Cassandra (1986)

Country of Origin: Australia
Year of Production: 1986
Running Times: 94 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Cassandra Films Pty Ltd/Parallel Film Productions Ltd
Executive Producers: Mikael Borglund, Phil Gerlach
Producer: Trevor Lucas
Associate Producer/Production Manager: Steve Amezdroz

SCRIPT
Script: Colin Eggleston, Christopher Fitchett, John Fitchett, John Ruane

DIRECTION
Director: Colin Eggleston
1st Assistant Director: Michael Faranda

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Garry Wapshott
Lab: Atlab Film Laboratory Service, Sydney, Australia

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Josephine Cook

MUSIC
Music: Trevor Lucas, Ian Mason
Songs: Paul Gray (Simulation; Sugar Free); Bluey and Curly (Land of the Free); John Brewster, Allan Lancaster (She's a Mystery)
Songs Performed By: Wa Wa Nee (Simulation; Sugar Free); Bluey and Curly (Land of the Free); John Brewster, Allan Lancaster (She's a Mystery)

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Anthony Jones

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Pyrotechnician: Albert Payne

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Stewart Burnside
Art Director: Max Manton

OTHER CREW
Action Vehicle Coordinator: Harry Ward

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Max Aspin
Stunts: Dale Aspin, Robert Simper
Fire Stunt Coordinator: Frank Lennon
Fire Stunts: Paul Lennon
Safety Advisor: Claude Lambert

CAST
Tegan Charles (Cassandra as a child)
Dylan O'Neill (Warren as a child)
Tessa Humphries (Cassandra)
Briony Behets (Helen)
Natalie McCurry (Sally)
Shane Briant (Stephen)
Tim Burns (Graham)
Susan Barling (Libby)
Lee James (Robert/Warren)
Jeff Watson (Bob)
Gary Traill (Mr Stone)
Kit Taylor (Harrison)
Jeff Truman (Devlin)
Kate Carruthers (Janice)
John Ley (barman)

PLOT SUMMARY

A young girl is haunted by horrifying nightmares of suicide and murder.... and they are all joined by one malevolent thread. Her dreams at first seem to be pure fantasy but as her parents do their best to placate her, the dreams reveal more of her family's tragic secrets as they begin to echo a bloody reality. (from the press kit) (Full Synopsis)

USA
Video Distributors: Virgin Vision
Laserdisc Distributors: Image Entertainment Inc

1994
August
30: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

Cassandra - Omen des Todes - West German title
Kasandra - Polish title

MAGAZINES

Cinema Papers no.61 (January 1987) p.70 (Australia)
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Encore vol.4 no.13 (31 July 1986) p.29 (Australia)
credits

Variety 27 May 1987 pp.17, 18 (USA)
credits, synopsis

OTHER SOURCES

Press kit
credits, synopsis

decapitation, psychics, visions

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008