It Waits (2005)

Director:

Steven R. Monroe

Writers (WGA):

Richard Christian Matheson (story) &
Thomas E. Szollosi (story) ...
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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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Saginaw Grant	...	Chief Standing Bear (uncredited)
Samaya Jardey	...	Ozeta Riverwind (uncredited)

Directed by
Steven R. Monroe

Writing credits (WGA)
Richard Christian Matheson		(story) &
Thomas E. Szollosi		(story) (as Thomas Szollosi)
Richard Christian Matheson		(teleplay) &
Thomas E. Szollosi		(teleplay) (as Thomas Szollosi) and
Stephen J. Cannell		(teleplay)

Produced by
Morris Berger	....	executive producer
Stephen R. Brown	....	executive producer (as Steve Brown)
Stephen J. Cannell	....	producer
Michael Dubelko	....	producer (as Michael J. Dubelko)
John W. Hyde	....	executive producer
Scott Levitta	....	co-producer
Daisy Marco	....	co-producer
Raymond Massey	....	line producer
Richard Christian Matheson	....	co-executive producer
Thomas E. Szollosi	....	co-executive producer (as Thomas Szollosi)

Original Music by
Corey A. Jackson

Cinematography by
Jon Joffin

Film Editing by
Alan Cody
Kevin D. Ross

Casting by
Dean E. Fronk
Donald Paul Pemrick

Production Design by
Bob Bottieri

Art Direction by
Brandon Wallis

Set Decoration by
David Chiasson		(as Chase David Chiasson)

Costume Design by
Angelina Kekich

Makeup Department
Monica Cyba	....	key hair stylist
Tony Gardner	....	creature effects designer
Roy Nicholson	....	special makeup effects artist
Ryan Nicholson	....	key special effects makeup artist
Marcine Peter	....	contact lens technician (as Marcienne Peter)
Shealeen Spicer	....	key makeup artist
Jason Ward	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Gilles LaPlante	....	production manager
Stacey Jade Smart	....	executive in charge of production
Nancy Welsh	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Heimbecker	....	third assistant director: second unit (as Dave Heimbecker)
Mike Johanson	....	second assistant director: second unit (as Mike Johansson)
Kit Marlatt	....	third assistant director: second unit
Darren Robson	....	second assistant director
David Rose	....	additional first assistant director
Jo Swerling Jr.	....	director: animal sequences
Rob Vouriot	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mike Allen	....	paint coordinator
Mitchell Baker	....	construction coordinator
La Vonne Girard	....	assistant set decorator
Larry Gonsalves	....	lead dresser
Carl Johnason	....	greens department
Jamie Johnson	....	construction foreman
Ken Lay	....	carpenter
Ron McCall	....	property master
Shirldene Reynolds	....	on-set dresser
Brad Shemko	....	property assistant
Frank Speer	....	paint foreman
Brandon Wallis	....	assistant art director
Shawn Welsh	....	additional on-set dresser

Sound Department
Craig Clark	....	sound mixer
Craig Clark	....	supervising sound editor
David M. Cyr	....	sound mixer: second unit (as David Cyr)
Susan Fitz-Simon	....	foley walker
Danny Kim	....	sound editor
Millar Montgomery	....	additional boom operator
Paul Novokshonoff	....	boom operator
Colin Rogers	....	adr mixer
Colin Rogers	....	foley mixer
Sebastian Salm	....	additional sound mixer
Craig Schafer	....	sound editor
Craig Schafer	....	sound mixer
Allan Schultz	....	dialogue editor (as Alan Schultz)
Steven Weakes	....	sound mixer (as Steven Weaks)
David S. DiPietro	....	audio layback (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Darcy Davis	....	special effects coordinator (as Darcy John Davis)
Timothy Huizing	....	creature wrangler (as Tim Huizing)
Glen Hanz	....	sculptor: Alterian Inc. (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Alex Cherry	....	data wrangler: Eden FX
Pierre Drolet	....	lead modeler: Eden FX
John F. Gross	....	visual effects supervisor: Eden FX (as John Gross)
John Karner	....	lead visual effects artist: EdenFX
Jeff Sargent	....	composite artist: Eden FX (as Jeffery Sargeant)
Michael Tuinstra	....	visual effects coordinator: Eden FX (as Mike Tuinstra)

Stunts
Ryan Ennis	....	stunt coordinator
Matt Jordon	....	stunt performer (as Austin Jordon)
Kimani Ray Smith	....	stunt coordinator (as Kimani Smith)
Owen Walstrom	....	additional stunt coordinator
Sharon Simms	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Roger Bailey	....	additional generator operator
Ryan Bailey	....	additional director of photography
Ryan Bailey	....	gaffer
Sam Bernou	....	grip
Ozan Biron	....	videographer
Raimey Casiro	....	additional camera trainee
Scott Cozens	....	second assistant camera
Nazim Edeer	....	additional camera trainee
Sacha Fassaert	....	focus puller: second unit
Aaron Haesler	....	camera trainee
Michelle Hnilica	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Michelle Hinilka)
Kieran Humphries	....	focus puller: second unit
Stephen Jackson	....	additional cinematographer: second unit (as Steve Jackson)
Jordan Johnson	....	electrician
Simon Jori	....	additional cinematographer: second unit
Wynne Keing	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Rick Laning	....	key grip
George Majoros	....	focus puller: second unit
Matt Margolis	....	dolly grip
Dee Nichols	....	director of photography: title sequence
Jos Oman	....	focus puller
Andrew Pepper	....	best boy grip: second unit
Richard Porta	....	additional focus puller
Robert Redford	....	generator operator
Dave Riley	....	additional gaffer
Dave Riley	....	electrician (as Dave Rile)
Jeff Smith	....	key grip: second unit
Gerry Stebnicki	....	grip
Steve Stoelzle	....	best boy grip
Ken Sutherland	....	additional second assistant camera
Tim Vedan	....	best boy electric
Jeff Weddell	....	still photographer
Peter Wilke	....	camera operator: "a" camera

