Penance (2009/I)

Director:

Jake Kennedy

Writer:

Jake Kennedy (written by)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

He Made Them Pay For Their Sins

Plot:

A young mother decides to become a stripper to earn some fast cash only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin. |

Plot Keywords:

Stripper | Mental Institution | Religious Fanatic | Single Parent

Cast

Marieh Delfino	...	Amelia Wallis
Michael Rooker	...	Mann
Graham McTavish	...	Geeves
Alice Amter	...	Eve
Valorie Hubbard	...	Kathy
Allison Lange	...	Tara
Tony Todd	...	Chauffeur
James Duval	...	Sleazy party guy
Eve Mauro	...	Suzie / Sassy
Sita Young	...	Molly
Katherine Randolph	...	Polly
Lochlyn Munro	...	Cop (Jack)
Jason Connery	...	FBI agent (John)
Garrett Jones	...	Will
Morann Peri	...	Corridor prisoner (Lisa)
Alexis Wolfe	...	Crying prisoner (Lydia)
Sara Jane Patrick	...	Asher
Tracy Coogan	...	Natalie
Nathalie Walker	...	Room prisoner (Fran)
Jen Clasen	...	Window prisoner 1
Lyndsey Wegner	...	Window prisoner 2
J.J. Poff	...	Window prisoner 3
David Leepson	...	Groom
Chris Ivan Cevic	...	Batchelor party host 1 (Pete)
Griffin Kohout	...	Batchelor party host 2 (Charles)
Andrew Graves	...	Batchelor party guy 1
Jeff Ippolito	...	Batchelor party guy 2
Alex Weed	...	Batchelor party guy 3
Angila Sullivan	...	College party girl 1 (drunk girl)
Corey Wilburn	...	College party girl 2
Jose Acevedo	...	College party guy 1
Raymond Lee	...	College party guy 2
William Clevinger	...	College party guy 3 (as Will Clevinger)
Micah Goldman	...	College party guy 4
Michael Wormser	...	College party guy 5
Jacob Moore	...	College party guy 6
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jake Kennedy	...	Cop (uncredited)

Directed by
Jake Kennedy

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jake Kennedy		written by

Produced by
William Clevinger	....	producer
Micah Goldman	....	producer
Jake Kennedy	....	producer
Demian Lichtenstein	....	executive producer
Ricki Maslar	....	co-producer
Michael Wormser	....	producer
James Young	....	line producer

Original Music by
Ryan Dodson

Cinematography by
Lawles Bourque

Film Editing by
Ali Assili
David Haynes

Casting by
Ricki Maslar

Production Design by
George Hobbs

Costume Design by
Kerrie Kordowski

Makeup Department
Tara Loren	....	assistant makeup artist
J.J. Poff	....	makeup department head
Daniela Richardson	....	key makeup artist
Veronica Sanchez	....	assistant makeup artist
Andrea Wiersma	....	assistant makeup artist
Lindsay Yamashita	....	hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lee D. Andrews	....	first assistant director
Joshua Lou Friedman	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Azra Bano Ali	....	art department
Michael Belasco	....	art department

Sound Department
Lisa K. Fowle	....	adr mixer
Lisa K. Fowle	....	sound editor
Philippe Goldstein	....	boom operator
Harrison Meyle	....	sound re-recording mixer
Billy Walker	....	supervising sound editor
Zack Wilcox	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Michael Del Rossa	....	special effects makeup
Robert Giddens	....	special effects crew
Fay Hedges	....	special effects crew
Roy Knyrim	....	special effects makeup: Sota FX
Pablo Lucan	....	special effects crew
Cindy Miller	....	special effects crew

Camera and Electrical Department
Ali Assili	....	second team camera operator
Beau Clark	....	key grip
Jennifer Clasen	....	still photographer
Zach Rasmussen	....	best boy
Morgan Schmidt	....	second team camera operator
Joseph Segura	....	first assistant camera
Needham B. Smith	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Azusa Okamoto	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Ali Assili	....	editor: re-editing
Dave Hagen	....	post production supervisor
Jason Zakocs	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jeremy Borum	....	composer: additional music
Pure Sugar	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Zach Rasmussen	....	driver
Zach Rasmussen	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Chasen Allen	....	production assistant
Andrew Blood	....	production assistant
Ricardo Gomez	....	office production assistant
Ricardo Gomez	....	production assistant
Jacob Moore	....	production assistant
Steve Ulrich	....	script supervisor
Carl Westgren	....	production assistant
Corey Wilburn	....	production coordinator

Thanks
Adam Goldworm	....	special thanks
Steven C. Miller	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Clever Worm Entertainment

Distributors

• Beyond Home Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
• Bounty Films (2011) (Australia) (DVD) (as Monster Pictures)
• Night Visions Distribution (2011) (Finland) (all media)
• Schröder Media (2012) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• S.O.T.A. FX

Other Companies

• Dragonfly Sound  sound post-production
• Equilibrium Entertainment  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:R | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Malibu, California, USA

Company:

Clever Worm Entertainment

Trivia:

All the strip scenes were done in one take.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mann points the gun at Will it's a Beretta 92f then when Mann takes the camera and shoots Will it's a different gun and then right after the gun changes back to the Beretta 92f.

I guess some things I will never understand.

This movie strikes me on so many levels as absolute trash. I wish the lead actress was at least attractive. Although, she did have nice breasts... which was the only redeeming quality of this flick, gratuitous nudity. Especially in the case of one Eve Mauro. That girl is absolutely gorgeous. Smokin' hot! I think I would probably watch anything with her in it, at least once. But alas, I digress from my original reason for writing this.

"Candyman", "Dead Man on Campus", "Warlock" and Brandi Svennings dad all in one movie? They obviously did not invest wisely of their spoils from their actual roles in real movies... That, or the director/writer/producer caught and filmed them all in some suck-off man orgy together and blackmailed them into making this horrible movie.

Actually a documentary on fecal matter would probably be more entertaining than this movie is...

If you're a guy and thinking about watching this movie, punch yourself in the balls... really hard. That pain is as enjoyable as this movie is going to be for you. If you're a girl, rinse your eyes with vodka. Same goes...

I will never understand how something as bad as this gets made. Along the line, people kept giving this the green light. HOW? The actors and actresses agreed to be in it. WHY? Distributors agreed to release it. Again I ask, in F's-name WHY? The economy is steadily slipping, but it seems the movie industry will throw copious amounts of cash to whatever idiot comes along. (I bet the screenplay was written in crayon.) I think "Clerks" cost a little over fifty grand to make. No actors, no sets and lastly, no color. Taking all of that into account, this movie at the very least, probably cost a cool quarter mil. WTF?!?! Are you serious?!?! In this day and age, Jake Whatever-his-name-is should be lynched for wasting that much money. Like rappers and athletes buying gold and platinum jewelry/teeth/wheels... but that's a whole other rant...

I give it two stars. One for each of Eve Mauro's wonderful breasts. Nothing else.