Diagnosis: Death (2010)

Director:

Jason Stutter

Writers:

Raybon Kan (written by)
Jason Stutter (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Prescription: Well, nothing, you're dead.

Plot:

Two people meet as guinea pigs in a weekend drug trial. Andre (an unethical high school teacher) and...

Plot Keywords:

Sex With Ghost | Kicking Off One's Shoes | Pantyhose | Female Stockinged Feet | Foot Closeup

Cast

Raybon Kan	...	Andre Chang
Jessica Grace Smith	...	Juliet Reid
Suze Tye	...	Nurse Margaret Bates
Bret McKenzie	...	Dr. Cruise
Rhys Darby	...	Specialist
Laura Surrich	...	Tawny
Jemaine Clement	...	Garfield Olyphant
Loren Taylor	...	Belinda Olyphant (as Loren Horsley)
Tina Regtien	...	Mrs Reid
Bryce Campbell	...	'Puzzle' Patient
Shelley Venning	...	Charlotte Mansfield
Cameron Stevens	...	Henry Mansfield

Directed by
Jason Stutter

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Raybon Kan		written by
Jason Stutter		written by

Produced by
Jenny Bentley	....	associate producer
Philip Bentley	....	associate producer
Natalie Foy	....	associate producer
Robert Foy	....	associate producer
Warwick Foy	....	associate producer
Ewan Gebbie	....	associate producer
Abigail Graham	....	associate producer
Adam Kan	....	associate producer
Matthew Kan	....	associate producer
Patrick Kan	....	associate producer
Raybon Kan	....	producer
Sabrina Kan	....	associate producer
Rieko Kanazawa	....	associate producer (as Reiko Woodford-Robinson)
Clint Packer	....	associate producer
Jason Stutter	....	producer
Barry Williams	....	associate producer
Jonathan Woodford-Robinson	....	associate producer
David Zucchiniman	....	associate producer

Original Music by
David Donaldson
Plan 9
Steve Roche
Janet Roddick

Cinematography by
Phil Burchell

Film Editing by
Jason Stutter

Casting by
Rachael Bullock

Makeup Department
Susan Durno	....	makeup supervisor
Michele Perry	....	hair stylist
Michele Perry	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Grant Campbell	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Freddy Fuller	....	pre-production props
Matt Sharp	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Adam Dransfield	....	sound recordist
Michael Hedges	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gilbert Lake	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matt Stutter	....	sound designer
Matt Stutter	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Stephen Painter	....	3D ghost effects
Christian Rivers	....	3D ghost effects
Kevin Stevens	....	special effects
Charles Tait	....	3D ghost effects

Visual Effects by
Stephen Painter	....	3D Ghost Effects
Christian Rivers	....	digital ghost effects
Jason Stutter	....	compositor
Charles Tait	....	3D Ghost Effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Simon Byers	....	focus puller
Adrian Hebron	....	gaffer
Jane McCauley	....	still photographer
Hayden Weal	....	assistant camera

Other crew
Les Foy	....	accountant
Liz Stevens	....	craft service
Tyler Stevens	....	additional voice artist
Tyler Stevens	....	voice artist (uncredited)

Thanks
Angela Barnes	....	special thanks
Richard Barnes	....	special thanks
Clare Bowden	....	special thanks
Fiona Edwards	....	special thanks
Trish Fox	....	special thanks
Les Foy	....	special thanks
Lesley Foy	....	special thanks
Lissa Gordon-Crosby	....	special thanks
John Groom	....	special thanks
Kirsty Hazledine	....	special thanks
Hugh Kan	....	special thanks
John Kan	....	special thanks
Yvonne Kan	....	special thanks
Leonne Kassler	....	special thanks
Alison Langdon	....	special thanks
Aimee McCammon	....	special thanks
Brent Mishkin	....	special thanks
Roger Moses	....	special thanks
Amanda Neil	....	special thanks
John Neill	....	special thanks
John Reid	....	special thanks
Christian Rivers	....	special thanks
Jane Rourke	....	special thanks
Jamie Selkirk	....	special thanks
Delia Shanly	....	special thanks
Judy Sharp	....	special thanks
Julie Urbahn	....	special thanks
Graeme Williams	....	special thanks
Ian Wilson	....	special thanks
Alan Woodfield	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Affordable Films

Distributors

• Lightning Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Odins Eye Entertainment (2009) (worldwide) (all media)
• Revolver Entertainment (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Vendetta Films (2009) (Australia) (all media)
• Vendetta Films (2009) (New Zealand) (all media)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence, language and brief sexuality

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45633) | Australia:MA (2009)

Filming Locations:

New Zealand

Company:

Affordable Films

Trivia:

There's another 15 seconds of film after the end credits.

Goofs:

Continuity: Juliet's right hand goes into her pink dressing gown pocket, when the TV remote and its batteries are being discussed in the TV room, and the next shot the hand is out.

Movie Connections:

References Schindler's List (1993)

Neat wee film

This is a nice, low-budget, interesting little movie. Great to see a film with one of the main writers as a lead (funny-man Raybon Kan, who is as good-a comedian as he is a movie star). Suze Tye was my favorite though, creepy & beautiful at the same time, I thoroughly enjoyed her character and the way she portrayed Nurse Bates

Comparable to Shaun of the Dead, (which also features a great writer/actor; Simon Pegg) but on a smaller scale, with very much the same RomCom Horror spirit (not so much horror, but enough to remove any chick-flick stigma :)

I'd expect short-sighted mainstream movie-buffs to quickly denounce and criticize this film, so 'skip this one' if you're too narrow-minded to appreciate the simple things in life

Go NZ movies!!