Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
Charley Broderick
- Security Guard
- (as Charles Broderick)
Lonnie Farmer
- Doctor
- (voice)
Jurian Hughes
- Mary Hobbes
- (voice)
Sheila Stasack
- Wendy
- (voice)
Linda Carmichael
- Wendy
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
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- TriviaActor David Caruso reports in the official Production Notes that he saw "something pass my window" when shooting inside the Bonner Medical Building of Danvers State Hospital. "I didn't want to tell anybody, because people would start looking at me strangely..." Actor Peter Mullan also reports strange happenings on the set. He claims that while filming on the roof, a voice in his head told him to jump off to see what would happen. Mullan said the building brought out a morbid kind of "overactive curiosity."
- GoofsPeter Mullan kept forgetting to limp during his scenes resulting in many continuity errors. These are noted in the director's commentary as well.
- Alternate versionsThe US DVD contains an additional subplot that was removed from the final cut of the film. A homeless woman resides in Danvers State Hospital, and watches the crew go about their business. Initially presented as a menacing "being", shown as collecting objects (rubbish, leaves, insects) in threes in a room, she then becomes more and more human through the film. The crew observe things to give her presence away. She witnesses their murders, and becomes scared. She then kills Gordon at the end in retribution. Unfortunately, it is badly cut, and shows at several points during the film.
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Featured review
Everything about this movie impressed me. The script was lean and inventive, the direction stylish without being overblown, the acting top notch. Even the shot-on-video cinematography looked great (with the exception of one or two exterior shots that had a hint of video look to it, most everything else was "filmic" and artistic).
I also appreciate any horror movie that can generate real tension and suspense from imagination and suggestion rather than relying on lame and lazy tricks that populate most horror movies (if something as limp as Urban Legends can be called a horror movie).
First rate film and I recommend to anyone who appreciates a thinking-man's horror film.
I also appreciate any horror movie that can generate real tension and suspense from imagination and suggestion rather than relying on lame and lazy tricks that populate most horror movies (if something as limp as Urban Legends can be called a horror movie).
First rate film and I recommend to anyone who appreciates a thinking-man's horror film.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Son Seans
- Filming locations
- Danvers State Hospital - 450 Maple Street, Danvers, Massachusetts, USA(Danvers State Hospital)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $378,176
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $76,493
- Aug 12, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $1,612,259
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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