Skinwalkers (2006)

Director:

James Isaac

Writers (WGA):

James DeMonaco (written by) &
Todd Harthan (written by) ...
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Release Date:

10 August 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

They live among us. They hunt us.

Plot:

A 12 year old boy and his mother become the targets of two warring werewolf packs, each with different intentions and motives.

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Transformation | Uncle | Werewolf | Bloodlust

Cast

Jason Behr	...	Varek
Elias Koteas	...	Jonas
Rhona Mitra	...	Rachel Talbot
Natassia Malthe	...	Sonja
Kim Coates	...	Zo
Sarah Carter	...	Katherine
Tom Jackson	...	Will
Matthew Knight	...	Timothy Talbot
Rogue Johnston	...	Grenier
Barbara Gordon	...	Nana
Shawn Roberts	...	Adam Kilmer
Lyriq Bent	...	Doak
Christine Brubaker	...	Justine
Roman Podhora	...	Ralph
Wayne Ward	...	Justine's Husband
Scott Anderson	...	Courtney
Caroline Mangosing	...	Receptionist
Ramona Pringle	...	Nurse Sally
Everton Lawrence	...	Paramedic
Pat Quas	...	Waitress (as Patriz Quas)
James Kirchner	...	Motel Clerk
Jessica Huras	...	Bar Girl
Matt Hopkins	...	Gas Station Attendant
Jasmin Geljo	...	Cabin Person #1
Charmaine Hamp	...	Cabin Person #2 (as Charmine Hamp)
David Sparrow	...	Manny the Butcher
Carl Marotte	...	Sheriff John
Todd Schroeder	...	Red Neck #1 (as Todd William Schroeder)
Tig Fong	...	Red Neck #2
L.J. Vasilantonakis	...	Bartender
Wayne Downer	...	Bar Patron
Derek Kealey	...	Grim Reaper
Wendy Crewson	...	Female Leader
Wesley French	...	Native American Man
Julian Richings	...	Sad Looking Man

Directed by
James Isaac		(as Jim Isaac)

Writing credits (WGA)
James DeMonaco		(written by) &
Todd Harthan		(written by) &
James Roday		(written by)

Produced by
Dennis Berardi	....	producer
Don Carmody	....	producer
Brian J. Gilbert	....	executive producer (as Brian Gilbert)
Robert Kulzer	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Andrew Lockington

Cinematography by
David A. Armstrong
Adam Kane

Film Editing by
Allan Lee

Casting by
Deirdre Bowen

Production Design by
David Hackl

Art Direction by
Anthony A. Ianni
Tony Lanni

Set Decoration by
David Joseph
Christina Kuhnigk

Costume Design by
Antoinette Messam

Makeup Department
Patrick Baxter	....	special makeup effects artist
Katie Brennan	....	makeup artist
Amber Chase	....	second assistant makeup artist
Karola Dirnberger	....	hair stylist
Carol Hartwick	....	hair stylist
Paul Jones	....	key makeup effects artist
Jo-Ann MacNeil	....	makeup artist
Neil Morrill	....	special makeup effects artist
Kiril D. Mumdjiev	....	hair stylist: re-shoots
Kiril D. Mumdjiev	....	makeup artist: re-shoots
Dawn E. Rivard	....	wig builder
Sean Sansom	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Greg Copeland	....	unit production manager
Gregor Hutchison	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Bocknek	....	third assistant director
Raymond J. Duff	....	third assistant director: second unit
Aric Dupere	....	trainee assistant director
Beau Ferris	....	trainee assistant director
Patrick Hagarty	....	first assistant director: second unit
Pierre Henry	....	first assistant director
Andrew M. Robinson	....	second assistant director
Jennifer Zabawa	....	daily assistant director

