"Masters of Horror"
H.P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House (2005)

Director:

Stuart Gordon

Writers:

Dennis Paoli (teleplay) &
Stuart Gordon (teleplay) ...
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TV Series:

"Masters of Horror" (2005)

Original Air Date:

4 November 2005 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

A graduate student questions his sanity after he rents a room in an old boarding house which was the residence of a 17th Century witch, and he figures out that the evil forces still roam within the walls.

Plot Keywords:

H.P. Lovecraft | Disturbing | Female Frontal Nudity | Nudity | Death

Cast

Ezra Godden	...	Walter Gilman
Jay Brazeau	...	Mr. Dombrowski - Manager
Campbell Lane	...	Masurewicz
Chelah Horsdal	...	Frances Elwood
David Racz	...	Baby Danny
Nicholas Racz	...	Baby Danny
Yevgen Voronin	...	Brown Jenkin
Susanna Uchatius	...	Keziah Mason
Donna White	...	Librarian
Susan Bain	...	Psychologist
Terry Howson	...	Attendant
Anthony Harrison	...	Detective
David Nykl	...	CSI

Directed by
Stuart Gordon

Writing credits
Dennis Paoli		teleplay &
Stuart Gordon		teleplay and
H.P. Lovecraft		short story

Produced by
Keith Addis	....	executive producer
Morris Berger	....	executive producer
Ben Browning	....	co-producer
Stephen R. Brown	....	executive producer
Andrew Deane	....	executive producer
Adam Goldworm	....	co-producer
Grant Rosenberg	....	consulting producer

Original Music by
Richard Band

Cinematography by
Jon Joffin

Film Editing by
Marshall Harvey

Production Design by
David Fischer

Makeup Department
Cleo Gagner	....	assistant hair stylist
Sarah Graham	....	special makeup effects artist: K.N.B EFX Group Inc. [us]
Amanda McGowan	....	assistant makeup artist
Adina Shore	....	key hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ian Samoil	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Nick Dibley	....	property master
Robert Foreman	....	carpenter
Sean McGee	....	props assistant
John Wilcox	....	paint coordinator

Sound Department
Anke Bakker	....	sound supervisor
Kevin Belen	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jay Cheetham	....	background sound editor
Kris Fenske	....	sound designer
Kevin Konarzewski	....	adr mixer
Iain Pattison	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joshua Stevenson	....	assistant dialogue editor
Matthew Wilson	....	sound effects editor
Todd R. Mason	....	sound effects recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Corey Bastiaans	....	visual effects
Sébastien Bergeron	....	digital effects supervisor: Anthem Visual Effects
Darren MacKay	....	digital compositor
Mladen Miholjcic	....	senior CGI artist: Anthem Visual Effects
Stephen Paschke	....	digital effects artist
Lisa K. Sepp	....	visual effects producer: Anthem Visual Effects (as Lisa Sepp-Wilson)
Lee Wilson	....	visual effects supervisor: Anthem Visual Effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Ian Gariepy	....	grip
Seth Hettrick	....	key rigging grip
Kieran Humphries	....	first assistant camera
Mike Kolafa	....	gaffer
Jos Oman	....	second assistant camera

Editorial Department
David Reale	....	assistant editor
Mike Williamson	....	editorial coordinator

Music Department
Mike Beckett	....	music editor
Jennifer Ross	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Vince Morden	....	driver: cable truck
Duane Shearer	....	office driver

Other crew
Andrzej Dec	....	assistant location manager
Tracey Gardhouse	....	rat trainer
Connie Rusgen	....	animal trainer
Stephen Tibbetts	....	stand-in
Desiree Zurowski	....	stand-in

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mick Garris		creator

Original Music by
Peter Bernstein
Chris Stone

Makeup Department
Howard Berger	....	special makeup effects artist
Mike Fields	....	co-key special make-up effects artist
Grady Holder	....	dental prosthetics: K.N.B. EFX Group
Tana Lynn Moldovanos	....	key makeup artist: second unit
Gregory Nicotero	....	special makeup effects artist
Leanne Rae Podavin	....	special makeup effects artist
Geoff Redknap	....	special makeup effects artist
Sherry Van Gool	....	additional assistant makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Raj Uppal	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Martin P. Blaine	....	lead carpenter
Bill Morrill	....	lead carpenter

