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Deathdream (1974) Country of Origin: Canada / UK / USA
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 90 mins
Format: Technicolor Super 16mm (blown up to 35mm)
Ratio: 1.78:1
Sound: mono CREDITS PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Night Walk Ltd / Impact / Quadrant Films Ltd
Executive Producers: Gerald Flint-Shipman, Geoffrey Nethercott
Producers: Bob Clark, John Trent, Peter James
Production Manager: John Cardos SCRIPT
Script: Alan Ormsby DIRECTION
Director: Bob Clark
Assistant Director: Jeff Gillen PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jack McGowan
Camera Operator: Randy Franken
Assistant Camera: John McGowan
2nd Unit Camera Operator: Michael McGowan
2nd Unit Assistant Camera Operator: Don Piel
Video Production Assistants: Winton Churchill, Rodger Kobzina, George Livingston
Cameras: Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Labs: DeLuxe, USA EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Ron Sinclair MUSIC
Music: Carl Zittrer SOUND
Sound: Gary Goch
Assistant Sound: Jim Clark
Sound Editor: Kenneth Heeley-Ray MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Alan Ormsby, Tom Savini
Costumes: Dyke Davis SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Tom
Savini
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Forest Carpenter
Set Decorator: Albert Fisher
Props: Ralph Weir MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Sandr L. Ulosevich (real name: Sandra Marley)
Production Assistant: Jaime Chastain
Butch Owned and Trained By: Bill Vergis LOCATIONS
Locations: Brooksville, Florida, USA CASTING
Casting: Jessica Levy CAST
Richard Backus (Andy Brooks)
Lynn Carlin (Christine Brooks)
John Marley (Charles Brooks)
Henderson Forsythe (Dr Philip Allman)
Anya Ormsby (Cathy Brooks)
Jane Daly (Joanne)
Michael Mazes (Bob)
Arthur Bradley (army captain)
Arthur Anderson (postman)
David Gawlikowski (truck driver)
Virginia Cortez (Rosalie)
Bud Hoey (Ed)
Robert Cannon (drunk)
Raymond Michel (policeman in diner)
Jeff Becker, Scott Becker, Greg Wells, Kevin Schweizer (young boy)
Jeff Gillen (bartender)
Alan Ormsby (bystander)
Mal Jones (sheriff)
Edward Anderson (deputy)
George De Vries (1st TV announcer)
Robert Noble (2nd TV announcer) SUMMARY Andy is reported dead, killed in action while fighting in Vietnam. His family are understandably devastated by the news. But then one day Andy comes home - there are no explanations for where he's been nor he found his way back to the States and for his overjoyed family, none are needed. But the Andy who comes home from war isn't the same young man they new - in fact, he may no longer be human at all... CAPSULE REVIEW
A haunting reworking of The Monkey's
Paw that once again confirms Bob Clark as one of the great unsung
horror directors. Like Romero, Clark takes an interest in elements
other than the horror, here painfully exposing the agony of a family
torn apart by a war they don't understand. It's such a intensely personal
approach that makes his work, and Deathdream in particular,
so moving and devastating. That he went on to make the dreadful Porkey's
(1981) and the truly execrable Baby
Geniuses (1999) is simply heartbreaking.
AVAILABILITY Canada
Video Distributor: Les Plaisirs Vidéo USA
Theatrical Distributor: Entertainment International Pictures
Video Distributors: Gorgon Video; MPI CENSORSHIP HISTORY Australia
Rating: R Sweden
Rating: 15 West Germany
Rating: 18 AWARDS 1975
Catalonian International Film Festival, Sitges, Spain
Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley: Best Screenplay (Alan Ormsby) - winner TIMELINE
1972
November
10: Canada - filming begins
December
21: Canada - filming ends
1974
August
30: USA - theatrical release
1977
September
12: Sweden - theatrical release POSTER TAGS He was a madman on a orgy of blood curdling terror... ALTERNATIVE TITLES The Veteran - shooting title
Dead of Night - alternative title
Night Walk
The Night Andy Came Home
La morte dietro la porta - Italian title
Soif de sang - French Canadian video title
Whispers - US re-release title REFERENCES MAGAZINES The Dark Side June 1995 p.17
review Psychotronic no.16 pp.51-52
review BOOKS Aurum Encyclopedia of Film: Horror (2nd edition) p.250
credits, review Grande Illusions by Tom Savini (USA: Imagine Inc)
illustrated article Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.93
credits, review OTHER SOURCES screen
credits KEYWORDS
vietnam, zombies, vampires
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