Fertile Ground (2011)

Director:

Adam Gierasch

Writers (WGA):

Jace Anderson (written by) &
Adam Gierasch (written by)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

From Cradle To Grave.

Plot:

Emily and Nate Weaver leave the city for the rural comfort of Nate's ancestral home in the country. Once there, Emily is plagued by horrifying visions and haunted by the ghosts inhabiting their isolated new home.

Plot Keywords:

Country | Miscarriage | Ancestor | Family Home | Ghost

Cast

Leisha Hailey	...	Emily Weaver
Gale Harold	...	Nate Weaver / William Weaver
Chelcie Ross	...	Avery
JoNell Kennedy	...	Brittany McGraw
Stephanie Brown	...	Risa
Sigal Diamant	...	Sarah
Adam Gierasch	...	Otto
Clint Curtis	...	Felipe
Neil Cunningham	...	Doug
Rod McCullough	...	Sheriff Crane
Douglas Roberts	...	Dr. Glasgow
Eric Bench	...	Howard the Plumber
Steve Pilchen	...	Manny
Joseph Gentzler	...	Deputy
David Oddy	...	Mover
Trivell Hill	...	Mover
Jami Bassman	...	Mary Weaver
Kailah Combs	...	Ghost Girl
Jace Anderson	...	Headmistress in Photo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ingrid Coree	...	Art Dealer (uncredited)
Steve Janousek	...	Doctor #2 (uncredited)
James Stordahl	...	Doctor #1 (uncredited)

Directed by
Adam Gierasch

Writing credits (WGA)
Jace Anderson		(written by) &
Adam Gierasch		(written by)

Produced by
Stephanie Caleb	....	executive producer
Moshe Diamant	....	producer
Lucy Mukerjee	....	co-producer
Karri O'Reilly	....	co-producer
James Portolese	....	co-producer
Courtney Solomon	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Joseph Conlan

Cinematography by
Yaron Levy

Film Editing by
Andrew Cohen

Casting by
Sally Lear
Mark Teschner

Production Design by
Hannah Beachler

Set Decoration by
Elizabeth Mire

Costume Design by
Stacy Ellen Rich
Alexis Scott

Makeup Department
Danielle Barkat	....	special makeup effects assistant
Emily Burka	....	makeup department head
Leo Corey Castellano	....	special makeup effects designer
Margeaux Fox	....	department head hair

Production Management
Ashley Franklin	....	production supervisor
John Goodwill	....	unit production manager (as Johnny Goodwill)
Samantha Housman	....	post-production supervisor
Louise Runge	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Giuseppe Ardizzone	....	second second assistant director
Meredith Nunnikhoven	....	second assistant director
Brian O'Sullivan	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Chris Britt	....	set dresser
Sean Gartner	....	assistant property master
John Gorman	....	leadman
Matthew Brady Harris	....	set dresser
Sam Jacobs	....	on-set dresser
Palina Prasasouk	....	set dresser
Clark Woodman	....	property master
Matt Zaff	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Jason Dotts	....	sound designer
Jason Dotts	....	supervising sound editor
Cameron O. Galloway	....	adr editor
Cameron O. Galloway	....	dialogue editor
Corey J. Grasso	....	adr mixer
Corey J. Grasso	....	foley mixer
Jesse Kees	....	sound designer
Daniel S. McCoy	....	sound mixer
Zach Michaelis	....	foley artist
Michael Russo	....	adr mixer
David 'Lion' Thompson	....	boom operator
Dean Treloar	....	sound editor
Cory Coken	....	additional adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Brandon Gorrell	....	special effects technician
Ken Gorrell	....	special effects supervisor
Skylar Gorrell	....	special effects technician
Mark R. Johnson	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Derek Bourque	....	visual effects supervisor
Joseph Langdale	....	compositor
D.J. Shea	....	compositor

