All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Jeremy Kasten

Writer:

Mark A. Altman (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The dead shall have their day.

Plot:

During a Day of the Dead celebration, the dead come to life to prey upon the living. |

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Beautiful Woman | Nudity | Zombie | Severed Tongue

Cast

Jesse Jam Miranda	...	The Undead / Town People (as Jesse Miran)
Marisa Ramirez	...	Alicia Barena
Travis Wester	...	Joss Gilbert
Nichole Hiltz	...	Erica
Laz Alonso	...	Tyler
Laura Harring	...	Martia
David Keith	...	Sheriff Blanco (adult Ricky White)
Julia Vera	...	Oleta Diaz
Danielle Burgio	...	Esmerelda
Mircea Monroe	...	Lilly White
Jeffrey Combs	...	Thomas White
Ellie Cornell	...	Sarah White
Noah Luke	...	Ricky White
Damien Luvara	...	Raoul
David Figlioli	...	Bull
Robert Budaska	...	Sheriff Martinez
Danny Trejo	...	Vargas Diaz
Alex Dale	...	Luiz Diaz
Amina Julianna	...	Young Oleta
Nils Allen Stewart	...	Stuttering Mercenary
H. Charles Parrish	...	Vaughn (as Charlie Parrish)
Sean Kinney	...	Buckholtz
Jim Whitworth	...	Bronson
Christopher Burdett	...	Bloated Choppers Zombie (as Chris Burdette)
Steve Alvarez-Forbess	...	Cave Explorer
Camden Toy	...	Fresh Dead / Dead Raoul
Kathleen LaGue	...	(voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michell Abott	...	The Undead / Town People
Jacqueline Aguiree	...	The Undead / Town People
Edwin Alpanian	...	The Undead / Town People
Gabriel Alvarez	...	The Undead / Town People
Derek Anderson	...	The Undead / Town People
Amury Arce	...	The Undead / Town People
Enrique Atrain	...	The Undead / Town People
Joseph Bacinski	...	The Undead / Town People
Said Bakouch	...	The Undead / Town People
Juan Bazan	...	The Undead / Town People
Charles Bice-Bey	...	The Undead / Town People
Henry Blunt	...	The Undead / Town People
Giselly Bonilla	...	The Undead / Town People
Ryan Brawders	...	The Undead / Town People
Bernadette Burgos	...	The Undead / Town People
Clair Carney	...	The Undead / Town People
Jason Carter	...	The Undead / Town People
Alfonso Castro	...	The Undead / Town People
Guy Chapman	...	The Undead / Town People
Angel Chavez	...	The Undead / Town People
Shihyung Chou	...	The Undead / Town People
Martha Claustro	...	The Undead / Town People
Matt Cooper	...	The Undead / Town People
Alfonso Gonzalez Corona	...	The Undead / Town People
Eric Cremer	...	The Undead / Town People
Jenny East	...	The Undead / Town People
Casi Echeve	...	The Undead / Town People
D.R. Edmonds	...	The Undead / Town People
Jeff Esalera	...	The Undead / Town People
Andrea Flores	...	The Undead / Town People
Juan Flores	...	The Undead / Town People
Debbie Gonzalez	...	The Undead / Town People
Flavia Greenberger	...	The Undead / Town People
Cesar Guevara	...	The Undead / Town People
Francisca Hernandez	...	The Undead / Town People
Raymundo Horta	...	The Undead / Town People
Robert Huerta	...	The Undead / Town People
Ramiro Huizar	...	The Undead / Town People
Charles Irby	...	The Undead / Town People
Jeremy Johnson	...	The Undead / Town People
Chris Kephart	...	The Undead / Town People
Christopher Knell	...	The Undead / Town People
Christopher Scott Knell	...	Un-dead
Edgar Lopez	...	The Undead / Town People
Teresa Lopez	...	The Undead / Town People
Autumn Lucas	...	The Undead / Town People
Mark Ludena	...	The Undead / Town People
Patricia Lugo	...	The Undead / Town People
Aixa Maldonado	...	The Undead / Town People
Ronald Maldonado	...	The Undead / Town People
Mary Martinez	...	The Undead / Town People
Ashley Merritt	...	The Undead / Town People
Steve Miller	...	The Undead / Town People
Alex Miranda	...	The Undead / Town People
Jackie Moldau	...	The Undead / Town People
Mike Nalborczyk	...	The Undead / Town People
Ryan Oneil	...	The Undead / Town People
George Pando	...	The Undead / Town People
Jewlie Pearson	...	The Undead / Town People
Aldo Pera	...	The Undead / Town People
Manuel Perez	...	The Undead / Town People
Ignacio Pina	...	The Undead / Town People
Peter Plsek	...	The Undead / Town People
Manuel Pulido	...	The Undead / Town People
Shari Putterman	...	The Undead / Town People
Alvaro Quintana	...	The Undead / Town People
Paris Rain	...	The Undead / Town People
Sandra Rascon	...	The Undead / Town People
Amador Rioverto	...	The Undead / Town People
Daniel Ritter	...	The Undead / Town People
Albert Rivera	...	The Undead / Town People
Darren Roberts	...	The Undead / Town People
Aaron Rodenseld	...	The Undead / Town People
Moses Rodriguez	...	The Undead / Town People
Robert Rodriguez	...	The Undead / Town People
George Romero	...	The Undead / Town People
Aaron Rosenfield	...	The Undead / Town People
Alma Rosiles	...	The Undead / Town People
Alexx Ruiz	...	The Undead / Town People
Florinzo Sanchez	...	The Undead / Town People
Lorenzio Sanchez	...	The Undead / Town People
Maria Sanchez	...	The Undead / Town People
Gloria Sandoval	...	The Undead / Town People
Teresa Sandoval	...	The Undead / Town People
Rob Schulze	...	The Undead / Town People
John Skaare	...	The Undead / Town People
Keith E. Smith	...	The Undead / Town People (as Keith Smith)
Seth Souza	...	The Undead / Town People
Alfred Soyyar	...	The Undead / Town People (as Fred Soyyar)
Angela Storm	...	The Undead / Town People
Chris Sutherlin	...	The Undead / Town People
Yoni Tabac	...	Zombie
Troy Tackett	...	The Undead / Town People
Angela Tamayo	...	The Undead / Town People
Ryan Thompson	...	The Undead / Town People
Laura Tull	...	The Undead / Town People
Pablo Velazquez	...	The Undead / Town People
Marc Vinciguerra	...	The Undead / Town People
O.J. Watson	...	The Undead / Town People
Aaron Zachery	...	The Undead / Town People
Ali Zamani	...	The Undead / Town People
Olga Zapata	...	The Undead / Town People
Mike Kinney	...	Zombie (uncredited)