Sound Department
Kris Casavant	....	assistant sound editor
Dario DiSanto	....	foley editor
Talvinder Gill	....	assistant sound editor
Dave Hibbert	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gord Hillier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Shawn Miller	....	sound mixer: second unit
Millar Montgomery	....	boom operator: second unit
Millar Montgomery	....	sound assistant

Special Effects by
Ozzy Alvarez	....	lab technician: K.N.B. EFX Group
Jenny Wallace	....	special effects runner

Visual Effects by
John Cairns	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Byron Briscoe	....	stunt double
Clint Carleton	....	stunt double: Ethan Embry
Janina Dall	....	stunt double
Jim Dunn	....	stunt coordinator (12 episodes)
Ashlea Earl	....	stunt double: Bree Turner
Lani Gelera	....	stunt double
Jon Kralt	....	stunt rider
James Ralph	....	stunt double: William Forsythe
Jeff Sanca	....	stunt driver
Sharon Simms	....	stunt double
Eli Zagoudakis	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
John Brown	....	rigging lamp operator
Jeff Cassidy	....	second assistant camera
T.C. Chapman	....	rigging gaffer
Chris Cove	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Chris Cove	....	second assistant camera
Glen A. Dickson	....	camera operator: "b" camera (episode: "Deer Woman")
David Gray	....	still photographer
Aaron Haesler	....	second assistant camera (season 2)
Gary Stamford	....	gaffer: second unit
Peter Wilke	....	camera operator: "a" camera

Animation Department
Zach Passero	....	animator: "Sick Girl"

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dawn Grey	....	dresser
Glenna Owen	....	assistant costume designer

Music Department
Chris Fogel	....	theme music mixer
Amanda Sobeck	....	music coordinator

Transportation Department
John Sorenson	....	driver
Larry Tardif	....	driver: camera car and process trailer

Other crew
Paul Becker	....	choreographer
Ron Buck	....	technical advisor: military
Simon Chin	....	extras wrangler
Andrzej Dec	....	assistant location manager (odd episodes)
Krista Johnston	....	clearance
Darron Leiren-Young	....	assistant production coordinator
Nathan Lomax	....	key set production assistant (season 2)
Nathan Lomax	....	office production assistant (season 2)
Pancho Mansfield	....	network executive
Sandra Montgomery	....	script supervisor: second unit
Rainer Scheelisch	....	special equipment
Stephen Sobisky	....	interactive designer
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer

Production Companies

• IDT Entertainment
• Industry Entertainment
• Nice Guy Productions
• Reunion Pictures

Distributors

• Kadokawa Entertainment (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• SBP (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Anthem Visual Effects

Runtime:

55 min | Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:18 | USA:TV-MA | Italy:VM14 | Singapore:M18

Company:

IDT Entertainment

Trivia:

In this movie it's the second time Ezra Godden has a character that wears a 'Miskatonic University' t-shirt in a Stuart Gordon film. The first one was Dagon (2001) where they both were involved.

Quotes:

Brown Jenkin: She's comin'... She's coming for you.

Movie Connections:

Version of Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)

One of Gordon's better films

Clocking in at just under an hour, Stuart Gordon's adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams In The Witch House is one of Gordon'e better films though not his best adaptation of the author. That particular honour goes to Re-Animator which will probably be the best Lovecraft film ever. Certainly, Gordon and coscripter Dennis Paoli have figured out over the years what makes a Lovecraft film work and what doesn't. Dreams does manage to make for some enthralling viewing. There's some updates to the storyline from the original short for sure, but they always figure out how to do these things and still make the film close to what Lovecraft wrote. Ezra Godden returns to the Gordon camp after his stint in Dagon and appears to be setting himself up to be the next Jeffrey Combs who would probably have played this role had it been made back in the mid eighties when Combs was Godden's age. All in all a good adaptation.