Blessed (2004)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Simon Fellows

Writers:

Robert Mearns (story)
Jayson Rothwell (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Evil is coming.

Plot:

A fertility clinic visit becomes an unfathomable nightmare for a woman who's impregnated with the devil's DNA.

Plot Keywords:

Fertility Clinic | Twin | Nightmare | Evil | Taxi Ride

Cast

Heather Graham	...	Samantha Howard
James Purefoy	...	Craig Howard
Fionnula Flanagan	...	J. Lloyd Samuel
Alan Mckenna	...	Detective Connors
Michael J. Reynolds	...	Dr. Lohman
Debora Weston	...	Dr. Leeds
Stella Stevens	...	Betty
William Hootkins	...	Detective Lauderdale
Andy Serkis	...	Father Carlo
David Hemmings	...	Earl Sidney
Michele Gentille	...	Mrs. Guber
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Radu Branzaru	...	Firechief
Adrian Cretu	...	Joseph kid
Ilie Dobre	...	Turk Business Man
Constantin Draganescu	...	Monk (as Costica Draganescu)
Adriana Dragut	...	Police Officer
Ruxandra Enescu	...	Society Woman (as Ruxandra Enescu Ciobanu)
Constantin Florescu	...	Minister
Xenia Alina Grigore	...	Clinic Receptionist
Mrs. Grossmann	...	Joshua's mother
Paul Grossman	...	Joshua
Eduard Jighirgiu	...	Husband
Star Lynden-Bell	...	Twin #2
Tess Lynden-Bell	...	Twin #1
Florin Mateescu	...	Geeky guy
Ines Matei	...	Spanish reporter
Cristina Moldoveanu	...	Girl
Oxana Moravec	...	Bridget
Ester Nathalie	...	Paramedic
Cristina Nedea	...	Angelic Woman
Ovidiu Niculescu	...	Ambulance Driver
Gelu Nitu	...	Mr. Guber
Mihai Persa	...	Janitor
Maria Pintea	...	Mary girl
Dan Sandulescu	...	Preist
Marioara Voinescu Sterian	...	Headmistress
Luana Stoica	...	Waitress
Aurel Surulescu	...	Escom Receptionist
Liviu Timus	...	Sheriff
George Ulmeni	...	Starter
Clara Voda	...	Photographer
Victor Yila	...	French Reporter
Piers Stubbs	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Simon Fellows

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Robert Mearns		story
Jayson Rothwell		writer

Produced by
David Alvarado	....	producer associate
Cristian Bostanescu	....	line producer (as Cristi Bostanescu)
Alan B. Bursteen	....	executive producer (as Alan Bursteen)
Alwyn Kushner	....	co-producer (as Alwyn Hight Kushner)
Donald Kushner	....	producer
Robert Mearns	....	executive producer
Shahrook Oomer	....	producer associate
Vlad Paunescu	....	executive producer
Andrew Reimer	....	executive producer
Ron Schmidt	....	producer
Pierre Spengler	....	producer
Andrew Stevens	....	producer
Brad Wyman	....	producer

Original Music by
Stephen Jones

Cinematography by
Gabriel Kosuth		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Kant Pan

Casting by
Ferne Cassel
Tania Polentarutti

Production Design by
Christian Niculescu		(as Cristian Niculescu)

Art Direction by
Sorin Popescu
Vlad Vieru

Set Decoration by
Adrian Curelea

Costume Design by
Oana Paunescu

Makeup Department
Daniela Busoiu	....	key makeup artist (as Dana Busoiu)
Georgiana Creanga	....	hair stylist
Anastasia Eremciuc	....	makeup artist
Letitia Ghenea	....	key hair stylist
Mike J. Regan	....	makeup effects crew
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	....	special makeup designer

Production Management
Lucia Pavlovschi	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adi Conerth	....	assistant director
Adrian Conerth	....	first assistant director
Simona Dascalu	....	second assistant director
Aaron Denn	....	second unit director
Oana Ene	....	third assistant director
Andrea Kapos	....	second unit director

