Long Time Dead (2002)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Marcus Adams

Writers:

Marcus Adams (story)
Eitan Arrusi (screenplay)
(more)

Release Date:

18 January 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Play It To Death

Plot:

A young Londoner and his friends use a Ouija board to hold a seance, triggering a chain of mysterious deaths that may be caused by an otherworldly force.

Plot Keywords:

Ouija | Spirit | Seance | Death | Knife

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Joe Absolom	...	Rob
Lara Belmont	...	Stella
Melanie Gutteridge	...	Annie
Lukas Haas	...	Webster
James Hillier	...	Spencer
Alec Newman	...	Liam
Mel Raido	...	Joe
Marsha Thomason	...	Lucy
Tom Bell	...	Becker
Michael Feast	...	Paul Brennan
Cyril Nri	...	Dr. Wilson
Tameka Empson	...	Girl student
Peter Gevisser	...	Lucy's neighbour
Derek Lea	...	Guard
Joel Pitts	...	Young Liam
Pete Valente	...	Djinn
Virginia Fanshawe	...	Seance Woman 1
Anita Kelsey	...	Seance Woman 2
Olivia Caffrey	...	Seance Woman 3
Rodney Hart	...	Seance Man 1
Mark Barratt	...	Seance Man 2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tony Lee	...	Guard
Nicolas Chagrin	...	Dr. Hall (uncredited)

Directed by
Marcus Adams

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Marcus Adams		story
Eitan Arrusi		screenplay
Chris Baker		screenplay
Daniel Bronzite		screenplay
Daniel Bronzite		story
Andy Day		screenplay
James Gay-Rees		story

Produced by
Mairi Bett	....	line producer
Tim Bevan	....	executive producer
Eric Fellner	....	executive producer
Jonathan Finn	....	co-producer (as Jon Finn)
James Gay-Rees	....	producer
Natascha Wharton	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Don Davis

Cinematography by
Nic Morris

Film Editing by
Lucia Zucchetti

Casting by
Andy Pryor

Production Design by
Alison Riva

Art Direction by
Sam Stokes
Jane Tomblin

Costume Design by
Pamela Blundell

Makeup Department
Brian Best	....	special makeup effects artist
Jane Bevans	....	hair stylist
Jane Bevans	....	makeup artist
Stuart Bray	....	special makeup effects artist
Jill Conway	....	key hair stylist
Jill Conway	....	key makeup artist
Renata Gilbert	....	hair stylist
Renata Gilbert	....	makeup artist
Marcus Whitney	....	hair stylist
Marcus Whitney	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Michelle Wright	....	executive in charge of production: Working Title Films

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew Baker	....	assistant director (as Matt Baker)
Charlotte Cinalli	....	assistant director: second unit
Tom Delmar	....	action unit director
Joe Geary	....	assistant director
Max Keene	....	assistant director
Waldo Roeg	....	assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Mat Bergel	....	stand-by propman
Tristan Carlisle-Kitz	....	props
Chris Cull	....	prop master re-shoots
Richard Field	....	stand-by art director
Douglas Ingram	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Tim Alban	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Andrews	....	adr recordist
Simon Gershon	....	supervising sound editor
Srdjan Kurpjel	....	sound effects editor
Bernard O'Reilly	....	sound effects editor
Becki Ponting	....	temp dialogue editor
Hilary Wyatt	....	supervising dialogue editor

Special Effects by
David J. Brown	....	special effects technician (as Dave Brown)
Danny Hargreaves	....	special effects technician
Nicky O'Sullivan	....	special effects technician
Sam Hue Vashon	....	special effects technician
Steve Wiseman	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Michael Elson	....	head of production: MPC
Martin Hobbs	....	visual effects producer
Douglas Larmour	....	digital compositor
Alasdair MacCuish	....	senior data-op: Moving Picture Co.
Jelena Stojanovic	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Riky Ash	....	stunts
George Cottle	....	stunt double
Tom Delmar	....	stunt coordinator
Diz Sharpe	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Dion M. Casey	....	Steadicam operator
Shaun Cobley	....	clapper loader
Giles Keyte	....	still photographer
Norman Smith	....	gaffer
Roger Tooley	....	Steadicam operator

Casting Department
Julie Dunne	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nigel Egerton	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Pani Ahmadi-Moore	....	first assistant editor
Steve Harrow	....	post-production consultant
Lionel Johnson	....	conforming editor

Music Department
Nick Angel	....	music supervisor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Allan Jenkins	....	music editor
Erik Lundborg	....	orchestrator
Larry Mah	....	score mixer
Alexandra Hill	....	music assistant (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Guy Bostock	....	picture car coordinator

Other crew
Amanda Boyle	....	company coordinator: WT²
Carn Burton	....	location scout
Orlagh Collins	....	assistant production coordinator
Sara Curran	....	head of legal/business affairs
Spencer Dodd	....	floor runner
Hannah Farrell	....	assistant: Natascha Wharton
Emily Grant	....	film conform assistant
Benjamin Greenacre	....	location manager
Aliza James	....	assistant: Eric Fellner
Marshall Leviten	....	production coordinator
John Miles	....	production accountant
Lesley Quinn	....	unit nurse
Tina Shadick	....	assistant production accountant
Elizabeth West	....	script supervisor

Thanks
James Herbert	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Working Title Films
• Film Council (in association with)
• WT2 Productions
• Midfield Films (in association with)
• Studio Canal
• Canal+

Distributors

• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (UK) (theatrical)
• Focus Features (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• 2020 Casting  extras casting
• AFM Lighting  lighting
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• Global Music Service  music copyist
• International Stunt Company, The  stunt services
• Sylvia Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

UK | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Malaysia:18SG | Portugal:M/16 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Germany:16 | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Working Title Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the Djinn drops Joe's body on the floor, Joe's neck is still pulsating.

Movie Connections:

References Wishmaster (1997)

Soundtrack:

Playing With Fire

Fairly impressive British effort

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs

Set and shot in Britain,LTD would be pretty indistinguishable from being shot in Hollywood.It's a horror thriller about a oujia board that works thanks to some nifty camera work,a jolty score and some rather grisly effects.And all at a running time of just an hour and a half.This is overall an intriguing and original premise,and while maybe not as delivering as it could have been,should be checked out,maybe with the aid of a speaker sound system.***