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Mike Friesen	....	special effects assistant
Lisa Godwin	....	special effects assistant
Wade Maurer	....	special effects coordinator
Collin Oglestone	....	special effects assistant
Leo Wieser	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Marcus Alqueres	....	animation supervisor
Nestor Benito	....	compositor: Modus Fx
Patrick Bissonnette	....	visual effects financial controller: Modus Fx
Pierre Bonnette	....	visual effects artist
Marc Bourbonnais	....	visual effects producer: Modus FX
Marc Bourbonnais	....	visual effects supervisor: on-set
Eloi Brunelle	....	digital compositor
Eric Clement	....	lead visual effects: Modus Fx
Jacynthe Côté	....	visual effects coordinator
Andreane Dodier-Villeneuve	....	visual effects assistant: Modus Fx
Nicolas Fillion	....	texture and lighting: Modus Fx
George Fronimadis	....	animator: Modus Fx
Charles Gauvreau	....	animator: Modus Fx
Andrei Gheorghiu	....	digital compositor
Marie Lou Gingras	....	visual effects coordinator
Gael Hollard	....	digital compositor
Luc Julien	....	digital compositor
Pascal Laflamme	....	motion tracker
Jeremy Lambolez	....	animator
Simon Lehembre	....	digital compositor: Modus Fx
Jacques Levesque	....	digital compositor: Modus Fx
Sylvain Lorgeou	....	concept artist: Modus Fx
Philip Melancon	....	animator: Modus Fx
Alexandre Paillon	....	digital artist
Martin Pelletier	....	lead texture & lighting: Modus FX
Mathieu Phaneuf	....	lead modeler: Modus Fx
Daniel Rhein	....	texture and lighting: Modus FX
Stéphane Rioux	....	digital compositor: Modus Fx
Vincent Toussaint	....	technical support lead: Modus Fx
Yanick Wilisky	....	visual effects producer: Modus Fx
Yanick Wilisky	....	visual effects supervisor: Modus Fx

Stunts
Mike Chute	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jason Andrews	....	grip
Andrew Best	....	grip
David Cox	....	digital media technician
Chris Large	....	still photographer
Tim Milligan	....	dolly grip
Tim Murphy	....	genny op
Mark O'Neill	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Robert J. Petrie	....	gaffer
Flora Planchat	....	best boy lighting
John Roche	....	grip
Karl Simmons	....	key grip

Casting Department
Brent Waffle	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Mark Arcieri	....	post-production consultant
Marie Lou Gingras	....	assistant editor
Marie Lou Gingras	....	on-line editor
Michel Leroux	....	hd colorist

Music Department
Derek Poulsen	....	assistant to composer

Other crew
Gary Allen Ferguson	....	gun wrangler
Erin French	....	production coordinator
Marianne Girard	....	script supervisor
Ian Melvin Kam	....	set paramedic
Serge Lavigueur	....	sculptor
Joe Sisto	....	legal services
Kim Yu	....	unit publicist

Production Companies

• Pope Productions

Distributors

• Imagination Worldwide (2009) (worldwide) (all media)
• LK-TEL (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL7)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Argentina) (all media)

Special Effects

• Bleeding Art Industries
• Modus Fx (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Modus Fx  post-production facilities
• William F. White International  grip and lighting equipment

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MPAA:

Rated R for sci-fi creature violence and gore

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | UK:18 | Singapore:R21 | Argentina:13 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Pope Productions

Trivia:

The interior walls of the bunker are made up of pie and muffin forms as well as cardboard egg crates turned upside-down and painted gray. The factory tables and shelves are stainless steel kitchen equipment.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The inside of the space ship has a stairwell with an exit sign and a hand railing.

Quotes:

Guy:They're prototypes. The newest variety.

Movie Connections:

References "Battlestar Galactica" (2003)

Awful

First off let me say I wanted to like this movie. But it went out of it's way to change my mind. Gina Holden was terrible. She played a soldier, but she looked like a 12 year old in military clothing. The terrible writing was a nice compliment to the terrible acting and casting. How movies like this get funding baffles me. Avoid this movie unless you really have nothing in the world better to do than waste 2 and a half hours of your precious life. If you do watch it laugh with me at the fact that the screamers wont attack you if your wearing a glowing bathroom symbol. Also if all you had to do to stay alive was to wear this symbol you'd probably not lose it right. The first one had very little to work with especially since it was released after the classic terminator series. But the first film tried harder, and was watchable. There were many times were the interaction between the characters, usually involving Gina Holden's character, make you want to look away and cringe she was so bad. In summary this film didn't deserve a 1 but its as low as you can go .