Rawhead Rex (1986)

Country of Origin: UK/Ireland
Year of Production: 1986
Running Times: 89 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Alpine/Green man
Executive Producers: Al Burgess, Paul Gwynn
Producers: Kevin Attew, Don Hawkins
Co-Producer: David Collins
Production Manager: Seamus Byrne
2nd Unit Production Coordinator: Sophie Zemrani
Unit Manager: Peter Holder

SCRIPT
Script/Story: Clive Barker

DIRECTION
Director: George Pavlou
1st Assistant Director: Martin O'Malley
2nd Assistant Director: Gay Brabaron
3rd Assistant Director: Nick McCarthy
Trainee Assistant Director: Peter Vollebregt, Jimmy O'Connor

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Metcalfe
Camera Operator: Mike Metcalfe
Steadicam: Nigel Kirton, Ray Moore
2nd Unit Camera: Sean Corcoran
2nd Unit Assistant Camera: Ken Byrne
2nd Unit Trainee Camera Assistant: Ivan Meagher
Gaffer: Louis Conroy
2nd Unit Gaffer: Phillip Fitzsimmons
Electricians: Derek Hale, Terry Eife, Bill Levins
2nd Unit Electician: Noel Cullen
Generator Operators: Maurice Swan, Don Maton
2nd Unit Generator Operators: Terry Swann
Focus Puller: Des Whelan
Clapper Loader: Alan Butler
Grip: John Murphy
2nd Unit Grip: Luke Quigley
Camera Equipment: Joe Dunton Cameras Ltd
Electrical Equipment: Film Lighting Facilities
Processing: Rank Film Laboratories

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: Andy Horvitch
Assistant Editor (England): Kevin Lane
Assistant Editors (Eire): Adrienne Ross, Derry O'Rourke
Post Production Coordinator: Trupti Weeks

MUSIC
Music: Colin Towns
Conductor: Alan Wilson
Music Editor: Gerry Branigan
Music Recorded At: CTS

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Pat Hayes
Boom: Pay Doyle
Recording Engineer: Dave Hunt
Re-Recording Mixer: Bill Rowe
Assistant Re-Recording Mixer: Ray Merrin
Re-Recorded At: Elstree Studios
Sound Editor: Peter Burgess
Assistant Sound Editors: Charles Ireland, Joe Gilmore
Dialogue Editor: John Ireland
Footsteps Editor: Len Tremble
Sound Trainee: Pat Hayes Jr

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Rosie Blackmore
Hair: Anne Dunne
Costumes: Consolata Boyle
Wardrobe: Maeve Patterson
Wardrobe Assistant: Jacqueline Young, Ann Stokes
Paper's Knitwear: Lainey Keogh, Dublin

SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Special Effects Make Up: Fiona Kemp
Rex Costume Designer: Geoff Sharpe

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Gerry Johnston
Senior Technicians: Terry Glass, Gabriel O'Reilly, John Doyle
Trainee Special Effects: Gerry McLoughlin
Effects Artwork: Jo Copping
Creature Effects: Peter Litten, Coast to Coast Ltd
Animatronics Engineer: Charles Jeaves
Mechanical Engineer: Ian Bradley
Moulds: William Petty, John Schoonraad
Senior Sculptor: John Humphreys
Electro-Mechanical Engineer: Ben Miller

VISUAL EFFECTS
Optical Effects Designer: Tony White
Optical Camera: Tim Ollive

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Len Huntingford
Assistant Art Director: Annie Siggins
Design Assistant: Paul Catling
Props: Eamonn O'Higgins
Dressing Props: Cos Egan, Tony Nicholson
Standby Props: P.J. Smith, Owen Monaghan
2nd Unit Props: Derek Wallace
Production Buyer: Philip Henderson
Construction Manager: Tommy Bassett
Carpenters: Denis Butler, George Joyce, Eddie Humphries, Larry O'Toole, Eddie Cunningham
Standby Carpenter: Barry Cunningham
Standby Painter: David Rath
Chargehand: Jim Farrell
Standby Chargehand: Jimmy O'Meara
Standby Rigger: Pascal Jones
2nd Unit Rigger: Paddy Corcoran
Standby Plasterer: Paddy Kearney
Artwork Coordinator: Lindsay White
Stained Glass: Sean Toolan
Title Glasswork: Xavier White

