In the Light of the Moon (2000)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Chuck Parello

Writer:

Stephen Johnston (writer)

Release Date:

17 November 2000 (Spain)

Genre:

Biography | Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Before DAHMER, Before GACY, There was ED.

Plot:

The story of Ed Gein, who dug up the corpses of over a dozen women and made things out of their remains before finally shooting two people to death and butchering their bodies like beef sides.

Plot Keywords:

Shooting | Domineering Mother | Arrest | Murder | Corpse

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Steve Railsback	...	Ed Gein
Carrie Snodgress	...	Augusta W, Gein
Carol Mansell	...	Collette Marshall
Sally Champlin	...	Mary Hogan
Steve Blackwood	...	Brian
Nancy Linehan Charles	...	Eleanor
Bill Cross	...	George Gein
Travis McKenna	...	Ronnie
Jan Hoag	...	Irene Hill
Brian Evers	...	Henry Gein
Pat Skipper	...	Sheriff Jim Stillwell
Craig Zimmerman	...	Pete Anderson
Nicholas Stojanovich	...	Dale
Dylan Kasch	...	Melvin
Tish Hicks	...	Leigh Cross
Lee McLaughlin	...	Warren Hill
Bill Pirman	...	Dean Story
Thomas C. Rainone	...	Butch (as Tom Rainone)
Daniel C. Striepeke	...	Doctor (as Dan Striepeke)
Heather Gunn	...	Georgeann
Ryan Thomas Brockington	...	Ed at 16
Austin James Peck	...	Ed at 10
Luke Rowland	...	Henry aged 14
Chad Halyard	...	Roger
Devin Alexander	...	Doris
Rick Simpson	...	Henry aged 20
Ben Caswell	...	Officer David Bell
Heather Gettings	...	Nazi Girl
Melissa Engle	...	June
Gladell Adelman	...	Virginia Boyd
Danny Keogh	...	Hunter
Jim Kundig	...	Hunter
Douglas Hunter	...	Hunter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrew Craig	...	Harris (uncredited)
Erin Cristall	...	Hill / Anderson Store Extra (uncredited)
Carole Davis	...	Rosemary (uncredited)
Ed Gein	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Muscal	...	Drunk Hunter Extra (uncredited)
Amy Pope	...	General Store Extra (uncredited)
Andie X	...	Photographer Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Chuck Parello

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stephen Johnston		writer

Produced by
Charles Adelman	....	line producer
Mark Boot	....	producer
Bill Cross	....	producer
Laura De Casto	....	associate producer
Hamish McAlpine	....	producer
A. Brooks Medoff	....	associate producer
Michael Muscal	....	producer
Karen Nicholls	....	executive producer
Scarlett Pettyjohn	....	co-producer
Steve Railsback	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Robert McNaughton

Cinematography by
Vanja Cernjul

Film Editing by
Elena Maganini

Casting by
Sheryl Bettencourt

Production Design by
Mark Harper

Set Decoration by
Christopher Larsen

Costume Design by
Niklas J. Palm

Makeup Department
Polly Lucke	....	makeup assistant
Roger McSwain	....	special makeup effects artist
Sabine Roller	....	hair stylist
Daniel C. Striepeke	....	makeup artist
Tatiana Thorpe	....	hair stylist (as Tatiana E. Thorpe)

Production Management
Charles Adelman	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Adelman	....	assistant director
Thomas Kuk	....	assistant director
Jeffrey Zinn	....	assistant director

Art Department
Kevin Baird	....	art production assistant
Celine Briggs	....	art production assistant
Derek Crimmel	....	propmaker
Josh Fong	....	storyboard artist
Todd Shapiro	....	property master

Sound Department
Matthew T. Duncan	....	sound recordist
C. Reed Hart	....	sound effects editor
John Iskander	....	boom operator
Jerry Jordan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peggy McAffee	....	sound effects editor
Peggy McAffee	....	sound supervisor
Lawrence Missonge	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
John Criswell	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Rene Clark	....	visual effects coordinator
Richard Malzahn	....	visual effects supervisor
David Fred Masselink	....	optical effects line-up
Christopher Dusendschon	....	hazeltine optical element timing: THDX (uncredited)
Christopher Dusendschon	....	maintitle and in-show optical compositor: THDX (uncredited)

Stunts
Pee Wee Piemonte	....	stunt coordinator
Pee Wee Piemonte	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Kathleen Farry	....	camera loader
Emily Mackley	....	first assistant camera
Caleb H. Poynter	....	grip
Don Presley	....	assistant camera
Andrey Prikazchikov	....	key grip
Mike Reppert	....	electrician
Brence Williams	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Patti Cahoon-Friedman	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
J. Scott Harvey	....	assistant editor
Eric Seaburn	....	additional editing

