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Rites of Passage ()


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An anthropology student invites his classmates and professor to his family's abandoned ranch, once a sacred Chumash burial ground, to recreate an ancient ceremony.

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Benny
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Dani
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Nathan
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Hart
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Penelope
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Delgado
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Professor Nash
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Carly
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Sandee
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Mojo
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Moose
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Squirrel
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Roxanne
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Jaci
Nicholas Leiting ...
Jaci's Boyfriend
Alexi Yulish ...
Nick
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Chumash Shaman
Joseph Billingiere ...
Cumash With Torch
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Chumash Elder
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Chumash Woman
Cristina Mendoza Lopez ...
Chumash Woman
Rita Rangel Monahan ...
Cumash Woman
Anastasia Patchick ...
Cumash Woman
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Chumash Woman
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Chumash Man
John Saint John ...
Cumash Man
Andres Salazar ...
Chumash Man
Alex Najar ...
Cumash Boy
James Neary ...
Cumash Boy
Andy Garza ...
Spanish Soldier
Ralph Adrian Lopez ...
Spanish Soldier (as Ralph Lopez)
Nick Fouquet ...
Frat Boy
Richard Johnson ...
Police Officer
Cal Oshi ...
Police Officer
Mark Madnick ...
Detective
C.J. Boyer ...
Paramedic (as Clayton CJ Boyer)
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Paramedic
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Paramedic
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Chumash Indian Woman (as Kristen Terry)

Directed by

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W. Peter Iliff ... (directed by)

Written by

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W. Peter Iliff ... (story by) &
Rick Halsey ... (story by)
 
W. Peter Iliff ... (screenplay by)
 
Jonathan Sachar ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)

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Andre Canaparo ... co-producer
Mark Canton ... executive producer
Gerald Chamales ... executive producer
Doug Econn ... executive producer (as Douglas Econn)
Rick Halsey ... executive producer
David Hopwood ... producer
William D. Johnson ... executive producer
Brett Kerr ... line producer
Scott Metcalfe ... executive producer
Alfred S. Newman ... co-executive producer (as Al Newman)
Jonathan Sachar ... producer (produced by)

Music by

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Elia Cmiral ... composer

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Alex Nepomniaschy ... director of photography

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Glenn Garland ... (edited by)

Editorial Department

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Doug Delaney ... digital intermediate colorist
Stewart McAlpine ... first assistant editor

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Shannon Makhanian ... (casting by)

Production Design by

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Jeffrey Lombardi ... (as Jeffrey Givens)

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Nicholas Leiting

Costume Design by

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Laura Galli

Makeup Department

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Stephanie Bravo ... makeup department head
Allison Compton ... assistant makeup artist
Kara O'Toole ... assistant makeup artist
Genie Skemp ... assistant makeup artist
Kaitlin Vidak ... key hair stylist

Production Management

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Scott Metcalfe ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ty Arnold ... key second assistant director
Brent Clark ... second second assistant director
Scott Metcalfe ... first assistant director
Aaron Wohlberg ... additional second assistant director

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Sarah Bess ... scenic painter
Anthony Cafaro ... leadman
Peter Dang ... property master
Robert Mitchell ... assistant property master
Sven Tusak ... on-set dresser

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Mark Amicucci ... adr recordist
Ian Cruickshank ... sound intern
Nash Cubero Jr. ... foley editor
Robert Dehn ... sound studio manager
Matthew Gionet ... ADR Programming / dialogue editor
Cat Gray ... boom operator
Chad J. Hughes ... sound effects editor
Steven Iba ... adr mixer / sound effects editor
Richard Kitting ... re-recording mixer
Ben Lazarus ... sound mixer: second unit
Bobby Martinez ... foley mixer
Jay Nierenberg ... supervising sound editor
Daniel Norwick ... sound editor
Steve Papagiannis ... sound effects editor
Vince Renaud ... dialogue editor
Roger Sacdalan ... assistant sound editor (as Roger J. Sacdalan)
David Schneiderman ... sound mixer
David Staricha ... sound editor
Jonathan Wales ... re-recording mixer

