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| Title: | Spookies |
| Director: | Eugenie Joseph; Thomas Doran; Brendan Faulkner |
| Writers: | Thomas Doran; Brendan Faulkner; Frank M. Farel; Ann Burgund |
| Producers: | Michael Lee; Eugenie Joseph; Thomas Doran; Brendan Faulkner; Frank M. Farel |
| Composer: | James Calabrese; Kenneth Higgins |
| Cinematography: | Robert Chappel; Ken Kelsch |
| Editors: | Eugenie Joseph |
| Production | |
| Production company: | Safir Films |
| Distributed by: | Miggles Corporation N.V. Sony Video Software Company |
| Released: | March, 1986 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 85 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Spookies is an American independent feature film of the supernatural action and monster thriller subgenres of horror. It involves a group of people who become trapped inside of a house where an evil sorcerer sicks a throng of monsters upon them. He requires these human sacrifices to keep his wife alive. The movie was directed by Eugenie Joseph with a screenplay written by Joseph Burgund. The movie originally went into production under the title Twisted Souls by Brendan Faulkner and Thomas Doran, but legal issues between the producers and financial backers prevents the film from being released under this title. It was completed by Eugenie Joseph and released under the title Spookies. It premiered in Paris, France at the Paris Festival of Fantastic Films in March, 1986, then at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14th. It opened to limited theatrical release in the United States on January 22nd, 1988. It was produced by Safir Films though Miggles Corporation N.V. holds the copyright.
Plot[]
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Felix Ward | Kreon |
| Maria Pechukas | Isabelle |
| Dan Scott | Kreon's servant |
| Alec Nemser | Billy |
| A.J. Lowenthal | Korda |
| Pat Wesley Bryan | Drifter |
| Peter Dain | Peter |
| Nick Gionta | Duke |
| Lisa Friede | Carol |
| Joan Ellen Delaney | Linda |
| Peter Iasillo, Jr. | Rich |
| Kim Merrill | Meegan |
| Charlotte Alexandra | Adrienne |
| Anthony Valbiro | Dave |
| Soo Paek | The Spider Woman |
| Al Magliochetti | Lewis Wilson |
| James M. Glenn | The Grim Reaper |
| Gabriel Bartalos | Muck man |
| Peter Delynn | Muck man |
| John Beatty | Muck man |
| Robert Epstein | Graveyard zombie |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this film is "It is written evil will inherit the earth and laughter will echo throughout the universe..."
- There are a total of twenty-one credited cast members in this film.
- Production on this film began on August 17th, 1984.
- Actress Charlotte Alexandra, who plays Adrienne, is credited as Charlotte Seeley in this film.
Recommendations[]
- Gate, The
- Ghoulies
- Monster Squad
- Mutilator, The
External Links[]
- Spookies at IMDB
- Spookies at Trakt TV
- Spookies at Wikipedia
- Spookies at Letterboxd.com
- Spookies at Themoviedb.org
References[]
Acid | Birthdays | Buried alive | Cemetery | Coffin | Ghouls | Gore | Grim Reapers | Hangings | Haunted house | Head injury | Knife | Life energy absorption | Mermaids | Mummies | Occult | Ouija board | Resurrection | Scythe | Severed head | Skeletons | Smoking | Sorcery | Spiders | Stabbings | Strangulation | Suicide | Warlocks | Werecats | Zombies