OTHER CREW
Script Supervisor: Jean Bourne
Accountant: Kevin Moriarty
Assistant Accountant: Paul Myler
Production Assistant: Susan Carberry
Executive Producer's PA: Charlotte Brown
Producers Assistant: Carol Watkins
Studio Assistants: Gary Williams, Teresa Pearce
Production Secretary: Niamh Nolan
London Contact: Cathy Doubleday
Nurse: Susan Marshall
Drivers: Colin Duffin, Pat Egan, Tom Brodie, Richard Douglas, Tony Doyle, Jim Mooney, Jim Cash
Publicity: Amy Garvey
Publicity Consultant: PSA Public Relations Ltd

LOCATIONS
Locations: Leinster, County Wicklow, Ireland

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks To: Renault UK Ltd

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Peter Brayham
Stunts: Frank Henson, T. Plummer, D. Holland, J. Jeyes, Dorothy Ford, M. McBride, T. Tipping, Donal O'Farrell, Alan Walsh, Dominick Hewitt, Ken Fildes, Peter Lynch, Paul Kelly

CASTING
Casting: Nuala Moiselle
US Casting: Michael McLean/Diane DiMeo and Associates

CAST
David Dukes (Howard Hallenbeck)
Kelly Piper (Elaine Hallenbeck)
Hugh O'Conor (Robbie Hallenbeck)
Cora Lunny (Minty Hallenbeck)
Ronan Wilmot (Declan O'Brien)
Niall Toibin (Reverend Coot)
Niall O'Brien (Detective Inspector Isaac Gissing)
Heinrich von Schellendorf (Rawhead Rex)
Donal McCann (Tom Carron)
Eleanor Feely (Jenny Nicholson)
Gladys Sheehan (Ena Benedict)
Madelyne Erskine (Alice Gibson)
Gerry Walsh (Dennis McHugh)
Noel O'Donovan (Mitch Harney)
John Oldhan (Dennis Nicholson)
Peter Donovan (Liam Blanchfield)
Bob Carlile (Carda Conroy)
Patrick Dawson (Detective Larkin)
Barry Lynch (Andy Johnson)
Maeve Germaine (Katrina)
Simon Kelly (Neil Johnson)
Derry Power (Sean Power)
Sheila Flitton (Nancy Power)
Derek Halligan (caravaner)
Bairbre Ni Chaoimh (Laurie)
Tom Lawlor (1st man posse)
Dave Carey (caravaner gunman)
Vincent Smith (survivor)
Michael Ford (Grissing's driver)
Frank Melia (journalist)
Lana McDonald (screaming woman)
Robert Byrne (photographer)
Bob Coyle (Larkin's driver)
David Nolan (police marksman)
Mary Ryan (survivor)
Julie Hamilton (hooded villager)
Liv Clausen (hooded priestess)

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PLOT SUMMARY

American author Howard Hallenbach is touring the Emerald Isle with his wife and two children. His trip takes a nasty turn when a farmer uproots an ancient Celtic monument and sets free a ten foot tall pagan demigod known as Rawhead Rex.

CAPSULE REVIEW

An adaptation of one of Barker's Books of Blood stories, this is a vast improvement over Pavlou's previous attempt at adapting Barker, the appalling Underworld (1985). Set in Ireland (though apart from a few questionable Gaelic accents, there's little real proof as to its location), at least this one sticks to the spirit of Barker's story if not the letter, though it lacks the disturbing sexual undertones of Barker's novella. (Full Review)

AVAILABILITY

UK
Video Distributors: Vestron
DVD Distributors: Prism Leisure Corporation

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Empire Pictures

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Norway
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

AWARDS

1987
Fantasporto, Portugal
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film (George Pavlou) - nominated

TIMELINE

1987
February
Day Unknown: Portugal shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival

April
17: USA theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

He's Pure Evil. Pure Power. Pure Terror.

Someone has awakened him.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Raakalainen - Finnish title

REFERENCES

OTHER SOURCES

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KEYWORDS

curses, decapitations, demons, farms, forests, gore, ireland, legends, monsters, satanism, severed heads, throat rippings

Last Updated: 18 October, 2008