Art Department
Alexander Galant	....	assistant art director
Christopher Geggie	....	property master
Dwight Hendrickson	....	set designer
Alan Letts	....	head carpenter
Brian Patrick	....	assistant property master
Sean Scoffield	....	graphic designer
Aaron Sims	....	character designer
Jeremy Simser	....	storyboard artist
Travis Staley	....	on-set carpenter
Rob Valeriote	....	assistant head carpenter

Sound Department
Denis Bellingham	....	boom operator
Tim Chilton	....	foley artist
Keith Elliott	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nelson Ferreira	....	supervising sound editor
Jamie Gould	....	sound re-recording assistant
David Lee	....	production sound mixer
Jason McFarling	....	boom operator
Matthew McKenzie	....	adr recordist
Colin McLellan	....	adr recordist
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Peter Persaud	....	foley recordist
Nathan Robitaille	....	sound effects editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Brad Thornton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mike Welker	....	first assistant sound editor
Mark Zsifkovits	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Tim Barraball	....	special effects key: physical effects
Damon Bishop	....	special effects makeup
Jim Charmatz	....	key artist
Dawn Dininger	....	special effects makeup
Damian Fisher	....	special effects technician
Hiroshi Katagiri	....	key artist: Stan Winston Studio
Mike Kavanagh	....	special effects pyrotechnician
Aimee Macabeo	....	special effects makeup
John MacGillivray	....	special effects coordinator
Lindsay MacGowan	....	effects coordinator: Stan Winston Studio
Shane Mahan	....	creature effects supervisor
David Reaume	....	special effects technician
John Rosengrant	....	creature effects supervisor
Jason Detheridge	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Daniel Abramovich	....	digital compositor
Michael Becki	....	digital compositor
Barb Benoit	....	digital compositor
Dennis Berardi	....	visual effects supervisor
Kristy Blackwell	....	digital artist: Mr. X Inc.
Kevan Byrne	....	digital compositor
Dan Carnegie	....	animator: Mr. X Inc.
Cyril Frederick Chu	....	matte painter
Rubina Cokar	....	visual effects coordinator
Drake Conrad	....	digital colorist
Rob Del Ciancio	....	digital artist: Mr. X Inc.
Bonnie Dickson	....	digital compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Jeremy Dineen	....	visual effects animator
Peter Dydo	....	animator
David Fix	....	senior systems administrator: Mr. X Inc
Zachary J. Gans	....	studio operations: Mr X Inc. (as Zack Gans)
Jason Giberson	....	scanning and recording
Jason Gougeon	....	digital artist: Mr. X Inc
Robert Greb	....	digital compositor
Annu Gulati	....	digital compositor
Mai-Ling Lee	....	digital artist
Ian MacLeod	....	digital artist
Elliot Mallon	....	digital artist
Sarah McMurdo	....	visual effects producer
John J. Miralles	....	digital compositor
Daniel Mizuguchi	....	digital artist: Mr. X Inc.
Martin Mueller	....	digital compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Mike Mulock	....	animator: Mr. X Inc.
Joseph C. Pepe	....	conceptual artist: Stan Winston Studio
Darcy Reno	....	senior systems administrator (as Darcy Bangsund)
Avi Salem	....	digital compositor
Geoff D.E. Scott	....	animatics animator
Mark Stepanek	....	digital artist: Mr. X Inc.
Michael Stewart	....	digital compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Tim M. Townsend	....	digital compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Mark Tureski	....	digital optical effects
Aaron Weintraub	....	digital effects supervisor: Mr. X Inc.
Colin Withers	....	senior technical supervisor: Mr. X Inc.
Kyle Yoneda	....	effects animator
Wojciech Zielinski	....	CG supervisor: Mr.X Inc.

