The Roost (2005)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2005
Running Times: 80 mins
Format: colour
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Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Glass Eye Pix/Susie Q Productions
Executive Producer: Larry Fessenden
Producer: Susan Leber
Associate Producers: James Felix McKenney, Peter Phok
Unit Production Manager: Peter Phok

SCRIPT
Script: Ti West

DIRECTION
Director: Ti West
Assistant Director: Sheri Davani
2nd Assistant Director: Hannah Lewis-Rosenblum
Guest Assistant Director: Neil Daly

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Eric Robbins
1st Assistant Camera: Jason Musco
Assistant Camera: John Gatland
Gaffer: Bart Grieve
Electricians: John-Michael Trojan, Kevin O'Donnell
Key Grip: Ethan Wilhelm
Grip: Jason Contino
Camera P.A: Kelly-Ann Kinsley
Colourist: Haven Cousins

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ti West
Negative Cutter: Jim Finn
Digital Intermediate Producer: Matt Woo

MUSIC
Music: Jeff Grace
Songs/Performed By: The Mr Move (I Raise Hell)

SOUND
Sound Designer/Recordist: Graham Reznick
Sound Mixer: Hebron Simckes-Joffe
Mic Operator: Nick Maczka
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Efinger

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Mary Schmidt

SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Daniel Mazikowski

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Glenn McQuaid

VISUAL EFFECTS
CG Animators: Jordan Sariego, Kris Rivel, Sam Cuttriss, Steve Parish
Digital Artists: Graham Holly, Jon Tomasello, Kim Harvey, Mindy Dubin, Peter Amante, Richard Weissman
Animatics: Brahm Revel

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: David Bell

OTHER CREW
Production Assistants: Mary Schmidt, Patrick Bonanni

LOCATIONS
Locations: Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA; Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA; Wilmington, Delaware, USA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: John Fallon

STUNTS
Stunts: David Leslie

CAST
Tom Noonan (The Horror Host)
Karl Jacob (Trevor)
Vanessa Horneff (Allison)
Sean Reid (Brian)
Wil Horneff (Elliot)
Barbara Wilhide (May)
Richard Little (Elvin)
John Speredakos (Officer Mitchell)
Larry Fessenden (tow truck driver)
Tom Hamilton (Duncan)
Graham Reznick (local DJ)
Heather Robb (Aubry Promise)
Mary Schmidt (Sally)
Ti West (Professor)

PLOT SUMMARY

Four young people are stranded in the middle of nowhere when their car breaks down and seek sanctuary in an apparently abandoned farmhouse. But there's something nasty lurking in the barn and it's looking increasingly unlikely that any of them will make it through the night...

TIMELINE

2005
March
12: USA – shown at the South by Southwest Film Festival

August
27: UK - shown at FrightFest, London

KEYWORDS

barns, farms, teenagers

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008