Unearthed (2007)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Matthew Leutwyler

Writer:

Matthew Leutwyler (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Some secrets should stay buried.

Plot:

An unknown creature terrorizes an archeological dig in the middle of a desolate New Mexico town.

Plot Keywords:

Creature | Alien | New Mexico | CGI | Rattlesnake

Cast

Emmanuelle Vaugier	...	Sheriff Annie Flynn
Luke Goss	...	Kale
Charles Q. Murphy	...	Hank (as Charlie Murphy)
Beau Garrett	...	Caya
Tommy Dewey	...	Charlie
M.C. Gainey	...	Rob Horn
Miranda Bailey	...	Carla
Whitney Able	...	Ally
Russell Means	...	Grandpa
Tonantzin Carmelo	...	Nodin
Deborah Offner	...	Tanya the Waitress
Mark Kelly	...	Frank the Trucker
Isait De La Fuente	...	Luis
Chris Andrew Ciulla	...	Kelly
Ric Barbera	...	Curtis
Jeff Olson	...	Harlan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jason Hamer	...	Jason (uncredited)
Jim Jepson	...	Ranch Hand (uncredited)

Directed by
Matthew Leutwyler

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Matthew Leutwyler		writer

Produced by
Miranda Bailey	....	producer
TyRuben Ellingson	....	executive producer
Francey Grace	....	producer
D.J. Marini	....	producer
Julie Sandor	....	co-producer
Jun Tan	....	producer
Michael 'Spike' Van Briesen	....	line producer

Original Music by
Joseph Bishara

Cinematography by
Ross Richardson

Film Editing by
Shawna Callahan

Casting by
Michael Testa

Production Design by
Christopher R. DeMuri

Set Decoration by
Les Boothe

Costume Design by
Annie Bloom		(re-shoots)
Carolyn Leone		(as Carolyn Leone-Smith)

Makeup Department
Ben Bornstein	....	special makeup effects shop technician: VGP
Autumn Butler	....	makeup artist
Alex Bytnar	....	special makeup effects artist
Michael Davis	....	key hair stylist
Rocky Faulkner	....	key makeup artist
Vincent J. Guastini	....	additional special makeup effects designer and creator
Michael Mosher	....	makeup department head
Megan Tanner	....	makeup artist: Luke Goss
Daniel N. Smith	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Michael 'Spike' Van Briesen	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shawn Bisi	....	second second assistant director
Luis Bonachea	....	second second assistant director: re-shoots
Matt Henderson	....	first assistant director
Jeff Jingle	....	second unit director
Kelsey Landry	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jason Rodgers	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Brent Astrope	....	construction coordinator
Matt Harris	....	property master
Hollie Howton	....	art coordinator
Doug Kimbrough	....	lead man: reshoots
Greg Lang	....	carpenter: re-shoot
Jared L. Meadors	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Willy Allen	....	adr editor
Manvel Barsegyan	....	sound mixer: L.A. shoots
Garret Bever	....	assistant sound
Spencer Blair	....	post-sound assistant
Adam Fike	....	post sound coordinator
Rusty Fisher	....	boom operator
Rusty Fisher	....	sound mixer: second unit
Stephen M. Galvin	....	assistant dialogue editor
Patrick M. Griffith	....	supervising sound editor
Steve McCarty	....	sound effects editor
Matthew McGowin	....	boom operator
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist
April Tucker	....	sound post-production (as April Cech)
April Tucker	....	sound recordist (as April Cech)

Special Effects by
Mark Ballou	....	creature effects technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Billy Bryan	....	creature effects fabrication: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Chris Burgoyne	....	special effects makeup (as Christopher Burgoyne)
Alex Bytnar	....	special effects lab technician
Carlton Coleman	....	special effects makeup
Carlton Coleman	....	special effects technician
Donald Frazee	....	special effects supervisor
Joe Gomez	....	mold shop supervisor: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Jason Hamer	....	special effects coordinator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Eric Harris	....	creature painter: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Jeff Himmel	....	creature effects fabrication: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Jeff Jingle	....	animatronic creature effects: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Mark Killingsworth	....	creature effects fabrication: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Scott Lingard	....	special effects foreman
Leonard MacDonald	....	creature effects technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Robert Maverick	....	special effects makeup
Bruce D. Mitchell	....	creature effects fabrication: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Koji Ohmura	....	special effects makeup
Kazuyuki Okada	....	special effects makeup
Richard Redlefsen	....	fabricator
Richard Redlefsen	....	painter
Richard Redlefsen	....	special effects makeup
Todd Rex	....	sculptor: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Michael Roundy	....	special effects technician
Ryan Roundy	....	special effects technician
David E. Smith	....	sculptor: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Brett Stern	....	assistant creature painter: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Robert G. Willard	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Magali Aubé	....	modeling artist
Ana Bruno	....	visual effects
Hunter Chase	....	digital artist
Shane Cook	....	CG supervisor: POV
David Dozoretz	....	visual effects supervisor
Marco Foglia	....	digital artist
Stephen Garrett	....	digital artist
Marc-André Guindon	....	CG supervisor
Lina Hum	....	texture artist
Benjamin Liu	....	digital effects artist: Persistence of Vision
Mitch Paulson	....	digital colorist