Stunts
Ron Bell	....	stunt double: Will
Marco Bianco	....	stunt double: Jonas
Brendan Carmody	....	stunt rigger
Dean Copkov	....	stunt double: Zo
Dean Copkov	....	stunt rigger
Brad Davis	....	stunt double: Varek
Neil Davison	....	stunt double: Adam
Maxine Dumont	....	stunt double: Rachel
Tig Fong	....	stunt rigger
Tig Fong	....	stunts
Brian Jagersky	....	stunt double: Varek
Rogue Johnston	....	stunts
Ciara Jones	....	stunt double: Timothy
Dana Jones	....	stunt double: Sonja
Steve Lucescu	....	stunt coordinator
Steve Lucescu	....	stunt rigging coordinator
Christopher McGuire	....	stunt rigger
Edward A. Queffelec	....	stunt rigger
Laurence Todd Rosenthal	....	stunt performer
Jennifer Vey	....	stunt double: Katherine
Nick Woron	....	stunt rigger
Jamie James Yungblut	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
David A. Armstrong	....	additional photographer
Dave Bouskill	....	gaffer: re-shoots
David Breeze	....	gaffer
Tony Guerin	....	camera operator
Bill Hong	....	camera car operator
Rudy Katkic	....	Steadicam operator
Rudy Katkic	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Kevin Michael LeBlanc	....	first assistant camera
Monty Montgomerie	....	key grip
Tracy Shaw	....	assistant key rigging grip
Steve Wilkie	....	still photographer
Mike Williams	....	second assistant camera

Animation Department
Brian Anderson	....	character setup lead
Aaron Sims	....	character designer

Casting Department
Thomas L. Carter	....	casting associate: USA
Christopher Richards	....	casting associate
Jane Rogers	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Karen Lee	....	wardrobe buyer
Susan MacLeod	....	wardrobe set supervisor
Scott Maple	....	costume prop
Adam Smith	....	costume prop

Editorial Department
Michael J. Duthie	....	post-production consultant
Tom Mayclim	....	negative cutter
Arthur Montreuil	....	color timer
Bill Oliver	....	first assistant editor
Lorraine Samuel	....	post-production coordinator
Michelle Szemberg	....	assistant editor
Motassem Younes	....	on-line editor
Adam M. Duthie	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Brianne Wells	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Kevin Banks	....	music editor
Mikael Carlsson	....	executive soundtrack producer
Nicholas Dodd	....	conductor
Nicholas Dodd	....	orchestrator
Ron Searles	....	music score mixer
Tim Welch	....	musician: electric guitar
John Welsman	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Ian C. Harris	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Cynthia Amsden	....	unit publicist
James F. Breithaupt	....	production accountant
James Burke	....	production assistant
William Cameron	....	title designer: main titles
Nuno Capitao de Salles	....	cast personal trainer
Scott Clements	....	documentary filmmaker
Trisha DeLuca	....	assistant: Mr. Carmody (as Trisha De Luca)
Ramona Diaconescu	....	script supervisor: second unit
Dan Frankian	....	hawk wrangler
Melissa Girotti	....	production coordinator
Nadia Guglieri	....	second script supervisor
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative
Joe Iacono	....	financial consultant and auditor
James Ireland	....	production assistant
R. Emerson John	....	script supervisor: splinter unit
Alex Kontsalakis	....	payroll accountant
Steven Lewis	....	production attorney
Billy Lieberman	....	assistant: Mr. Berardi & Mr. Isaac
Sean Longley	....	assistant: Mr. Carmody
Dahla MacKenna	....	educational coordinator
Jonathan Matthews	....	location manager
Ryan Murphy	....	assistant: Mr. Gilbert
Anthony David Pace	....	key production assistant
Lyndel Pedersen	....	assistant: Mr. Winston (as Lyn-Del Pederson)
John Rakich	....	location scout: pre-production
Dug Rotstein	....	script supervisor
Johannes Schlichting	....	assistant: Mr. Kulzer
Sat Sidhu	....	on-set tutor
Claire Smith	....	assistant production coordinator
Dave Ian Smith	....	fire safety
Stephanie Stonley	....	second assistant accountant
Alan Sutton	....	fire safety coordinator
Charles Taylor	....	gun wrangler (as Charlie Taylor)
Dru Viergever	....	photo double
Al Vrkljan	....	armorer
Clyde Wagner	....	assistant: Mr. Carmody
Enoch Wat	....	set medic
Patrick Zorer	....	production executive
Steve Holt	....	on-set medic (uncredited)