Music Department
Robert Aguilar	....	assistant music engineer
Karl Preusser	....	composer: additional music
Thomas C. Rainone	....	music coordinator (as Tom Rainone)

Transportation Department
David Porter	....	additional driver

Other crew
Lee R. Baker	....	police officer: LAPD
Grace Bartolotta	....	production assistant
Parker Bennett	....	web site designer
Joel Timothy Bible	....	studio teacher
Erin Cristall	....	production coordinator
Guin Dill	....	animal trainer (as Guin Noland)
Melissa Engle	....	talent liaison
Seth Hanser	....	production assistant
Heath Howard	....	set production assistant
Brian Kerrigan	....	production assistant: craft service set
Thomas Kuk	....	production consultant
E.M. Moody	....	police officer: LAPD
Scott Nathan	....	web site designer
Kelleen Nicholson	....	production consultant
Aaron Pope	....	script supervisor
Sasha Premoli	....	assistant to producer
Jordan Roberts	....	location manager
Luis Rodriguez	....	cook
Jim Simone	....	talent liaison
Doug Snell	....	assistant to producer
Tiffany Steffens	....	production assistant
Jeffrey Zinn	....	production assistant

Thanks
Ray Atherton	....	special thanks
Carol Babeli	....	special thanks
Mark Gutterud	....	special thanks
Steven A. Jones	....	special thanks
Tom Keefe	....	special thanks
Woody Keith	....	special thanks
Quentin Lee	....	special thanks
John McNaughton	....	special thanks
Kevin Mukherji	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Kunert/Manes Entertainment LLC
• Tartan Films
• Unapix Entertainment Productions

Distributors

• RCV Film Distribution (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (for)
• Alpha Media (2007) (China) (video) (VOD/IPTV)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Europa Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• First Look International (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Planeta 2010 (200?) (Spain) (DVD)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2001) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Perpetual Motion Pictures (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Alliance Post Production  avid services and support
• American Humane Association, The  animal activity monitoring
• Avery Productions  "Red Skelton" tv clip courtesy of
• Bosco Productions  music recording
• Brasher Sound  sound post-production
• Corbis  research
• EFilm  scanning and recording
• Energy Film  stock footage
• Entertainment Post  telecine transfers
• Howard Anderson Stage  insert stage
• Leonetti Company  grip and production equipment
• Lookout Mountain Films  optical effects
• Mogulsoft  website design
• Papa's Catering  catering
• Paws for Effect  animal training
• Rick Hall Camera Cars  transportation
• Title House  titles
• Truman Van Dyke Company  insurance
• Valentino's Costumes  costume house (as Valentino's)
• Wish You Were Here  stock footage

Also Known As:

Ed Gein (USA) (new title)
Under the Moonlight (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/18 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | Spain:18 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Kunert/Manes Entertainment LLC

Trivia:

The Anderson home, where Ed is captured at the end of the movie, is the same house used as the Jarvis' home in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984).

Goofs:

Factual errors: Both Ed's mother and, later, Ed himself read passages from the book of Revelations in the Bible (primarily focused on the 'whore of Babylon')... but they are reading from about the first 10% of the book, while Revelations is the very last part of the book.

Movie Connections:

Version of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Flawed movie that should have been much stronger but it's a fine film.

A man in his late forties, who lived in a small community of Plainfield, Wisconson. A local oddity by the name of Ed Gein (Steve Railsback), who is just a little different from others. Ed was tormented and abused years ago by his parents, especially his mother (The late:Carrie Snodgress). Since Ed's repression brought out the worse of him, which lead to brutal murders and countless mutilations from his victims and corpses.

Directed by Chuck Parello (Herny:Portrait of a Serial Killer 2, The Hillside Strangler) made a horrific, unflinching horror film. Which it is Based on a True Story of America's First Infamous Serial Killers. Railsback, who played a true Serial Killer before in Helter Skelter as Charlie Manson back in 1976. Which it was a 2 Part T.V. Movie. Railsback is well cast as Ed Gein.

DVD has an sharp Pan & Scan (1.33:1) transfer and an fine-Dolby 2.0 Surround Sound. DVD only extra is a trailer, but this DVD could have used more features of this fascinating true-life tale. Oddly Enough, they did a better Ed Gein movie back more than three decides ago with the film titled "Deranged". Railsback is also one of the Executive Producers for this film. (*** ½/*****).