Hysteria (1998)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1998
Running Times:
Format: colour
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Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: August Entertainment
Producer: Kay Salomon Marchand
Line Producer: Danièle Rohrbach
Unit Manager: Jimmy Kontos

SCRIPT
Script: Rene Daalder

DIRECTION
Director: Rene Daalder
3rd Assistant Director: Allison Johnston

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jean Lépine
Electrician: Pierric Jouvante
Laboratory Liaison: Charles Obrul
Stills: Jan Thijs

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Gaétan Huot
Assistant Editor: Paul Jutras

MUSIC
Songs: Clair Marlo

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Louis Marion
Boom Operator: Sylvain Arseneault
Sound Re-Recording Mixers: Peter Harper, Philippe Espantoso
Dialogue Editor: Scott Donald
Foley Artist: Virginia Storey

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: François Laplante

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Michel Proulx
Art Director: Isabelle Guay
Art Department Coordinator: Doris Simard

MISCELLANEOUS
Transportation Coordinator: Daniel Matthews
Driver: Tim Parkinson
Unit Publicist: Bram Eisenthal

LOCATIONS
Locations: Montréal, Québec, Canada

CAST
Patrick McGoohan (Dr Harvey Langston)
Amanda Plummer (Myrna Malloy)
Michael Maloney (Dr Samuel Fry)
Joanne Vannicola (Blair)
Gregory Hlady (Syd Meeker)
Emmanuelle Vaugier (Veronica Bloom)
Joseph Wynne (Bobby Corrado)
Ralph Allison (Hollister Watchel)
Sam Stone (Vern Huckabee)
David Francis (Dr Andrew Miller)
Louis Di Bianco (Mr Corrado Sr)
Jocelyne Zucco (Mrs Corrado)
Mark Bromilow (Dr Dan Wyatt)
Lynn Snelling (nympho)
Rodrigue Proteau (bald man)
Lorne Brass (Sheriff Grierson)
Susan Glover (Mrs Schmidt)
René-Madeleine Le Guerrier (psycho girl)
Gaétan Gingras (epileptic)
Robert Higden (man at piano bar)

PLOT SUMMARY

Patients in a psychiatric hospital become guinea pigs in an experiment where microchips areimplanetd in their brains, allowing manipulation of their collective consciousness.

AWARDS

1998
Fantasporto, Portugal
International Fantasy Film Award: Best Film (Rene Daalder) - nominated

TIMELINE

1998
February
Day Unknown: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Fangoria no.172 (May 1998) pp.68-69 (USA)
illustrated review (by Keith Bearden)

Screen International no.1035 (24 November 1995) p.20 (UK)
production notes

KEYWORDS

homosexuality, human experiments, masturbation, psychiatric hospitals, psychiatrists, psychological experiments, wheelchairs

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009