Directed by
Jeremy Kasten

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mark A. Altman		writer

Produced by
Mark A. Altman	....	producer
Morris Berger	....	executive producer
Stephen R. Brown	....	executive producer
Steve Brown	....	executive producer
Mark Gottwald	....	producer
Richter Hartig	....	line producer
John W. Hyde	....	executive producer
Chuck Speed	....	co-producer
Dennis Sugasawara	....	line producer
Danny Wayne	....	co-producer (as Danny W. Stallcup)

Original Music by
Joe Kraemer

Cinematography by
Christopher Duddy

Film Editing by
Joseph Gutowski

Casting by
Mindy Bazar

Production Design by
Denise Pizzini

Set Decoration by
Antonia Nunez

Costume Design by
Carrie Grace

Makeup Department
Christopher Burdett	....	creature effects painter
Jason Collins	....	supervisor: Almost Human, Inc.
Robert Hall	....	special makeup effects designer
Claudia Humburg	....	makeup artist: Laura Harring (as Claudi Humburg)
Elvis Jones	....	makeup artist: Almost Human, Inc
James Lacey	....	key makeup artist
R.J. McCasland	....	makeup supervisor
Myke Michaels	....	makeup department head
James Ojala	....	special makeup effects technician
Darnell Shepherd	....	lab/set technician: Almost Human
Traci E. Smithe	....	hair stylist supervisor
Jenna Tibbetts	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
Richter Hartig	....	unit production manager
Aaron Rattner	....	post-production supervisor
Stacey Jade Smart	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shelly Heyward	....	additional second second assistant director
Jon Recher	....	first assistant director: second unit
Greg Saraceno	....	second second assistant director
Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg	....	second assistant director (as Barbara Rothenborg)
Danny Wayne	....	second unit director
Jim Whitworth	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Justin Blecha	....	lead man
A.J. Chatem	....	carpenter
Paul Chatem	....	carpenter
Kevin 'Chevy' Martinez	....	set dresser
Morgen Masciana	....	set dresser
Dino Quarantiello	....	assistant property master
Dino Quarantiello	....	props: second unit
Jeff Verges	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Kevin Becker	....	boom operator
Doug Brandon	....	boom operator
Michael Brown	....	foley mixer
Greg Clark	....	production sound mixer (as Gregory Clark)
Gary Coppola	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Hull	....	sound editor
Yagmur Kaplan	....	pre-dub mixer
Yagmur Kaplan	....	sound effects editor
Tim H. Lee	....	assistant sound engineer
Tim H. Lee	....	sound editor
Steve Morantz	....	production sound mixer
Shannon Potter	....	foley supervisor
Joe Schiff	....	dialogue editor
Christopher Sheldon	....	supervising sound editor
Gerald B. Wolfe	....	production sound mixer (as Jerry Wolfe)

