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Skinner (1995)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1993
Running Times: 90 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: 5 Kidd Productions / Cinequanon Pictures International Inc
Executive Producer: Daniel Sales, Mark Beychok, Nelson I. Korchak
Producers: Brad Wyman, Jeff Pollon
Co-Producer: Tamar E. Glaser
Associate Producer: James H. Rutt

SCRIPT
Script: Paul Hart-Wilden

DIRECTION
Director: Ivan Nagy

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Greg Littlewood

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Fred Roth, Peter Schenk
Additional Editor: Jeremy Kasten
Assistant Editor: Carl V. Dupré

MUSIC
Music: Keith Arem, Contagion

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Daniel D. Monahan

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Hair: Laurie Shakosky

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: K.N.B. EFX Group Inc

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Jonathan A. Carlson

STUNTS
Stunts: Dyanna Lynn

CASTING
Casting: Jakki Fink

CAST
Ted Raimi (Dennis Skinner)
Ricki Lake (Kerry Tate)
David Warshofsky (Geoff Tate)
Richard Schiff (Eddie)
Traci Lords (Heidi)
Blaire Baron (Gloria)
Roberta Eaton (Sandy)
Cristina Enghelhardt (Rachel)
Dewayne Williams (Earl)
Time Winters (night watchman)
Frederika Kesten (Suzanne)
Sara Lee Froton (young woman)

PLOT SUMMARY

Dennis Skinner is a psychopathic serial killer who haunts the street, flaying his victims alive. One of his previous victims, the junkie Heidi, is closing in on him looking for revenge, but Skinner has fallen for her and wants her to see a different side of him.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributor: A-Pix Entertainment Inc
Video Distributor: Simitar Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment (ID 3277 AP)
DVD Distributor: Simitar (7342)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Germany
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R (for brutal bizarre violence and gore, and for some sexuality and language)

TIMELINE

1996
January

17: USA - laserdisc release (Image Entertainment (ID 3277 AP))

1997
December

23: USA - DVD release (Simitar (7342))

1998
April

10: USA - video release

POSTER TAGS

He'll get under your skin

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Circus of Horrors (1960)
Corruption (1967)
Psycho (1960)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Les yeux sans visage (1959)

KEYWORDS

depression, drug addiction, flaying, hotels, janitors, psychopaths, revenge, serial killers, voyeurism

 


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