On Edge (1998)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1998
Running Times: 15 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: DTS

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Robber Baron Productions Ltd
Executive Producer: Karl Harrison
Producer: Joseph Alberti
Co-Producer: Juliet Naylor
Production Manager: David Higginson

SCRIPT
Script: Frazer Lee
Short Story: Christopher Fowler

DIRECTION
Director: Frazer Lee
1st Assistant Director: Aidan Quinn
2nd Assistant Director: David Calland

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Alan W. Stewart
Focus Puller: Tammo van Hoorn

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Rudolf Buitendach

MUSIC
Music: Dooj

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Stefan Baldini
Boom Operator: Kurt Rowe

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up / Hair: Andrea Fone
Costume Designer: Suzanne Barnes

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects / Prosthetics: Bob Keen

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Image Animation
Image Animation Crew: Martin Astles, Dave Bonneywell

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Pawlo Wintoniuk
Art Department: Liz Chamber, Claire Jenkins, Sandra Phillips, Marianne Wie

CAST
Doug Bradley (Doctor Matthews)
Charley Boorman (Peter Thurlow)
Beth Murray (receptionist)
Justin Baldwin
Christopher Fowler

PLOT SUMMARY

A businessman, Thurlow, visits his dentist without an appointment and has to wait. But Thurlow gets bored of waiting and decides to leave, bumping into the mysterious Doctor Matthews who claims to be able to help cure his toothache - but he's going to get a lot more than he bargained for...

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia TriStar

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: 15

TIMELINE

1999
Festival of Fantastic Films, UK
Commendation Award Best Independent Short (Frazer Lee) - winner

2001
Halloween Filmfest, Germany
Best Short – winner

2003
Shriekfest, USA
Best Short – 3rd place

KEYWORDS

dentists

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009