Chupacabra Terror (2005) (V)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

John Shepphird

Writers:

Steve Jankowski (writer)
John Shepphird (writer)

Release Date:

29 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

When cryptozoologist Dr. Peña traps the legendary Chupacabra on a remote Caribbean island, he smuggles it aboard a cruise ship with disastrous results.

Plot Keywords:

Cruise Ship | Captain | Daughter | Navy Seal | Father

Cast

John Rhys-Davies	...	Captain Randolph
Dylan Neal	...	Lance
Chelan Simmons	...	Jenny
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Dr. Peña
Paula Shaw	...	Mrs. Hartman
David Millbern	...	Rick McGraw
Mark Viniello	...	Chupacabra
Joe Miller	...	Officer Hamilton
Matthew R. Anderson	...	Commander Link (as Matt Anderson)
Luke Darnell	...	Ensign Peters (as Lucas Darnell)
David St. Pierre	...	Jonesy
Garon Michael	...	Parker
Luciano Olz	...	Mallory
Scott Jolgen	...	Garcia
Jason Pasquale	...	Eddie / Waiter
Kyle Lemire	...	Jojo / Dishwasher
Guy J. Graves	...	Crewman #1 (as Guy Graves)
Javier Lobos	...	Laundry Room Victim
Sazzy Lee Calhoun	...	Purser (as Sazzy Calhoun)
Jason Brunner	...	Criminal
Nils Allen Stewart	...	Mercenary
Terrance Rodgers	...	Interpreter
Steve Jankowski	...	Admiral Williams
Jason Zimmerman	...	Evans
Lewis Fowler	...	Pablo
Carlos Reza	...	Carlos
Scott Putman	...	Doctor
Richard Christensen Jr.	...	Steward (as Richard Christensen)
Scott Davis	...	Sparks
Myna Gill	...	Honeymooner Girl
Brandon Klock	...	Honeymooner Guy

Directed by
John Shepphird

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Steve Jankowski		writer
John Shepphird		writer

Produced by
Charles Arthur Berg	....	line producer
Paul Colichman	....	executive producer
Steve Jankowski	....	producer
Stephen P. Jarchow	....	executive producer
Scott Putman	....	line producer
Jeffrey Schenck	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Penka Kouneva

Cinematography by
Neal Brown

Film Editing by
Lawrence A. Maddox		(as Lawrence Maddox)

Production Design by
Laird Pulver

Art Direction by
Georgia Schwab

Costume Design by
Terri Middleton

Makeup Department
Kim Collea	....	makeup artist
Cleve Gunderman	....	special makeup effects artist
Ken Niederbaumer	....	key makeup artist
Ken Niederbaumer	....	special makeup effects artist
Lucenda Olz	....	assistant makeup artist
Richard Redlefsen	....	creature effects artist
Richard Redlefsen	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Kimberly Ulmer	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Gary Adelman	....	post-production supervisor
Allison Andrade	....	executive in charge of production
Andrea Balen	....	unit production manager
Scott Putman	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Myna Gill	....	second second assistant director
Steve Jankowski	....	second unit director
Scott Jolgen	....	second second assistant director
Nicholas Lee	....	first assistant director
Kyle Lemire	....	second assistant director (as Kyle LeMire)

Art Department
Andy Broaddus	....	construction coordinator
Bill Davis	....	property master
Shandeara Musgrove	....	art production assistant
Corey Oberlin	....	swing (as Cory Oberlin)
Charles Romelito	....	art production assistant
Nils Allen Stewart	....	property assistant

Sound Department
Ethan Beigel	....	adr mixer
Craig Clark	....	sound re-recording mixer
Craig Clark	....	sound supervisor
Marty Kasparian	....	sound mixer
Danny Kim	....	sound effects editor
Myles McComish	....	boom operator
Colin Rogers	....	adr editor
Colin Rogers	....	adr mixer
Colin Rogers	....	foley mixer
Craig Schafer	....	sound designer
Craig Schafer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Allan Schultz	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Matt Anderson	....	special effects assistant
Tamara Carlson	....	fabricator (as Tamara Carlson-Woodard)
Bill Davis	....	special effects coordinator
Jack Firman	....	moldmaker
Jack Firman	....	sculptor
Chris Garnass	....	concept artist
Cleve Gunderman	....	moldmaker
Cleve Gunderman	....	sculptor
David Monzingo	....	fabricator (as Dave Monzingo)
Ken Niederbaumer	....	creature effects designer
Alex Noble	....	shop laborer
Richard Redlefsen	....	painter
Richard Redlefsen	....	sculptor
David Selvadurai	....	concept artist (as Dave Selvadurai)
Nils Allen Stewart	....	special effects assistant
Mark Viniello	....	creature effects designer
Jeanne Vosloo	....	fabricator

Visual Effects by
Bennique Blasini	....	visual effects supervisor (as BenniQue Blasini)
Steven M. Blasini	....	visual effects supervisor
Dave Jerrard	....	digital artist