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Mike Tristano ... armorer: Mr. Slater

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Aaron McLane ... visual effects

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Alina Andrei ... stunt double: Briana Evigan
Kevin Derr ... stunt double
Tom Elliott ... stunt coordinator
Kanan Hooker ... stunt double
Mike Smith ... stunt coordinator

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Carlos Aldana ... digital manager
Joseph Arena ... director of photography: second unit
Matt Bobbitt ... grip
Graham Bremner ... gaffer: second unit
Jason Brewer ... electrician
Rowan Byers ... grip
Jimmy Callian ... still photographer
Sergio De Luca ... steadicam operator
Cooper Donaldson ... gaffer
Alexandre Dumas ... electrician
Tom Funk ... first assistant camera "b" camera
David Thomas Graves ... electrician
Zach Harrison ... grip
Win Jones ... electrician
Justin Lostutter ... best boy grip
John Paul Meyer ... first assistant camera "a" camera
Michael Noetzel ... electrician
Gregory Pickard ... best boy electric
Craig Riley Jr. ... dolly grip
Craig Steven Riley ... key grip
Francesco Sauta ... first assistant camera: steadicam
Nito Serna ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Shermagne Umali ... lighting technician
Michael A. Viera III ... electrician (as Michael Viera III)
Gavin White ... additional second assistant camera
Ryan Wilmott ... gaffer
Mark Young ... camera operator: "b" camera / second unit cinematographer

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Mylo Ironbear ... native casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Richard Boitano ... key costumer
Kym Fregoso ... wardrobe
Amber Tatum ... assistant costume designer

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Nick Baxter ... scoring mixer
Sean Fernald ... music supervisor
John Samuel Hanson ... score programmer: synth and percussion
Eric Jasper ... score coordinator

Script and Continuity Department

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Suzanne Waite ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Hector M. Gonzalez ... transportation captain (as Hector Gonzales)
Rick Lovoy ... driver

Additional Crew

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Ingrid Alexander ... production accountant
Nicole Andersen ... production coordinator
Xander Bailey ... adr loop group
Christina Bolanos ... production intern
C.J. Boyer ... set medic
Greg Cooper ... medic
Beth Dewey ... main title producer
Bill Grotheer ... production assistant
Jake Hartline ... production assistant
Janeen Hovnanian ... production assistant
Dave Lugo ... production assistant
Shane Meredith ... production assistant
Abbie Nissenson ... key set production assistant
Steve O'Rourke ... production assistant
Chris Riel ... assistant production coordinator
Matt Schwartz ... production assistant
Allison Stubbmann ... intern