Stunts
Jeremy Fitzgerald	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Kevin L. Jackson	....	stunt double
Kathy Jarvis	....	stunt double: Miss E. Vaugier
Dina L. Margolin	....	stunt double
Darrin Prescott	....	stunt coordinator
Jason Rodgers	....	stunt double
Kevin Scott	....	stunts
Craig Silva	....	utility stunts
Michael 'Spike' Van Briesen	....	stunts
Michele Waitman	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Gabriel Copeland	....	second assistant camera
Reed Fanning	....	electrician
J.J. Gerber	....	film loader
Fred Hayes	....	still photographer
Mike Law	....	electrician
Scott Logan	....	camera loader
William Long	....	electrician (as Bill Long)
Carlos Lopez Calleja	....	first assistant camera
Kristine Lyons	....	electrician
Paul Meehan	....	dolly grip
Jason Painter	....	first assistant camera
Roger Peterson	....	grip
Eliseo Romero	....	second assistant camera
Nate Stock	....	grip
Nathan Stock	....	grip
Robert Stone	....	gaffer
Craig Sullivan	....	key grip
David M. White	....	electrician
Tyler Winegar	....	grip

Casting Department
Dan Shaner	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chapin Simpson	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Tess Lindberg	....	assistant editor
Mathieu Reid	....	color timer
Elizabeth Rufenacht	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Zach Selwyn	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Britani Alexander	....	transportation coordinator
Jim DePue	....	transportation coordinator
Lottie DePue	....	transportation captain
Cody Herpin	....	driver
Eric Lichtenberg	....	set driver
Thad Paget	....	driver
Stephen Rippey	....	truck driver

Other crew
Elizabeth Ann Allen	....	lead stand-in
Hayley Badham	....	production assistant
Hayley Badham	....	second unit assistant
Greg Bernstein	....	legal services
Suzanne Bingham	....	script supervisor
Shelley Marie Brown	....	promotions
Marjorie Chodorov	....	production accountant
Brian David Culp	....	production assistant: re-shoots
Stein Erickson	....	lead stand-in
Stefan Glidden	....	key set production assistant: re-shoots
Jeff Jingle	....	puppeteer
Hayley Karl	....	production assistant: re-shoots
Kelsey Landry	....	production coordinator
Amanda Marshall	....	assistant to producers
Amanda Marshall	....	assistant: producers
Ryan McDowell	....	assistant to director
Amanda Morten	....	production assistant: re-shoots
Brian Ray	....	production assistant
Teauhna Riley	....	set/office intern
Lalida Sujjavasin	....	production assistant: Los Angeles, re-shoots
Lansia Wann	....	production assistant
Jared Watkins	....	photo double (uncredited)

Thanks
Erwann G. Marshall	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Ambush Entertainment
• Cold Iron Pictures
• Combustion Studios

Distributors

• After Dark Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Arclight Films (2007) (non-USA) (all media)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Inter Film (2008) (Japan) (DVD) (rental)
• Lionsgate (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Persistence of Vision Entertainment (visual effects)
• Realities Studio
• Steve Johnson's Edge FX (creature effects)
• Vital Distraction (previsualization)

Other Companies

• Buzz Factory, The  
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Monster Picture Crane  stunt rigging crane
• Redman Movies and Stories  grip and lighting equipment

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore and language.

Runtime:

93 min | Germany:90 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | UK:18 | Finland:K-18

Filming Locations:

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Company:

Ambush Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sheriff Annie Flynn wakes up in her home and makes her cocktail, the liquid's level changes between camera shots.

Quotes:

Nodin: [examining the alien piece from the crash] This thing is of unnatural organisms.

Soundtrack:

Lonely

A Waste of Time

In the desert area of Hat Creek, cows are found partially devoured and the farmers believe that a wolf is attacking the cattle. The alcoholic Sheriff Annie Flynn (Emmanuelle Vaugier) is called by the local farmer Rob Horn (M.C. Gainey) to witness the remains of an animal to request reimbursement from the government and for an accident with a tank truck that is blocking the road. However, Annie sooner discovers that an ancient alien creature sent to annihilate life on Earth hundreds of years ago was released by the Indian Kale (Luke Goss) during an archaeological excavation in the desert. The Indian Caya (Beau Garrett) and a group of travelers stranded in the spot without gas together with Annie and Kale try to find a means to destroy the alien and save mankind.

Watching "Unearthed" is a waste of time, since the forgettable story is nothing but a collection of clichés. Most of the characters are unpleasant and non-charismatic and the lead character is actually the anti-heroine Annie Flynn that is a drunken sheriff tormented by the accidental death of an Indian girl. The scene of Caya and the alien creature is another ridiculous rip-off of the classic scene of "Alien" with Sigourney Weaver. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "Aniquilação" ("Annihilation")