Casting Department
Stuart Aikins	....	casting: Canada
Kevin Arens	....	casting assistant: Canada
Sean Cossey	....	casting: Canada
L.A. Hilts	....	extras casting
Elizabeth Hollywood	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kim Aspden	....	costume truck supervisor (as Kim Aspen)
Marie Hock	....	additional assistant costume designer
Ken Shapkin	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Nick Berrisford	....	on-line assembly editor
Steve Hoorn	....	telecine dailies
Greg White	....	final colorist
James Renfroe	....	first assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Dave Lawrence	....	music editor
Mike Lloyd II	....	assistant to music supervisor
Michael Lloyd	....	music supervisor
Miriam Mayer	....	music preparation
Jeff Vaughn	....	score mixer
Jeff Vaughn	....	score recordist
James M. Wallace	....	music preparation (as James Wallace)

Transportation Department
Grant Davis	....	cable truck driver
Paul deBourcier	....	driver: insert car
Al Hall	....	driver: construction
Steve Martin	....	additional transportation co-captain
Les Ray	....	driver: hair/make-up/wardrobe
John Sorenson	....	driver: cast
Matt Trask	....	transportation captain
Richard Vanderkuip	....	transportation co-captain
Gary Young	....	additional transportation coordinator

Other crew
Kathy Baker	....	assistant: Daisy Marco
Genevieve Bridges	....	assistant coordinator
Tom Chavez	....	security coordinator
Kyle Doig	....	animal wrangler
Barry Dong	....	production legal counsel: Canada
Jeannine Dupuy	....	script supervisor
Kathy Ezso	....	assistant: Stephen J. Cannell
Ken Forsberg	....	craft service
Ken Forsberg	....	first aid
Todd Fraser	....	additional chef
Tara Fuhre	....	additional craft service
Tara Fuhre	....	additional first aid
Than Hadjioannou	....	additional security coordinator (as Than Hadjiannou)
Russ Hamilton	....	additional location manager
Audrey Hellmer	....	production coordinator
Sean Manning	....	additional assistant location manager
Brett McDermid	....	assistant to producer
Christian Ménard	....	production assistant (as Chris Menard)
Patrick Mokrane	....	production accountant
Michael E. Morales	....	production legal counsel
Claudia Morgado Escanilla	....	script supervisor: second unit (as Claudia Morgado)
Theresa Peoples	....	creative executive: Stephen J. Cannell
Tina Perenseff	....	assistant chef (as Tina Perinseff)
Katie Quinn	....	assistant: Steven R. Monroe
Oliver Rappard	....	production assistant
Lisa Rerrie	....	additional script supervisor
Dave Sarkany	....	shuttle coordinator
Kirk N. Smallman	....	location manager (as Kirk Smallman)
Linda Strathdee	....	script supervisor: second unit
Shawn Swanky	....	key production assistant
Reba Szabo	....	craft service
Reba Szabo	....	first aid
Mark S. Temple	....	production legal counsel
Courtney Tuckwood	....	chef
Phil Wong	....	assistant location manager

Thanks
Selena Arizanovic	....	special thanks
Dylan Chaufty	....	special thanks
Don Griffin	....	special thanks
Michel Laskow	....	special thanks
John Monroe	....	special thanks
Julie Monroe	....	special thanks
Melanie Monroe	....	special thanks
Naomi Monroe	....	special thanks
Joshua S. Schechter	....	special thanks (as Josh Schechter)

Production Companies

• Cannell Films
• Centaurus Films

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• IDT Home Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• M.I.B. (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• New Arc Entertainment (2005) (worldwide) (all media)

Special Effects

• Alterian (creature effects)
• Eden FX
• Flesh and Fantasy (prosthetics)

Other Companies

• Chopper Cam  helicopter
• Creative Animal Talent  animal coordination
• Critic's Choice  additional catering
• FotoKem Film and Video  processing
• Groove Tubes  special thanks
• IPG  special thanks
• Roundabout Entertainment  sound post-production
• Shooting Stars Catering  catering
• Thud Studios  special thanks
• West L.A. Music  special thanks
• Westwind Media  video post-production
• Yamaha Corporation of America  special thanks (as Yamaha consoles and speakers)

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:

Sweet Taste

Better than expected

Better than average low budget horror movie from the Sci-Fi channel.

It's a good cat-and-mouse yarn in the vein of Jeepers Creepers, with the creature "feeding on" the terror of its prey before finishing them off. The two principals characters are developed pretty well, giving a clear notion of what the creature's obsession is with its intended victim. That would be a park ranger named Danielle (Cerina Vincent, who carries the film well), stationed at a secluded area of an unnamed national park (based on dialog, it's apparently the Grand Canyon area).

Danielle's angst, fear, suffering, and her resolve to turn the tables on her tormentor are all portrayed well, as is her pivotal back story. These tie in very well with what we learn about the monster. Further, the director wisely resists temptation to reveal what the thing looks like until near the end, which makes it all the more terrifying. It could strike at any moment, and often does, only seen in fleeting glances, partially hidden from view.

About the only pitfalls are the goofy boss ranger and the obnoxious lost hikers with "Monster meal" tattooed on their foreheads. Also, there's a predictable lingering question mark left open at the end. Not a sensational movie, but worth a watch.