Stunts
Jason Gray	....	additional stunt coordinator
G. Peter King	....	stunt coordinator
Rene Mousseux	....	stunts
Michele Waitman	....	stunt double
Todd Warren	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Traci Chappell	....	first assistant camera
Traci Chappell	....	second assistant camera
Neil Chartier	....	first assistant camera
Jacob Clegg	....	best boy grip
Jim Dickson	....	electrician
Matt Dinerstein	....	still photographer
Josh Harrison	....	camera operator: "a camera"
Josh Harrison	....	steadicam operator
Edde Kane	....	second assistant camera
Kevin Martt	....	grip
Garrett Miller	....	electrician
Justin Nieves	....	grip
Cole Pisano	....	electrician
Armando Salas	....	cinematographer: second unit
Armando Salas	....	gaffer
Brian Stegeman	....	digital loader

Casting Department
Sally Lear	....	co-casting director
Bill Marinella	....	location casting
Robert James Monk	....	casting assistant
Marisa Rodriguez	....	casting assistant
Kelli Jo Sweeney	....	casting assistant
Mark Teschner	....	co-casting director

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jill Frank	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Tyler Dixon	....	color timer
Tyler Dixon	....	on-line editor
Adam Rowe	....	assistant on-line editor

Music Department
Michael Aarvold	....	music scoring mixer

Other crew
Shelley Marie Brown	....	promotions
Betsy Davis	....	CFO
Chelsea Donison	....	basecamp p.a.
Kate Fitzgerald	....	stand-in
Ali Jazayeri	....	senior vice president: finance
Aaron Jensen	....	office production assistant
Dixie Jones	....	payroll accountant
Darren Matthew	....	assistant: production supervisor
Jan McWilliams	....	script supervisor
Patricia Mickunas	....	production assistant
Jeffrey Neville	....	office production assistant
Adrian Rolea	....	electronic press kit
Jon Vial	....	location scout

Production Companies

• After Dark Films

Distributors

• After Dark Films (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
• California Filmes (2011) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• G2 Pictures (2011) (UK) (all media)
• Mongkol Major (2011) (Thailand) (all media)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bangladesh) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Bhutan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (India) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Nepal) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Pakistan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2011) (Sri Lanka) (all media)
• Teleview International (2010) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)

Special Effects

• All Special Effects

Other Companies

• Funk Entertainment  behind the scenes production
• Buzz Factory, The  promotions
• Cutting Edge Group  music services
• OneZero Productions  post-production
• Post Matters  post-production facilities
• Radiant Images  camera equipment provided by
• Sonicpool  post-production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some bloody violence, sexuality, nudity and language

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45818) | Australia:R (2011) | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version)

Filming Locations:

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Company:

After Dark Films

Trivia:

Leisha Hailey is either barefoot or wears open sandals in nearly all of her scenes.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When "Nate Weaver" fall on the stairs, he hits the camera and you could see the scene shaking.

Soundtrack:

Fertile Ground

Quite a surprise...

The movie "Fertile Ground" took me by surprise. I had not heard about it prior to picking it up, so when I found out it was an After Dark horror series movie, I was pleasantly surprised, because they usually put out some nice movies.

"Fertile Ground" does not deliver any groundbreaking new storyline, everything here has been seen before. But still it worked out quite well, as it was nicely composed and put together. The storyline, shortly summarized, is: Nate and Emily Weaver are living in the city and expecting a child, when they suffer an unfortunate miscarriage. To start over, they move to an old house in a rural setting. It turns out that they have an unknown relation to the story of the house, and things start to turn dark and dire...

The movie builds up a lot of suspense and there is always something just lurking below the surface, which is good, because it makes you want to see more and know more. There is also a good amount of thrills and scenes that make you jump in your seat.

As for the acting in the movie, well it was mostly people I hadn't seen before, or at least can't remember having seen before. And the movie is mainly carried by Leisha Hailey (playing Emily Weaver). The people in the movie all did good jobs with their roles and their acting.

Having seen the movie now, and read some reviews here and there, I don't really understand why people shoot this movie down, because I found it to be a good horror movie. It has all the necessary ingredients to make a good horror movie. Despite it being nothing new and innovating, the movie has a good plot, good shocks and a good pace. If you like horror movies, then check out "Fertile Ground".