Crouch End 

American couple in London gets lost in an abandoned part of the city where terrifying Lovecraftian dimension seeps into our own.

Director:

Mark Haber

Writers:

Kim LeMasters (teleplay), Stephen King (short story)

Stars:

Claire Forlani, Eion Bailey, Linal Haft

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Claire Forlani	...	Doris Frehman
Eion Bailey	...	Lonnie Frehman
Linal Haft	...	Archibald
Eva Lazzaro	...	The Girl
Ryan Sheldrake	...	The Boy
Kenneth Ransom	...	Cabby
Luke Walker	...	PC Farnham
Jennifer Congram	...	Concierge
Monica Maughan	...	Woman in Street
John Flaus	...	Man in Street
Ron Haddrick	...	Man in Lift
Marijke Mann	...	Woman in Lift
Jean-Marc Russ	...	Rat Man #1 (as Jean Marc Russ)
Josh Futcher	...	Rat Man #2
Martin Broome	...	Rat Man #3

Storyline

The career devoted Lonnie Freeman and his wife Doris Freeman are in London in honeymoon. Loonie receives a message from the important client Squales inviting the young couple to have dinner with him in his house at Crouch End. While going to the dinner party, Doris is advised by the cab driver to return from Crouch End, which would be a thin spot in another dimension. Lonnie does not accept the non-sense explanation and have a weird experience with Doris.

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Plot Keywords:

american abroad | female protagonist | police | alleyway | missing husband | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Lonnie makes a joke about his wife Doris' behavior towards an old British couple, remarking that they love having an American come to their country and tell them what to do. Doris is played by Claire Forlani, who is actually British.

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Goofs

When Leonard Is talking with Doris, Just after she has exited the Cab and he has left the Phone-booth, he pokes fun at her for giving credence to the "Thin spots" and "Dimensions" that Archibald (the Cab driver) told her about. But Leonard was In the Phone booth making the call to his Boss while the whole discussion between Doris and Archibald took place In the Cab. Leonard Is talking about things he can't possibly have knowledge of.

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Quotes

Doris Freeman: Lonnie, what happened? What was on the other side of the hedge?
Lonnie Freeman: Nothing, I don't want to talk about it.
Doris Freeman: Lonnie, talk to me, tell me what h...
Lonnie Freeman: Nothing, I don't remember, it's all a blank. We were there... we heard a sound... then I was running, that's all I remember.

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Soundtracks

Top Floor Por Favor
(Uncredited)
Written by Joe Lervold
Performed by The Joel Evans Quartet
Courtesy of MasterSource

User Reviews

The Worst Stephen King Adaptation

When it's all said and done, I think this may be the worst adaptation of a Stephen King story. Nothing in it works - the acting is terrible, the camerawork is intrusive, the music is awful and the teleplay is boring and full of cliches. There was nothing interesting about it, it was a chore to sit through the 45 minutes.

At least with MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE or THE MANGLER or, even, THE LAWNMOWER MAN, you can watch and be engaged simply by the outrageous choices the filmmakers made. Not so with "Crouch End."

Details

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 July 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Bank Place, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ostar Productions, Coote Hayes Productions, TNT

Technical Specs

Color:

Color