It Waits (2005)

User Rating:

3.1/10   

Director:

Steven R. Monroe

Writers (WGA):

Richard Christian Matheson (story) &
Thomas E. Szollosi (story) ...

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

It hungers for human carnage... and it will wait no longer.

Plot:

A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.

Plot Keywords:

Forest | Park Ranger | Native American Legend | Monster | Blood

Cast

Cerina Vincent	...	Danielle 'Danny' St. Claire
Dominic Zamprogna	...	Justin Rawley
Greg Kean	...	Rick Bailey
Eric Schweig	...	Joseph Riverwind
Matt Jordon	...	Wakinyah Creature (as Austin Jordon)
Miranda Frigon	...	Julie Cassidy
Sean Wei Mah	...	Ben Wheelock
Tinsel Korey	...	Lark Rainwater
Fred Henderson	...	Carl Nash
Chilton Crane	...	Evelyn Nash
Sean Campbell	...	Lt. Morris Black
Michael Bell	...	Voice of Hoppy (voice)

Runtime:

88 min | Germany:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Germany:18 | USA:Not Rated | Australia:MA (2006)

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Cannell Films

Trivia:

Was previously developed as a Dolph Lundgren starring vehicle.

Goofs:

Plot holes: When Cerina Vincent's character meets a Native American that knows about the creature she is told that the creature does not like water and therefore stays in it's cave when it rains. In a scene just previous to this the creature stalks and kills another character when it is obviously raining quite hard.

Movie Connections:

References Jeepers Creepers (2001)

Soundtrack:

Believe In Me

Decent Horror Fare

This movie is the reason why I scour the video store shelves for low budget horror flicks. Most of the time, of course, I am sadly disappointed but other times - like this - I am pleasantly surprised. Considering Richard Christian Matheson wrote the story I was fairly confident, although it is a rather pedestrian story about an ancient Indian demon, inadvertently released from a cave, wreaking havoc on a mountainside. A female park ranger, wrestling with her own demons, has to find the ability to battle this monster and save herself. The horror elements were standard and fairly well done and the script, while spotty, was okay. "It Waits" is decent horror fare, better than some of the dreck that is getting released in movie theaters.