To kako (2005)

Director:

Yorgos Noussias

Writer:

Yorgos Noussias (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 March 2006 (Greece)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Greece Just Got Scary...

Plot:

An evil force is awakened in downtown Athens transforming the unsuspecting citizens into raving zombies. The few survivors will have to fight hard for their lives. To the death. |

Plot Keywords:

Evil | Blood & Gore | Torso Cut In Half | Soldier | Severed Arm

Cast

Meletis Georgiadis	...	Meletis
Argiris Thanasoulas	...	Argyris
Pepi Moschovakou	...	Marina
Stavroula Thomopoulou	...	Dimitra
Mary Tsoni	...	Jenny
Andreas Kontopoulos	...	Lieutenant Vakirtzis
Nikos Sambalis	...	Andreas
Yannis Katsambas	...	Giannis
Daphne Larouni	...	Dafni
Themis Katz	...	Topographer #3 (as Themis Katsimihas)
Stathis Kokkoris	...	Friend in Football Match
Giorgos Stefanidis
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Louizos Aslanidis
Manos Fakaros	...	Friend in Night Club
Yorgos Noussias	...	Topographer #2
Giannis Zahariou	...	Radio Speaker (voice)
Claudio Bolivar	...	Man in Night Club (uncredited)
Christos Houliaras	...	Garage Zombie (uncredited)

Directed by
Yorgos Noussias

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Yorgos Noussias		screenplay

Produced by
Claudio Bolivar	....	producer
Petros Nousias	....	producer
Yorgos Noussias	....	producer
Lambros Trifillis	....	producer

Original Music by
Grigoris Grigoropoulos
Thanos Karabatziakis

Cinematography by
Claudio Bolivar
Petros Nousias

Film Editing by
Yorgos Noussias

Set Decoration by
Lina Motsiou

Makeup Department
Thanos Alatzas	....	additional makeup effects
Mihalis Bouris	....	additional makeup effects
Yanna Marmataki	....	special makeup effects artist
Evi Zafiropoulou	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Mitsi Vrasivanopoulou	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Katerina Barbatsalou	....	assistant director
Mairilia Kalaitzidou	....	assistant director
Katriana Panteli	....	assistant director
Katerina Stasinopoulou	....	assistant director
Giorgos Zoulias	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Kostas Daskalakis	....	foley artist
Kostas Daskalakis	....	foley editor
Dimitris Kanellopoulos	....	boom operator
Thodoris Kapetanakis	....	additional sound editor
Thodoris Kapetanakis	....	additional sound mixer
Thodoris Kapetanakis	....	adr mixer
Yorgos Mikrogiannakis	....	sound mix technician
Antonis Nikiforos	....	boom operator
Dimitris Thitsios	....	foley artist
Dimitris Thitsios	....	foley editor
Panos Tzelekis	....	sound editor
Panos Tzelekis	....	sound mixer
Panos Tzelekis	....	sound

Special Effects by
George Alahouzos	....	special effects makeup
Roulis Alahouzos	....	special effects makeup
Dimitris Gerpinis	....	special effects: gunfire
Michalis Samiotis	....	special effects: gunfire

Visual Effects by
Nikos Gizelis	....	particle effects
Petros Nousias	....	digital compositor
Petros Nousias	....	visual effects supervisor
Petros Papadopoulos	....	matchmover
Petros Papadopoulos	....	tracking
Zina Papadopoulou	....	animator
Zina Papadopoulou	....	crowd simulation artist
Zina Papadopoulou	....	matte painter
Zina Papadopoulou	....	modeler
Evdokia Papakyriazi	....	rotoscoping
Katerina Sougioultzi	....	matte painter

Stunts
Camilo Betancour	....	stunts
Hristina Sougioultzi	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Giorgos Bobolakis	....	assistant camera: post-production
Giorgos Bobolakis	....	electrician: post-production
Alexis Iosifidis	....	assistant camera
Alexis Iosifidis	....	camera operator: post-production
Alexis Iosifidis	....	electrician

Editorial Department
Nikos Katoufas	....	color timer

Other crew
Haralabis Hatzianagnostou	....	production assistant
Dimitris Hristopoulos	....	production assistant
Roubini Karouballi	....	production assistant
Katerina Stasinopoulou	....	martial arts choreographer
Argyris Stergiopoulos	....	production assistant
Stavroula Thomopoulou	....	martial arts choreographer
Hrysa Zakka	....	making-of

