CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Sterling Pacific Films
Executive Producer: Karl Schaefer
Producer: Scott McAboy, Gil Wadsworth
Co-Producer: Amy Sydorick

SCRIPT
Script: Karl Schaefer

DIRECTION
Director: Tobe Hooper

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jacques Haitkin
Electrician: David Darwin
Key Grip: Jack Serino
Grips: Jason Andrew, Dave Beeler

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Andy Horvitch

MUSIC
Music: Mark Adler

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: Brandon Walker
Sound Mixer: James P. Slingluff
Boom Operator: Donald Vespoint
Sound Effects Editor: Jeff K. Brunello

VISUAL EFFECTS
Title Designer: Andrew Doucette

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Dan Whifler
Set Dresser: Wendy Allen
Carpenter: Cory T. Franklin

OTHER CREW
Production Controller: Victor Licas

LOCATIONS
Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

CASTING
Casting: Allison Jones
Casting Assistant: Maggie Fulford

CAST
Chad Lowe (Stan Warden)
Fay Masterson (Alice)
Obba Babatundé (Chett)
Patrick Warburton (Morgan)
Amanda Plummer (Miss Chenille)
Ron Canada (Detective Culver)
Miguel Sandoval (Detective Duarte)
Jon Polito (Dr Caligari)
R. Lee Ermey (Frank Stanton)
Charles Martin Smith (Gary Glumley)
Flex Alexander
Tyra Banks
Griff Hartley (Thrash)
Charlie Hartsock (postal carrier)
Gina Mari (Kiki)
Kristin Quick (redhead)
Rachel True

SUMMARY

Graduate student Stan takes on the job of managing an apartment complex where the tenants are all rather odd and where his predecessor had disappeared in mysterious circumstances. One day, Stan finds a body in the swimming pool and the police seem to believe that he had something to do with it.

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: CIC Vídeo

USA
Television Distributors: Showtime Networks Inc/Viacom

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Germany
Rating: 12

Iceland
Rating: 12

USA
Rating: R (for language and a sexual situtation)

TIMELINE

1999
October
31: USA - television broadcast

2000
June
22: Iceland - video release

August
17: Germany - video release

September
8: South Korea - video release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Apartamento 17 - Brazilian title
Apartamento maldito - Spanish title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

film dienst vol.53 no.21 (10 October 2000) p.36 (Germany)
review (by Tobias Keßler)

Variety vol.376 no.11 (USA)
review (by Michael Speier)

KEYWORDS

diaries, goths, mice, scientists, snakes, swimming pools, twins

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009