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Plot Summary

Nathan an anthropology student is disappointed that the modern world neglects an ancient chumash ritual known as the rites of passage ceremony that involves steps needed for becoming a man according to chumash legends. Nathan convinces his profesor Nash a pedofilic university teacher who openly pursues sexual attraction with his female students to take their class on a field trip for the weekend to his family's old ranch which was once the site of ancient chumash indian rituals and countless rites of passage ceremonies. Nash agrees and the 2 of them take their class including Nathan's crush Dani who is a traumatized half chumash and half british female neglected by her parents for being a failure who is hungry for attention and is known for being a party animal and trainwreck. Unbeknownst to them the family ranch isn't abandoned and is the home of 2 drug addicted lunatics: Benny a lonely, delusional and awkward social incept who is addicted to a hallucination drug used in the rites of passage ceremony who wants to be part of an imaginary indian tribe in a far away place but to do so he must join them in death with a bride and Delgado a crazed drug dealer with a shotgun who hallucinates a talking stuffed monkey on his shotgun and is out for revenge against Dani for killing his wife and sun during a drunk driving incident that has traumatized her. Benny while hallucinating attempts to kidnap one of Nathan's class mates in order to make her his bride but is stopped by a man who was with her and is driven of. Benny goes to a party where he is bullied and laughed at by the college students until Nathan arrives and beggs him to stay. Penelope a girl at the party attempts to seduce and pursuade Benny into giving her a ride home but she is instead kidnapped and taken by Benny to his family porch to be his wife. The next morning Benny attempts to perform a marriage ceremony with Penelope but stops upon hearing the students arrive at the ranch and Penelope manages to break out of her restraints in order to try and escape. Penelope is chased by Benny through a field while screaming for help but the students can't hear her in their cars and she is accidentally killed while running and Benny cries for her not to leave without him. Nathan while attempting to calm his classmates down and stop them from having sex is hit on by an invited girl only for her to be called of by her friend who tells her that Nathan likes the new girl Dani. Dani overhears this and seemingly waites for his confession but he gets shy and embarrassed then leaves and she seems sad and disappointed. Benny arrives and attempts to pursuade Nathan into leaving with his friends as he doesn't want them there and Nathan doesn't have their father's permission but stops upon seeing Dani. Benny notices Dani's beauty and chumash heritege and attempts to talk to her but she leaves upon being creeped out by the way he looks at her. While the class is on the beach Benny spies on Dani having set his sights on her as his next bride and plans to kidnap her. While scooping her from a cliff above the beach he is caught by one of the students and the 2 of them as well as her boyfriend and Delgado eventually get into a fight which results in the boyfriend being killed and the girl names squarl to be injured by a falling roof. Delgado and Benny believing both students to be dead attempt to hide their tracks by hiding their bodies and Delgado decides to hunt down and kill the rest of class while Benny repairs restraints used on Penelope to keep Dani trapped so he can marry her in a cooler. Delagdo breaks all of their phones so they can't call for help and begins killing them while the proffesor is wounded by a bear trap set by Delgado for intruders. Delgado while hunting holds conversations with his imaginary stuffed monkey who tries to reason with his seemingly absent sense of morality. Delagdo realizes while talking to Benny that the girl (Dani) who killed his family is also one of the kids who arrived and she becomes his main target out of revenge. Benny continues to stalk Dani while she is with Nathan and temporarily others and having a panic attack. Dani notices Benny and he tries to enter the house for her but is held back by her and Nathan but eventually corners them. Benny manages to kidnap Dani after she attempted to escape by chloroforming her as well as giving her some of the hallucination drug he drinks and spirits her away from Nathan who screams that he will kill him. Benny carries Dani on his shoulder to the desired wedding location and she is forced into a marriage ceremony with him while tied up and hallucinating. Nathan realizes Benny's plan and where he took Dani but runs into Delgado outside the cooler and gets into a confirmation with him. Benny hears them fighting outside and attempts to save his brother but Delgado gains the upper hand against them both but his attention is directed to Dani upon realizing where she is. Delgado attempts to kill her by shooting her with his shotgun but Benny get between them and is shot instead. Before dying Benny hallucinates Dani telling him she loves him and that they will be together forever and ever and ever but he is later rejected by the tribe for not having Dani with him. Nathan manages to kill Delgado by beating him to death after he was distracted by Benny's death. He seemingly mourns Benny and frees Dani from her restraints but she is hallucinating and having a panic attack so she takes Delgado's gun and points at him before attempting to kill herself out of guilt but he convinces her to stop and they embrace. Dani and Nash are taken to a hospital but before he leaves Nash tells Nathan that he has passed the test and become a man thanks to the rites of passage ceremony. At the end of the film Delgado is seemingly revived and runs of into the distance and the film ends.

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Taglines Sex, Drugs and an Ancient Ritual ... Anthropology 101 is a Killer! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Creepers (Canada, English title)
  • The Final Rites (United Kingdom)
  • Creepers (France)
  • Der Übergang (Germany)
  • Der Übergang - Rites of Passage (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 103 min
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Budget $2,500,000 (estimated)

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Trivia To ensure the accuracy of the portrayal of the Chumash Indian culture, the production team consulted with an anthropological expert on the Chumash during both the writing process and production. In addition, a representative from the Chumash reservation was on set several times during shooting. All the actors portraying Chumash characters were Native American. See more »
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