Stunts
Nils Allen Stewart	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Leron Alberts	....	local grip (as Leron Albert)
Alonzo Babtiste	....	local grip
Richard W. Botchlet	....	grip (as Rich Botchlet)
Jason Brunner	....	lighting cameraman
Jason Brunner	....	second unit cinematographers
Eric Forand	....	gaffer
Lewis Fowler	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Owen Foye	....	best boy electric
Erik Gonzales	....	electrician (as Eric Gonzales)
Tom Hejda	....	first assistant camera
Dan Kanes	....	electrician
Denisse Kindl	....	camera loader
Michael Lumsden	....	local grip
Darlington Matoya	....	local grip
Rocky Romines	....	key grip
Penny Smith	....	second assistant camera
David Starks	....	key grip
John Van Valkenburgh	....	best boy grip (as John Van Valenburgh)
Jack L. Zeman	....	still photographer (as Jack Zeman)
Jason Zimmerman	....	director of photography: second unit

Casting Department
Wilma Deltsche	....	extras casting
Paul Ruddy	....	casting associate
Oswald O. Skippings	....	extras casting (as Hon. Oswald O. Skippings)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anette Czagany	....	wardrobe supervisor
Glenn Gregory Krah	....	key costumer (as Glenn Krah)

Editorial Department
Peter Fausone	....	on-line editor (as Pete Fausone)
Scott Hollenbeck	....	telecine assist
Tucker Marolf	....	assistant editor
Juan Rivera	....	telecine dailies operator
Rick Short	....	executive in charge of post-production
Laura Singer	....	assistant editor
Michael Volland	....	colorist (as Mike Volland)

Music Department
Cesar Benito	....	orchestrator (as Cesar Benato)
Scott Glasgow	....	orchestration
Larry Hennessy	....	midi mixer
Penka Kouneva	....	orchestration
James Monroe	....	musician: acoustic guitar
Junko Tamura	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Matt Ballard	....	driver
Guy J. Graves	....	transportation coordinator
Michael Graves	....	transportation captain (as Michael 'Gumpy' Graves)
Pamela O'Keefe	....	driver
Terrance Rodgers	....	driver

Other crew
Franztdy Bussy	....	security
Nelson Bussy	....	security
Shea E. Butler	....	script supervisor (as Shea Butler)
Richard Carroll	....	assistant: Jeffrey Schenck
Richard Christensen Jr.	....	production assistant (as Richard Christensen)
Bill Davis	....	weapons
Bony Frito	....	security
Mary Garcia	....	assistant: Stephen Jarchow
Brian Goldman	....	assistant: Paul Colichman
Scott Jolgen	....	craft service
Scott Jolgen	....	on-set medic
Brandon Klock	....	production accountant
Sonja Langhorst	....	production coordinator: Los Angeles
Klaus Olz	....	caterer
Lucia Olz	....	caterer
Luciano Olz	....	production assistant
Jason Pasquale	....	production assistant
Carlos Reza	....	production assistant
Leandre Roges	....	security
Arthur Smith	....	location manager
Dacia van Veen	....	production assistant (as Dacia Van Veen)

Production Companies

• Sci Fi Pictures (presents)
• Regent Entertainment

Distributors

• Regent Worldwide Sales (2004) (worldwide) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Other Companies

• BFX Image Works  visual effects and animation (as BFX Imageworks)
• Roundabout Entertainment  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Chupacabra: Dark Seas (USA) (TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore.

Runtime:

88 min | USA:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (video rating) | USA:R | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Turks and Caicos Islands

Company:

Sci Fi Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When all the Navy SEALs regroup one of the SEALs says "all doors and hatches are sealed", you can see light coming through the top left of the door.

Quotes:

Seal: Tango bango get some!

Movie Connections:

References Tae-Bo Workout (1999) (V)

John Rhys-Davies IS charismatic even in stupid movies.

A Cryptozoologist captures a mythical chupacabra on a Caribbean island.To get it back to civilization he bribes his way onto the cargo bay of a large luxury cruise ship with funny and I think the script intended disastrous results.

Lets start with the one thing I really did not like about this movie.... The monster really just looked like a guy in a rubber suit.The CGI scenes looked like a different movie. OK thats off my chest now onto all the enjoyable bits about this B movie.

The best thing was John Rhys-Davies(his daughter the eye candy a close second.)John was intermittently funny and suave and no matter what the writers made him say, he said it well.Good job given what he had to work with.The Cyptozoologist was over the top and fun to watch too,he had some funny bits.The marines all were OK and make good cannon fodder for the monster as did some of the crew and guests.There are a few pretty funny lines in this movie,and a pretty amusing sub plot involving a thief.

The special effects are generally med to low and I swear they reused the same blood spray on the wall scene in about four different parts of the movie. I did like the gore of the legless man.Really since this movie was not scary at all I feel a bit more gore would have gone along way in improving the watch ability of this movie.

All in all if you like B monsters this one is worth a visit.