Special Effects by
Billy Dawson	....	pyrotechnics technician
Jason Dodd	....	effects technician
Beverley Hartigan	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
James L. Davidson	....	digital effects artist
Harry Eisenstein	....	digital compositor
Derek Ledbetter	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Tsuyoshi Abe	....	stunts
Walter Jones	....	stunts
Sean Kinney	....	stunts
Chris Lawrence	....	stunts
Tina Mahler	....	stunts
Jesse Jam Miranda	....	stunts
Tadahiro Nakamura	....	stunts
H. Charles Parrish	....	stunt coordinator (as Charlie Parrish)
Darrell Lee Stallcup	....	stunts (as Darrell Stallcup)
Nils Allen Stewart	....	stunts
Lee Whittaker	....	stunts
Chuck Speed	....	stunt zombie (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Gary A. Beaird	....	grip (as Gary Beaird)
Marc Brown	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Danielle C. Carroll	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Danielle Carroll)
Danielle C. Carroll	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Danielle Carroll)
Eric C. Castro	....	electrician
Megan Drew	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Charles Ehrlinger	....	grip
Jonathan Fisher	....	camera loader
Michael Francisco	....	gaffer (as Michael A. Francisco)
Jonathan Goldfisher	....	camera loader
Joe Guzman	....	best boy grip
Dave Haws	....	best boy electric (as David Haws)
Matthew Kistenmacher	....	electrician
Hunter Laizure	....	electrician
Steve Leinbach	....	electrician
Cameron Lee Michael	....	electrician
Marco Munguia	....	grip
Al Ortega	....	still photographer (as Albert L. Ortega)
Jason Palinkas	....	key grip
Noah Peter	....	electrician
Paul Taylor	....	Steadicam operator
Andrew Wilson	....	grip
Bryan Woo	....	grip

Casting Department
Claire Carney	....	casting associate
Kathleen LaGue	....	adr voice casting
Carla Lewis	....	extras casting
Jesse Jam Miranda	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laura Brody	....	set costumer
Sandra Poland	....	set costumer
Andrea Rewolinski	....	set costumer
Selby Van Horne	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Craig Budrick	....	final colorist
Richard Garibaldi	....	colorist
Maxx Gillman	....	second assistant editor
Dan Jones	....	on-line editor
Alwin Link	....	colorist
Sharon Wong	....	first assistant editor

Transportation Department
Neil Chisholm	....	driver
Mark Cross	....	transportation captain
Erni Hauser	....	driver
Josh Hauser	....	driver
Jeff Honicky	....	driver
Kim Podzimek	....	driver
Harry Zabounian	....	transportation coordinator
Jack Zabounian	....	driver

Other crew
Sean Afsahi	....	production assistant
Drew Baker	....	production assistant
Barry Beauchamp	....	caterer
Adriana De La Cruz	....	on-set medic
Guy Flint	....	studio teacher
Elisa Forni	....	script supervisor (as Elisa A. Forni)
Josh Garrell	....	production assistant
Tony Gates	....	production assistant
Jonathan Gording	....	special contact lenses (as Dr. Jonathan Gording)
Richter Hartig	....	production accountant
Lindsay Hudson	....	on-set medic
James Jackson	....	production assistant
Sean Jordan	....	unit publicist
Sean Kenney	....	lens technician (as Sean Kenney)
Adam Key	....	production assistant
Kathleen LaGue	....	additional adr voice
Sava Markovic	....	lens technician
Duffie McIntire	....	craft service
Trey Neely	....	production assistant
Rosie Ortiz	....	production assistant
Dan Riley	....	studio teacher
Lorin Eric Salm	....	coach: undead movement
Craig Shaver	....	production assistant
Laura Sherman	....	production coordinator
Joni Smith	....	production assistant
Shari Sontag	....	production accountant
Meagan Stewart	....	horse wrangler
Jodi Taffel	....	craft service
Mathew Thomas	....	production assistant
Zeke Williams	....	production assistant
Pam Wood	....	studio teacher
Daniel Veluzat	....	location liaison (uncredited)

Thanks
Naomi Altman	....	special thanks
Amanda Brammall	....	special thanks
Jesse Jam Miranda	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• All Souls Day Inc.
• CFQ Films

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2006) (worldwide) (DVD)
• IDT Entertainment Sales (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Imagine Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Almost Human (zombie effects)

Other Companies

• Jammin Talent Entertainment  casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Departure Studios  post-production audio services
• Headquarters Casting  extras casting
• Media Distributors Film Source  Fuji film provided by
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals

Also Known As:

Dia de los muertos (USA: Spanish title) (short title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

All Souls Day Inc.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Despite the assertion in this movie, the Day of the Dead (Dia de los muertos) is observed on the Catholic All Souls Day which is November 2nd, not November 1st (the 1st is actually All Saints Day).

Movie Connections:

Featured in Jailhouse Rock: The Stunts of 'All Souls Day' (2006) (V)

Awful, don't waste your time.

This film is a complete waste of time and money, and this is coming from someone who usually enjoys sub-par zombie films. House of the Dead for instance, was a terrible movie, but was still fun to watch. This is a different story! Thankfully I only rented it, but Id still like to have that couple bucks back. For the first half or so, it introduced, and ruined, what could have been a decent zombie scenario, about the dead returning to life on the Mexican holiday of Dia de los Muertos. At first, it seemed half-decent for what it was, but once the zombies showed up, they preceded to use every worn-out cliché in the book. One of the "highlights" was a zombie getting shotgunned point blank....and FALLING OVER. No blood, no gore, he just fell over. Near the end there was a bit of OK gore, and a somewhat cool ending but nothing worth wasting your time for.

3/10