Ghosts of Goldfield (2007) (V)

Director:

Ed Winfield

Writers:

Dominic Biondi (screenplay)
Brian McMahon (story)

Release Date:

27 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

This legend is reality

Plot:

A group of five led by Julie set up their filming equipment in the hotel of the derelict town of Goldfield...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel

Cast

Kellan Lutz	...	Chad
Marnette Patterson	...	Julie
Mandy Amano	...	Keri
Scott Whyte	...	Dean
Richie Chance	...	Mike (as Richard Chance)
Chuck Zito	...	George Winfield
Ashly Rae	...	Elizabeth
John Bloom	...	Clancy
Teri Corcoran	...	Can Can Dancer
Roddy Piper	...	Jackson Smith

Directed by
Ed Winfield

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dominic Biondi		screenplay
Brian McMahon		story

Produced by
Nick Calcarone	....	executive producer
Delaura Gundle	....	associate producer
Debra Isaacs	....	producer
Brian O.W. McMahon	....	executive producer
Bryan Todd	....	co-producer
Straw Weisman	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Steve Yeaman

Cinematography by
Adrian M. Pruett		(co-director of photography)
Roland 'Ozzie' Smith

Film Editing by
Bryan Todd

Casting by
Jan Glaser
Christine Joyce
Gerald I. Wolff

Art Direction by
Monica Tullar

Makeup Department
Allison Carelli	....	key hair stylist
Michael Peterson	....	special makeup effects artist
Jim Sacca	....	key hair stylist
Jim Sacca	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Delaura Gundle	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alisa Fredericks	....	first assistant director
Todd Guzze	....	first assistant director
Steve Parrington	....	first assistant director
Jolyon Reese	....	assistant director
Michael Ricks	....	second unit director
Rick Uttich	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Chris Coleman	....	art assistant
Kneely Morgan	....	art assistant
Kate Womack	....	art assistant

Sound Department
Marcus Clotfelter	....	sound mixer
Jared Neal	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Michael Taglianetti	....	special effects

Stunts
Lauren Dennis	....	stunt double
Loren Dennis	....	stunt double
Tony Galuppi	....	stunt rigger
Johnny Gray	....	stunt rigger
Scott Leva	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Dan Ayers	....	Steadicam operator
Ken Bowder	....	electrician
Chris Cod	....	electrician
Clay Elting	....	still photographer
Reed Fanning	....	best boy
Ted Harrison	....	gaffer
Brian Holgate	....	video assistant
Mitch Isaacs	....	electrician
Joshua Jose	....	best boy
Kevin Kuehnast	....	assistant camera
May May Luong	....	assistant camera (as May May Lu Wong)
Roger Peterson	....	dolly grip
Michael Ricks	....	camera operator
Gary Sauer	....	key grip
Bryan Todd	....	still photographer
Charlie Tollefson	....	electrician
Jeff Woolley	....	camera operator (as Jeff Wooley)

Animation Department
Eric Woods	....	digital artist

Editorial Department
John Columbo	....	assistant editor
John Dobrich	....	associate editor

Transportation Department
Kyle Beddington	....	transportation
John Muldoon	....	transportation

Other crew
Kyle D. Betterton	....	production assistant
Liam Brady	....	production assistant
Grant Cross	....	production assistant
Samantha Davis	....	production assistant
Sandy Harmon	....	location manager
Rita Hawn	....	production coordinator
Richard Hopper	....	script supervisor
Mitch Isaacs	....	production staff
Katie Larson	....	production assistant
Ferris Lau	....	production assistant
Penny Patrick	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• 18th Avenue Productions

Distributors

• Barnholtz Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Mti Home Video

Other Companies

• Post Digital  digital intermediate
• Wow & Flutter  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Urban Legends 4 (USA) (working title)
Urban Legends IV (USA) (working title)
Urban Legends: Goldfield Murders (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for bloody violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Goldfield, Nevada, USA

Company:

18th Avenue Productions

Trivia:

Originally intended to be part of the Urban Legend franchise.

Quotes:

Elizabeth: Are you ready to die for love ?

Movie Connections:

References Girls Gone Wild (1998) (V)

Insultingly Bad

I don't watch a horror movie looking for perfection. I look for a decent story that isn't screwed up by the actors or production staff. Unfortunately, pretty much everything that could have been done wrong in this film was.

First, lets talk about the group of five documenting hauntings in the abandoned hotel. Only three of the five were actually doing so. The two remaining hangers-on were the stock obnoxious boyfriend and slutty girlfriend - both of whom were so obviously ill-matched with their partners that it trumped all suspension of disbelief. There was simply no way either of the documentarians would have been going out with either of their mates.

Second, lets talk about shooting day for night. This is when a film is shot in daylight but manipulated to make it appear that the scenes were shot at night. At the very darkest it appears that the events in this movie occurred at around dusk. During other interior shots throughout the film it was clearly daylight outside because - duh - you could see the daylight through the windows. I don't believe a single exterior shot was actually filmed at night, and sometimes within the same scene the lighting would change from more red to more blue. The characters also inexplicably kept returning to what seems to be the basement of the hotel, which not only seemed to be a bit more haunted than the rest of the place, but also generally had daylight streaming down into it.

Third, how about doing at least a LITTLE research for minor points? This Nevada hotel was, to paraphrase, "one of the grandest hotels between Chicago and San Francisco. Now it sits abandoned off I-95." Can anyone tell me what is wrong with that sentence? Exactly! I-95 runs north-south from Maine to Florida. Would it really have taken more than 20 seconds to find a genuine interstate or state highway along which to place this hotel? Fourth, the ending is never explained and the viewer is left not really knowing why it ended as it did. I know this is often a device used by inferior film-makers to deflect criticism by reflecting it back to how stupid the viewer must be to not understand the film. Viewers too often fall into this trap, and sometimes with good reason. In this case, however, the nonsensical ending is yet another symptom of a horrible movie - not the viewer's inability to follow a story.

Even when looking for a low-budget horror flick to pass an October evening, avoid this one.