Apartment 143 (2011) Emergo (original title)

Director:

Carles Torrens

Writer:

Rodrigo Cortés (written by)

Release Date:

4 May 2012 (Mexico)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The First Real Ghost Story

Plot:

A team of parapsychologists try to figure out a strange phenomenon occurring in an apartment building.

Plot Keywords:

Found Footage

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Francesc Garrido	...	Heseltine
Fiona Glascott	...	Ellen Keegan
Rick Gonzalez	...	Paul Ortega
Kai Lennox	...	Alan White
Gia Mantegna	...	Caitlin White
Michael O'Keefe	...	Dr. Helzer
Damian Roman	...	Benny White
Laura Martuscelli	...	Cynthia
Fermí Reixach	...	Lamson
Souleymane Diop	...	Concierge
Alex van Kuyk	...	Man in the Subway
Marcel Barrena	...	Paramedic 1
Vincent Damman	...	Paramedic 2
Yatma Sall	...	Paramedic 3
Susana García Díez	...	Pedestrian 1
Natalia Regás	...	Pedestrian 2
Óscar Durán	...	Photographer
Núria Valls	...	Benny's Teacher
Mireia Dalmau Quera	...	Teenager 1
Laura Creus Xifra	...	Teenager 2

Directed by
Carles Torrens

Writing credits
Rodrigo Cortés		(written by)

Produced by
Mikel Ayesta	....	line producer (as Mikel Ayesta Otano)
Rodrigo Cortés	....	producer
Susana García Díez	....	associate producer
Adrián Guerra	....	producer
Maite Lucas	....	associate producer
Miguel Nadal	....	associate producer
Víctor Reyes	....	associate producer
Núria Valls	....	delegate producer
Gregoire Melin	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Víctor Reyes

Cinematography by
Óscar Durán

Film Editing by
Rodrigo Cortés
Pepe Tito		(as José Tito)

Casting by
Nicole Daniels
Courtney Sheinin		(as Courtney Bright)

Production Design by
María de la Cámara
Gabriel Paré

Costume Design by
Fran Cruz

Makeup Department
Mónica Alarcón	....	key hair stylist (as Mónica Alarcón Virgili)
Mónica Alarcón	....	key makeup artist (as Mónica Alarcón Virgili)
Mónica Alarcón	....	special makeup effects artist (as Mónica Alarcón Virgili)
Lola Cañas	....	assistant hair stylist
Lola Cañas	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
David Cárceles	....	production manager
Josep Pi	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rodrigo Cortés	....	second unit director
Anna González	....	second assistant director (as Anna González Pascual)
Jorge Lareau	....	assistant director
Xesca Ribas	....	assistant director (as Xesca Ribas Pizá)
Javier Rodríguez	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Gaby García	....	prop buyer
Enric Masgrau	....	art design assistant
Mateu Pasqual	....	art design assistant

Sound Department
Manuel Carrión	....	foley artist
Alayn Crespo	....	boom operator
Jaime Fernández Salcedo	....	dialogue editor: Filmigranas
Urko Garai	....	sound mixer
Jose A. Manovel	....	sound re-recording mixer: Factoría de Ruidos
James Muñoz	....	sound designer
Francisco Elias Toro Ramirez	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
David Rodríguez	....	foley mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Kike Blanco	....	special effects
Fernando Ruiz de Mendarozqueta	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Dani Fornaguera	....	visual effects artist
Àlex Villagrasa	....	visual effects supervisor
Nicolas Zarza	....	visual effects artist (as Nicolás Zarza)

Stunts
Raúl Cañadas	....	stunts: Kai Lennox
Raúl Gómez	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Antonio Higueruelo	....	stunt coordinator (as Toni Higueruelo)

