Boo (2005)

A handful of college students get trapped in a haunted hospital on Halloween.

Director:

Anthony C. Ferrante

Writer:

Anthony C. Ferrante

Stars:

Trish Coren, Rachel Harland, Jilon VanOver

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Trish Coren	...	Jessie Holden
Rachel Harland	...	Cindy
Jilon VanOver	...	Kevin (as Jilon Ghai)
Happy Mahaney	...	Emmett
Shirlene Quigley	...	Honey
Algie Hamilton	...	Count Pimpula
Dig Wayne	...	Arlo Ray Baines / Dynamite Jones
Rosamaria Juarez	...	Louise
Nicole Rayburn	...	Marie
Josh Holt	...	Freddy
M. Steven Felty	...	Jacob
Michael Samluk	...	Allan
Taylor Hurley	...	Ghost Girl
Rachel Melvin	...	Meg
Terri Novak	...	Jessie's Mom

Storyline

The friends Emmett, Freddy, Marie, Kevin and his reluctant girlfriend Jessie decide to spend the Halloween night in an abandoned hospital. Meanwhile, the younger Allan meets the old friend of his father Arlo Ray Baines and asks him to help to find his vanished sister Meg in the same spot. The two groups meet each other in the mental institution section on the haunted third floor and they find that they are trapped in the place. Jessie has visions from the past and discovers that the ghost of Jacob, a former patient that raped a little girl and burned the hospital, is trying to escape possessing their bodies that melt down with his evil spirit.

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Plot Keywords:

ghost girl | dark secret | clown costume | childhood trauma | hospital | 

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Taglines:

You Don't Have A Ghost Of A Chance

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence/gore and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The director has said in interviews that the Arlo Ray Baines character (played by Dig Wayne in Boo) starred in five different (fictitious) "Dynamite Jones" blaxploitation films: Meet Dynamite Jones, Dynamite Ignited, Dynamite Jones vs The Dope Pope, Dynamite Jones vs Count Pimpula (which was seen partially in Boo), Dynamite Jones vs Frankenfro (which is referenced in the deleted scenes on the Boo DVD).

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Goofs

Emmett and his dog are riding in the elevator and it stops on floor 3, he is clearly terrified with his flashlight close to his body but when the scene changes to the elevator opening up, we see Emmett with his arms down at his sides with a neutral expression then it cuts back to him terrified again with the flashlight close to his body and when it cuts to a shot of his dog, his hand with the flashlight again is down to his side.

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Quotes

Jacob: Who's the crazy one now?

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Connections

References The Changeling (1980)

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Soundtracks

Moanin' For My Baby
Written by Robbie Rist and Anthony C. Ferrante
Copyright Control (ASCAP)
Performed by The Black and Blues Revue

User Reviews

Needed to go that extra half mile...as it stands, "Boo" is a fairly mediocre horror film

A group of teens decide to go party in an abandoned hospital on Halloween. Unfortunately for them, the place is haunted by some very nasty ghosts who don't want them to leave. "Boo" is a decent genre flick, but ultimately it disappoints. The performances are mediocre at best, the script is pedestrian and first-time scribe/director Anthony C. Ferrante (a former Fangoria writer) relies too heavily on predictable pop scares throughout most of the film (though to his credit the flashback sequences were very well-shot). There's nice gore content and the special effects are often very good (loved the skinned dog thing), unfortunately these are too sparse and insubstantial to give the film the push it needed. "Boo" is by no means a bad movie, it's simply too mediocre to deliver on it's initial promise. Could have been much, much worse though… 5.5/10.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 July 2006 (Singapore)

Also Known As:

Apolytos efialtis

Filming Locations:

Linda Vista Hospital - 610 S. St. Louis Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$118,357

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kismet Entertainment Group, Graveyard Filmworks

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1