Shadow (2009/II)

Director:

Federico Zampaglione

Writers:

Federico Zampaglione &
Domenico Zampaglione ...
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Release Date:

14 May 2010 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Reality Can Be Sicker Than Nightmares

Plot:

When a young soldier leaves for a mountain biking excursion he meets the girl of his dreams as well a group of violent locals who want to see them dead at any cost.

Plot Keywords:

Mountain Biking | Torture | Emaciation

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Jake Muxworthy	...	David
Karina Testa	...	Angeline
Nuot Arquint	...	Mortis
Chris Coppola	...	Buck
Ottaviano Blitch	...	Fred
Matt Patresi	...	U.S. Lieutenant
Emilio De Marchi	...	Doctor
Gianpiero Cognoli	...	Customer

Directed by
Federico Zampaglione

Writing credits
Federico Zampaglione		&
Domenico Zampaglione		&
Giacomo Gensini

Produced by
Massimo Ferrero	....	producer

Original Music by
Andrea Moscianese		(original music by)

Cinematography by
Marco Bassano

Film Editing by
Eric Strand

Casting by
Laylee Olfat

Production Design by
Davide Bassan

Set Decoration by
Sergio Tribastone

Makeup Department
Federico Carretti	....	makeup designer
Federico Carretti	....	special makeup effects designer
Diego Prestopino	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Tiziano Tomei	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fabrizio Bava	....	first assistant director (as Roy Bava)
Andrea Zuliani	....	assistant director

Art Department
Gian Pietro D'Acqui	....	painter

Sound Department
Andrea Caucci	....	sound
Yagmur Kaplan	....	adr mixer
Gilberto Martinelli	....	sound recordist
Paolo Pucci	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Federico Carretti	....	special effects makeup
Leonardo Cruciano	....	prosthetics

Visual Effects by
Cosatti Francesco	....	digital compositor
Cristiano Graziani	....	digital compositor
Giulia Infurna	....	compositing supervisor
Petricone Matteo	....	digital compositor
Alessandro Salomone	....	titles and visual effects designer
Paesani Sara	....	digital compositor
Giuseppe Squillaci	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Andrea Arnone	....	Steadicam operator
Andrea Arnone	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Lorenzo Ciccarelli	....	video assist operator
Thiago De Vincentiis	....	second assistant camera
Marianna Fratantoni	....	loader
Gian Claudio Giacomini	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Paolo Marchetti	....	second assistant camera

Editorial Department
Sarah McTeigue	....	assistant editor
Jason Pelham	....	assistant editor
Filippo Pintucci	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Andrea Moscianese	....	Original Soundtrack
Francesco Zampaglione	....	original soundtrack

Other crew
Caterina Carlini	....	production assistant
Ilaria Fontana	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Blu Cinematografica

Distributors

• Ellemme Group Distribution (2010) (Italy) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• California Filmes (2011) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Cinemax (2010) (Hungary) (TV)
• Jinga Films (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
• Koch Media (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Zeno Pictures (2011) (Belgium) (all media)

Special Effects

• Leonardo Cruciano Workshop (prosthetics)

Other Companies

• Canecane  visual effects and animation
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix

Also Known As:

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

Tarvisio, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Company:

Blu Cinematografica

A Creepy Version of Jacob's Ladder

The soldier and biker David (Jake Muxworthy) is serving in Iraq and misses biking. He rides his bicycle in Europe heading to Shadow and when he stops in a bar, he meets the beautiful Angeline (Karina Testa). The troublemaker hunters Fred (Ottaviano Blitch) and Buck (Chris Coppola) bother Angeline and David and the bar owner defend her.

When David camps in the woods, the wind carries his tent and Angeline invites him to share her tent with him. On the next morning, they ride their bicycles together and enjoy the wilderness. When Angeline sees that Fred will shot an animal, she cries and he misses his shot. Fred and Buck chase the couple with their truck and the quartet have accidents and need to walk through the woods. Sooner they are captured by a weird man that lives in an isolated house and are tortured in the basement. David manages to escape and helps the hunters to leave the place, but they are hunted down by the freak. When David wakes up, he learns that the reality is worst than his nightmare.

"Shadow" is a creepy version of Adrian Lyne's "Jacob's Ladder", which is inspired in Claude Chabrol's "Alice ou la Dernière Fugue"; later, "The Jacket" used the same storyline again. "Shadow" has a promising beginning but the story is not original – the writer used not only the foregoing idea, but also a rip-off of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" or any other sub-product - and the conclusion is very disappointing. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Shadow – Na Escuridão" ("Shadow – In the Darkness")