Thanks
Matina Abati	....	special thanks
Pierros Andrakakos	....	special thanks
Giorgos Apostolatos	....	special thanks
Stathis Apostolou	....	special thanks
Glykeria Arapi	....	special thanks
Sofia Argyropoulou	....	special thanks
Alexandros Aristopoulos	....	special thanks
Fani Behraki	....	special thanks
Panagiotis Belesiotis	....	special thanks
Anthony Burk	....	special thanks
Mihalis Davakis	....	special thanks
Babis Depountis	....	special thanks
Stavros Dilios	....	special thanks
Aliki Dourmazer	....	special thanks
Dimitris Emmanouilidis	....	special thanks
Giorgos Galitsis	....	special thanks
Fotis Georgatos	....	special thanks
Vasilis Gerogiorgos	....	special thanks
Katerina Giannakopoulou	....	special thanks
Michael Haderer	....	special thanks
Sarandis Harvas	....	special thanks
Petros Hasapogiannis	....	special thanks
Kyriakos Hatzimihailidis	....	special thanks
Christos Houliaras	....	special thanks
Christina Ioakeimidi	....	special thanks
Eleni Ioannidou	....	special thanks
Elena Ioannou	....	special thanks
Giannis Kalliotzis	....	special thanks
Haris Kamileris	....	special thanks
Sergios Kapetanidis	....	special thanks
Christos Karamanis	....	special thanks
Kalliroi Karamanou	....	special thanks
Ioanna Kleiasiou	....	special thanks
Thanasis Kokkonis	....	special thanks
Alexandros Konstadinidis	....	special thanks
Aris Kontoangelos	....	special thanks
Fondas Kontopoulos	....	special thanks
Dimitris Korlis	....	special thanks
Thodoris Kouzos	....	special thanks
Despo Kritsotaki	....	special thanks
Filippos Kteniadakis	....	special thanks
Fanis Lekkas	....	special thanks
Vasilis Lekkas	....	special thanks
Athanasios Liontos	....	special thanks
Andreas Loukakos	....	special thanks
Kostas Mantzounis	....	special thanks
Zacharias Mavroeidis	....	special thanks
Haris Mihailidis	....	special thanks
Margarita Nalou	....	special thanks
Andreas Nipannis	....	special thanks
Froso Nomikou	....	special thanks
Gavriil Pagonis	....	special thanks
Kalliopi Papadaki	....	special thanks
Hristos Papadopoulos	....	special thanks
Vasilis Papadopoulos	....	special thanks
Dafni Papadopoulou	....	special thanks
Foteini Papakonstadinou	....	special thanks
Nikos Papatheodorou	....	special thanks
Dimitris Pappas	....	special thanks
Makis Pappas	....	special thanks
Elisavet Plaini	....	special thanks
Nikos Pomonis	....	special thanks
Roza Prodromou	....	special thanks
Vasilis Rafail	....	special thanks
Denia Safari	....	special thanks
Georges Salameh	....	special thanks (as Georges Salame)
Hristos Salamozias	....	special thanks
Simos Sarketzis	....	special thanks
Andreas Seferlis	....	special thanks
Caroline Senot	....	special thanks
Vasilis Sfyris	....	special thanks
Eleni Siaveli	....	special thanks
Maria Sideri	....	special thanks
Giorgos Skornis	....	special thanks
Evdokia Smyrnioti	....	special thanks
Tassos Stasinopoulos	....	special thanks
Nicolas Surcin	....	special thanks
Mapa Taktikou	....	special thanks
Alfredo Theodorakopoulos	....	special thanks
Alexis Togias	....	special thanks
Thanasis Totsikas	....	special thanks
Andrea Tringalli	....	special thanks
Aliki Tripodi	....	special thanks
Panagiotis Tsaparas	....	special thanks
Lida Tselemegou	....	special thanks
Pavlos Tsiantos	....	special thanks
Panos Tsirigas	....	special thanks
Thanos Tzioris	....	special thanks
Ifigeneia Vasileiou	....	special thanks
Ahilleas Villiotis	....	special thanks
Alexander Voulgaris	....	special thanks
Giannis Zahariou	....	special thanks
Vaso Zahari	....	special thanks
Mihalis Zeis	....	special thanks
Simos Zervas	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Ekso Productions

Distributors

• Playtime Releasing (2006) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Playtime S.A. (2006) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• TLA Releasing (2006) (USA) (all media)

Special Effects

• Threesome (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Cinefilm Athens Lab  post-production facilities
• Frenzy Films  special thanks
• Graal  film recording
• PPV Athens  sound mix
• Sound Studio  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

Κακό, Το (Greece)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Athens, Greece

Company:

Ekso Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by To kako - Stin epohi ton iroon (2009)

Nothing really new except the location, but still not bad

Greek Zombies? This is a new one on me, in fact, this may actually be the first Greek movie I've ever seen, yes, I believe it is. A group of men find a cave while working at a construction site, and they go in to explore, thinking they might find some ancient ruins. But, nothing...that they can see, anyway. For after it's quitting time and they all go home to dinner, off to a party, a soccer game, etc., something from that cave kicks in and they begin to change. And not for the better. These men bite people, who in turn bite other people, and pretty soon the town is overrun with flesh-eating zombies, while a few survivors manage to escape and try to remain safe. Eventually those survivors that are wandering the fringes hook up and go to a restaurant for a bite to eat, and end up under attack and show an amazing demonstration of new uses for kitchen utensils. Lots of gore, some low-key humor, and the Greek setting make this more than just another Romero copy. The ending is rather stylish and takes place at a soccer field, where the few survivors band together against what may come. Overall this isn't bad, nothing terribly new but still far better than most zombie crap that's foist upon the world these days. 7 out of 10.