Voodoo Moon (2005) (TV)

Director:

Kevin VanHook

Writer:

Kevin VanHook (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

Evil is reborn by the light of the moon.

Plot:

A demonic being destroys an entire town, save a young boy and his sister. Twenty years later, the sister...

Plot Keywords:

Cornfield

Cast

Eric Mabius	...	Cole
Charisma Carpenter	...	Heather
Rik Young	...	Daniel
Jeffrey Combs	...	Frank Taggert
Jayne Heitmeyer	...	Lola
Dee Wallace	...	Mary-Ann
John Amos	...	Dutch
Reynaldo Gallegos	...	Ray (as Rey Gallegos)
Kimberly Hawthorne	...	Diana (as Kim Hawthorne)
David Jean Thomas	...	Jean-Pierre
Kelley Hazen	...	Helen Taggert
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Old Man #1
Vernon Duckett	...	Old Man #2
Frank Collison	...	Mac
Alison Lees-Taylor	...	Sally
Jason Rodriguez	...	Bobby
Cathrine Grace	...	Art Gallery Patron
Merritt Bailey	...	Lola's Husband
James DiStefano	...	Cab Driver
Cameron VanHook	...	Skinned Old Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Georgia Anderson	...	Crucified brunette girl
Anissa Briggs	...	Girl at Cemetary
Mary Ann Farkas	...	Old Lady with Fork
Cathy Fitzpatrick	...	Art Gallery Patron
Michael Lloyd Gilliland	...	Biker Leader (as Michael Gilliland)
Vester Grayson	...	Rocking Chair Demon
Lauren M. Higgs	...	Young Woman at Motel
Keegan Holst	...	Boy with scissors
Paul Latham	...	Zombie
Alexis Longo	...	Scared Girl
Justin Ordman	...	Tom
Brian O'Sullivan	...	Thief
Blair Redford	...	Evil Young Man
Kevin VanHook	...	Cemetary Gardener
Scott Whyte	...	Billy
David Keith Anderson	...	Demon (uncredited)

Directed by
Kevin VanHook

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kevin VanHook		writer

Produced by
Craig Ayers	....	line producer
Karen Bailey	....	producer
Morris Berger	....	executive producer
Stephen R. Brown	....	executive producer
John W. Hyde	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ludek Drizhal

Cinematography by
Matt Steinauer

Film Editing by
Kevin VanHook

Casting by
Paul Weber

Production Design by
Michael Levinson

Art Direction by
George Goodridge

Costume Design by
Jennifer L. Soulages

Makeup Department
Autumn Butler	....	makeup department head
Jason Collins	....	supervisor: Almost Human
Mandi Crane	....	special makeup effects artist (as Mandi Maugh)
Sara De Pue	....	makeup artist
Denise Goldberg	....	makeup artist
Robert Hall	....	special makeup designer
Elvis Jones	....	special makeup effects artist
Debbie Mezera	....	office manager: Almost Human, Inc.
James Ojala	....	special makeup effects technician: Almost Human
Liz Webster	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Craig Ayers	....	production manager
Stacey Jade Smart	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brian O'Sullivan	....	first assistant director
Roger Udwin	....	second assistant director
Dawn York	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Jaime Beebe	....	on-set dresser
Anthony Eikner	....	property master
Walter Eikner	....	additional weapon props
Mark Fenlason	....	propmaker
Mark Fenlason	....	underwater set dresser
Michael Lloyd Gilliland	....	lead carpenter (as Michael Gilliland)
Christian Graham	....	leadman
Gavin Heslet	....	buyer
Gavin Heslet	....	set dresser
Matthew Lach	....	assistant property master
Jaclyn Marshall	....	swing
Thomas A. Nelson	....	storyboard artist
Jeff Pogue	....	on-set dresser
Adam Sumner	....	swing
Mike Vosburg	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Andy Hay	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jackie Johnson	....	dialogue editor
Iris Lohninger	....	boom operator
Karl W. Lohninger	....	sound mixer
Rod O'Brien	....	sound effects editor
Jesse Pomeroy	....	supervising sound editor
Paul Stanley	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
William L. Arance	....	animator
Brent M. Bowen	....	visual effects
Harry Eisenstein	....	3D modeler
Harry Eisenstein	....	digital compositor
Peter Gend	....	visual effects
Derek Ledbetter	....	digital compositor
Carol VanHook	....	visual effects
Andrea Yomtob	....	visual effects