Camera and Electrical Department
Thais Batlle	....	additional assistant camera (as Thaïs Batlle)
Ricard Durany	....	additional electrician (as Ricard Durany Llorens)
Juan Ramón Figueiras	....	additional electrician (as Juan R. Figueiras Grobas)
Gonykikon	....	electrician
Froilán Lugilde	....	gaffer (as Froilán Lugilde Fernández)
Isaac Martínez	....	additional electrician
Natalia Regás	....	second assistant camera
Iván Rodríguez	....	electrician
Xavi Ruiz Sánchez	....	camera operator: making-of
Xavier Ruiz	....	additional electrician (as Xavi Ruiz)
Guillem Subirats	....	first assistant camera
Job Vermeulen Font	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Sandra Sánchez	....	extras casting (as Sandra Sánchez Vicente)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mónica Ballesta	....	costume buyer: dailies
Nuria Pascual-Andujar	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Alberto Bernad	....	assistant editor
Quique Cañadas	....	digital intermediate colorist
Ramón Martos Calvo	....	laboratory manager
Victor Martos	....	color timer
Nacho Melero	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Nacho Melero	....	film output
Manolo Millán	....	color grader
Laura Sanchez	....	digital intermediate coordinator (as Laura Sánchez)

Music Department
Juan Jose Aranda	....	mixing engineer (as Juan José Aranda)
Javier Coble	....	musician: dilruba
Rodrigo Cortés	....	music editor (as Gonzalo Giráldez)
Rodrigo Cortés	....	music producer
Víctor Reyes	....	keyboards
Víctor Reyes	....	music producer
Víctor Reyes	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Marel Camarena	....	production coordinator
Carlos Dengra	....	location manager: Insitu Locations
Antonio Frutos	....	making-of director and editor
Ferran Herranz	....	distribution coordinator
Víctor Martí	....	post-production coordinator: Shankara Films
Inés Massa	....	production assistant
Berta Monge	....	production trainee
Albert Perales	....	production assistant
Dovile Poskonyté	....	production accountant
Carlos Pérez	....	financial controller
Daniel Pérez	....	production accountant
Cristine Teeny Stillings	....	production assistant
Carlos Vila Pérez	....	animal trainer
Anna Vilà	....	script supervisor (as Anna Vilà Parera)
Adam M. Stone	....	product placement coordinator (uncredited)
Cat Stone	....	product placement coordinator (uncredited)

Thanks
Blake Heiss	....	special thanks
Lucien Knotter	....	thanks
Brian Yuzna	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Nostromo Pictures
• Kinology (in association with)

Distributors

• Alliance (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Andes Films (2012) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Energía Entusiasta (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Hopscotch Productions (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Magnolia Pictures (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Momentum Pictures (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
• Tokyo Theaters Company (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Kurmaca Film (2012) (Turkey) (all media)
• Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (UK) (DVD)
• Mongkol Major (2012) (Thailand) (all media)

Other Companies

• Cohen & Gardner  production legal
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Stone Management  product placement

Also Known As:

"Emergo" - Spain (original title)
"Apartment: 143" - Japan (English title) (imdb display title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some terror

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Mexico:B15 | Argentina:13 | UK:15 | Japan:G | Spain:12 | Singapore:PG13 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-13

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Company:

Nostromo Pictures

Apartment 143 (2011)

Apartment 143 gives us a look at a supposedly haunted apartment. The difference here is that the scientific investigators are looking for scientific explanations rather than the supernatural. It's a neat idea, but leads to some heavy exposition scenes that betray the found-footage set-up. Perhaps if these had been explained in talking head interviews it wouldn't seem so clunky and forced. The film does well to have a little mystery behind it and the cast are generally rather impressive. One of the biggest problems is how quick it wants to start. I don't find that these films work without a decent amount of build up. Here, the camera crew walk in and stuff is happening almost immediately. I also got tired at the scientists continued explanations of stuff when it was clear that some of these things were impossible to explain. Some decent effects and genuine scary parts make this a fine effort, but with a bit more time and some better pacing this could have been so much better.