Thanks
Peter Block	....	special thanks
David Cronenberg	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Constantin Film Produktion
• Stan Winston Productions
• Skinwalkers DCP
• Red Moon Films (in association with)

Distributors

• After Dark Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Lions Gate Films (2006) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Allarco Entertainment (2008) (Canada) (TV) (as Super Channel)
• Eagle Films (2006) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Highlight Film (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• West Video (2007) (Russia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Mr. X (digital visual effects)
• Stan Winston Studio (creature effects)
• Acme F/X (special effects)
• Cine-Byte (digital opticals)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Deluxe Post-Production  post-production facilities
• Glenn Gould Studio  music recorded at
• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• Movie Armaments Group  weapons supplied by
• MovieScore Media  soundtrack
• Runway  post-production
• Tattersall Sound  picture editing facilities
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility

Also Known As:

Skin Walkers (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual material and language. (previously rated R for violent content throughout and language)

Runtime:

USA:110 min | USA:92 min (cut) | Germany:89 min (DVD version)

Country:

Canada | USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | Malaysia:18PL | Australia:MA (2008) | Finland:K-15 | Portugal:M/16 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Germany:16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Creemore, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Constantin Film Produktion

Quotes:

Varek: Don't make me do something I don't want to do. Join me. We're one and the same.
Jonas: I'm nothing like you.
Varek: I am what I was meant to be. You live a lie... we were wrong. I know what you're feeling, trust me.
Jonas: Trust you? You're killing fellow human beings.
Varek: I am NOT human. And I will not risk spending the rest of my days as one. Deseased and flawed... we're better than that.

Soundtrack:

Wrong Man Right Time

Listless Underworld clone

For years, it has been prophesied that when a certain boy turns 13 (under a red moon, natch), the curse of the werewolves will be lifted. This is great news for some of the werewolves, who are tired of chomping on human flesh, but anathema to others, who dig that sort of thing. The boy is being protected by his family, although his mother (Rhona Mitra) has no clue about his true split nature, from the keep-the-curse stalwarts, led by Varek (Jason Behr). Yes, it's yet another and-a-child-shall-lead-them supernatural-beings tales.

When the bad werewolves figure out who and where Timothy (Matthew Knight) is, they launch an attack, and finally all is revealed to Timothy and his mom, Rachel. This ensures that somewhere near the end of the movie there will be a battle to the death, and only one can survive, either Varek, or the good-guys leader, Jonas (Elias Koteas, who's kind of slumming here). One Varek's team is a busty, evil villainess (Natassia Malthe) and some hippie-looking dude, while Jonas has a grandma, a Native American non-werewolf, a high school athlete and his girlfriend (Jonas' daughter, of course).

The trend in recent years has been that werewolves are somewhat equal to bikers or heavy-metal musicians, so that's how Varek's squad is presented, complete with pulse-pounding riding and intro music. By contrast, the good guys are stereotypically a ragtag band scurrying from safe place to safe place, always on the run, always ragged.

As werewolf movies go, this one isn't awful, but it's really not all that much to write home about, either. It's got hunky guys and sexy babes, and although there's a lot of violence there's almost no blood at all. (In fact, it's possible the movie would have been better if it had been filmed in black and white.) It has likable and despicable characters, and it manages to shade them all just a hair. Its main selling point just seems to be the true identity of Timothy in relation to everyone else, as revealed in the final third of the movie, but it's just not enough to make the movie remarkable enough to warrant a second look. In other words, it's just okay. It's as dark and dank-looking as, say, Underworld, but without the charisma of a Kate Beckinsale or Michael Speedman to lift the movie.