Stunts
Brian Brown	....	stunts
Brian Duffy	....	stunt performer
Mark Fenlason	....	safety officer
Jeremy Fitzgerald	....	stunts
Gloria O'Brien	....	stunts
Jason Rodriguez	....	stunt coordinator
Bill Blair	....	stunt player (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Odie Brown	....	assistant camera
Melissa Di Meglio	....	still photographer
Vincent Dow	....	key grip
Keith J. Duggan	....	camera operator
Keith J. Duggan	....	gaffer
Brian Eastveld	....	grip
Nicholas Gerard Klein	....	best boy grip
B. Shaw	....	grip

Casting Department
Ivy Isenberg	....	co-casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lauren Blair	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
John Daro	....	on-line editor

Music Department
J. Lynn Duckett	....	additional songs
Andrew Maz	....	supervising score mixer

Transportation Department
Neil Chisholm	....	transportation co-captain
Mark Cross	....	transportation captain
Harry Zabounian	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Carol A. Compton	....	script clearance
Ari Halpern	....	script supervisor
Lauren M. Higgs	....	assistant coordinator
Bryan Meyers	....	accounting clerk
Laura Sherman	....	production coordinator
Tim Shuler	....	set medic
Shari Sontag	....	key production accountant
Zeke Williams	....	production assistant
Ryan Young	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• IDT Entertainment

Distributors

• IDT Entertainment Sales (2006) (USA) (all media)
• IDT Home Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• M.I.B. (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sci-Fi Channel, The (2005) (USA) (TV)

Special Effects

• Almost Human (special makeup effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• IndieClear  script clearance
• Mission Post  sound post-production
• Spank Machine  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

Children of the Cornpone (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:MA (2006)

Filming Locations:

Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company:

IDT Entertainment

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Cole speaking quietly in latin]
Dutch: You beat him again, Cole. You beat him again.

Live Action Comic Book

I rented this movie because it has Jeffrey Combs, in an all too bizarre role, and did not even think to glance at who the director for this feature was. When I saw the name Kevin Van Hook, I immediately regretted this rent. His film Frost is quite possibly the worst movie ever made. However, while Frost was utterly terrible, Voodoo Moon is just terrible.

Van Hook's comic book background shows in this film which could have benefited from being a mini-series, but who would view a mini-series from an unknown director? My reasoning behind the mini-series idea is that Van Hook has interesting ideas and characters but fails to flesh them out. A perfect example of this is when Mabius seeks refuge at a farmhouse and a handful of new characters are introduced. Van Hook doesn't even give us a vague background on the majority of these new characters as you certainly won't care about them.

Maybe Van Hook should stick to comic books were he can produce issue after issue and give us the characterization that he fails to deliver in this film.

VIOLENCE: $$$ (Nothing too graphic but there are a handful of murders and Mabius uses magic occasionally to subdue his adversaries while he isn't lying in bed gathering his strength... which he does often).

NUDITY: $$ (Your typical no account "actress" bares herself as she is tied down to a cross in a church. This scene has substance but the nudity was not needed to make the scene work).

STORY: $$ (Like I said, Van Hook tries to do too much here, introducing characters with no background, utilizing boring monologues between fight scenes and creating bizarre and downright insipid characters, like Jeffrey Combs' and Dee Wallace's character. Two amazing actors whose talents are wasted).

ACTING: $$ (Quite wooden! I imagine this film will appeal most to folks who adored Charisma Carpenter's Buffy role and fans of Eric Mabius. However, the two leads have no chemistry and are out shined by Rik Young's villainous role. John Amos is adequate as a tough guy biker but much like every character in this film, his role was one-dimensional.