Art Department
Viorel Ghenea	....	property master
Gina Stancu	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Tiberiu Borcoman	....	sound
Steve Cook	....	sound supervisor
Stanomir Dragos	....	sound engineer: post-production
Anthony Faust	....	adr mixer
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Miha Jaramaz	....	adr editor
Blair Jollands	....	sound designer
Peter Maxwell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dennis McTaggart	....	dialogue editor
Kath Pollard	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Preston Martin	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Ionel Popa	....	special effects makeup
Ionel Popa	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Neil Culley	....	digital artist
Sean Farrow	....	digital artist
David Gibbons	....	digital artist
Mick Harper	....	digital artist
Barrie Hemsley	....	visual effects producer
Sarah Hemsley	....	visual effects coordinator
Richard Higham	....	digital artist
Tim Jones	....	digital artist
Duncan Kinnaird	....	digital artist
Simon Leech	....	visual effects supervisor
Warren J. Mills	....	digital I/O
Nick New	....	digital artist
Jeff North	....	digital artist
Dylan Penhale	....	digital systems manager
Rupert Smith	....	production and operations
Paul Tuersley	....	digital artist
Tim Walton	....	digital artist

Stunts
Dicu Aurel	....	stunt performer
Julian George	....	stunts
Dicu Marian	....	utility stunts
Mihaela Elena Oros	....	stunt double
Daniel Pasleaga	....	stunt performer
Adrian Pavlovschi	....	stunt coordinator
Vasilescu Valentin	....	stunts
Dorin Zaharia	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Toni Cartu	....	camera operator
Calin Catalin	....	gaffer
Tudor Cotovelea	....	video assist operator

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ana Maria Cucu	....	assistant costume designer
Mynka Draper	....	costume designer: Heather Graham
Carmen Ilie	....	set costumer
Doina Raducut	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Diana Negoitescu	....	post-production coordinator
Jonathan Sloman	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Alison Wright	....	music coordinator

Transportation Department
Bobby Barbacioru	....	driver

Other crew
Nathan Gendzier	....	location manager: New York
Clara Jacobs	....	production assistant (as Clara Gheorghiu)
Ovidiu Stoia	....	location manager
Robert Threadgold	....	production accountant
Elena Valeanu	....	production assistant
Smaranda Comanescu	....	assistant: Heather Graham (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Syndicate Films (presents)
• Andrew Stevens Entertainment (presents)
• K/W Productions (presents)
• Phoenix Film Partnership No. 2 (in association with)
• DEJ Productions (in association with)
• Blessed Film Company

Distributors

• Alpha Filmes (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• DEJ Productions
• Koch Media (2006) (Germany) (DVD) (retail)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL8) (first national airing)
• Starmedia Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD) (rental)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (2007) (Germany) (TV)

Other Companies

• Law Offices of Alan Abrams  business and legal affairs
• Senate Visual Effects, The  visual effects

Also Known As:

Samantha's Child (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, brief sexuality and violent images.

Runtime:

USA:98 min | Germany:86 min (TV version)

Country:

Romania | UK

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:16 | Australia:M | USA:R (certificate #40691) | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Syndicate Films

Trivia:

The last film of David Hemmings.

Goofs:

Continuity: The pregnant woman in the beginning switches the way she's holding her glass between shots.

This movie is pathetic.

There were so many parallels to Rosemary's Baby that I kept waiting for some huge twist to throw me off, and it just never happened. Not only was the movie extremely predictable, but the acting was pathetic, the writing was pathetic, the directing was decent at best, all in all, this was just pathetic. There was absolutely no character development at all. There is no way that during the filming of this movie Heather Graham said to herself "This is going to be a great movie!" She was so unconvincing that it was almost comical. I seriously cannot think of one redeeming quality. This is the type of movie that you wait for to come out on DVD, and then don't rent it.