"Masters of Horror" Homecoming (2005)

Director:

Joe Dante

Writers:

Mick Garris (creator)
Sam Hamm (teleplay)
(more)

TV Series:

"Masters of Horror" (2005)

Original Air Date:

2 December 2005 (Season 1, Episode 6)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A publicity official for the U.S. Army finds that he might have to be working a lot more than he imagined, when the deceased soldiers of the war come back to life, looking for a few good men.

Plot Keywords:

Soldier | Election | Masters Of Horror | Zombie | Satire

Cast

Jon Tenney	...	David Murch
Thea Gill	...	Jane Cleaver
Wanda Cannon	...	Kathy Hobart
Terry David Mulligan	...	Marty Clark
Robert Picardo	...	Kurt Rand
Beverley Breuer	...	Janet Hofstadter
Dexter Bell	...	Marine Guard #1
Jason Diablo	...	Marine Guard #2
Karen Austin	...	Mom
Daniel Wesley	...	Bobby Earl Beeler
Penelope Corrin	...	Registrar
J. Winston Carroll	...	Rev. Clayton Poole (as J.W. Carroll)
Nathaniel DeVeaux	...	Mr. Baker
Candus Churchill	...	Mrs. Baker
Jason Emanuel	...	Michael
Sean Carey	...	Gordon Hofstadter
Ryan McDonell	...	Phillip Murch
Charles Zuckermann	...	'Join Us' Soldier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emy Aneke	...	Principal (uncredited)
Connor Christopher Levins	...	Young David (uncredited)
Jeff Sanca	...	Soldier #1 (uncredited)

Directed by
Joe Dante

Writing credits
Mick Garris		(creator)
Sam Hamm		(teleplay)
Dale Bailey		(short story "Death & Suffrage")

Produced by
Keith Addis	....	executive producer
Bo Altherr	....	producer: special materials
Morris Berger	....	executive producer
Ben Browning	....	co-producer
Stephen R. Brown	....	executive producer (as Steve Brown)
Andrew Deane	....	executive producer
Mick Garris	....	executive producer
Adam Goldworm	....	co-producer
John W. Hyde	....	executive producer
Lisa Richardson	....	producer
Grant Rosenberg	....	consulting producer
Tom Rowe	....	producer
Pascal Verschooris	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Hummie Mann

Cinematography by
Attila Szalay		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Marshall Harvey

Casting by
Nancy Nayor		(as Nancy Nayor Battino)
Kelly Wagner		(as Kelly Martin Wagner)

Production Design by
David Fischer

Art Direction by
Teresa Weston

Set Decoration by
Ide Foyle

Costume Design by
Lyn Kelly

Makeup Department
Mike Fields	....	special makeup effects artist: K.N.B EFX Group Inc. [us] (as Michael Fields)
Cleo Gagner	....	first hair assistant
Sarah Graham	....	special makeup effects artist: K.N.B EFX Group Inc. [us]
Amanda McGowan	....	first assistant makeup artist
Adina Shore	....	key hair stylist
Margaret Solomon	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Margo Coughlin Zimmerman	....	production manager: IDT Entertainment (as Margo Zimmerman)
Sally Dixon	....	post-production supervisor
Marie Norton	....	administrative manager: IDT Entertainment
Zaida Rodriguez	....	assistant manager: IDT Entertainment
Stacey Jade Smart	....	executive in charge of production
Pascal Verschooris	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karin Behrenz	....	third assistant director
Brian Giddens	....	first assistant director
Trevor Ralph	....	assistant director
Ian Samoil	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Andrei Andrianko	....	assistant art director
Nick Dibley	....	property master (as Nicholas Dibley)
Jim Geddes	....	construction coordinator
Leesa Hanna	....	assistant set decorator (as Leesa McNalley)
John McIntosh	....	greens
Jake Miller	....	assistant property master
Zbibgniew Scheller	....	construction foreman (as Zbish Scheller)
Regan Steele	....	set dresser
John Wilcox	....	paint coordinator
Sean McGee	....	props assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Anke Bakker	....	sound supervisor
Kevin Belen	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Campbell	....	dialogue editor
Jay Cheetham	....	background sound editor
Jacqueline Cristianini	....	sound supervisor
Kris Fenske	....	sound designer
Kevin Konarzewski	....	adr mixer
Jason Mauza	....	foley editor
Laurie Melhus	....	audio post coordinator
Iain Pattison	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jean Raymond	....	foley mixer
Sebastian Salm	....	sound mixer
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Paul Sharpe)
Colin Smith	....	boom operator
Joshua Stevenson	....	assistant dialogue editor
Matthew Wilson	....	sound effects editor (as Matt Wilson)
Kevin Konarzewski	....	walla recordist (uncredited)
Todd R. Mason	....	sound effects recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Howard Berger	....	special effects makeup
Mark Boley	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Mark Bolie)
Michael Deak	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Mike Deak)
Robert Freitas	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Derek Heselton	....	special effects best boy (as Derek Heselston)
Grady Holder	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Jim Leonard	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Gregory Nicotero	....	special effects makeup
Ron Pipes	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Frank Rydberg	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Frank Ryberg)
Shannon Shea	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Wayne Szybunka	....	special effects coordinator
Veronica Torres	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Lindsay Vivian	....	special effects crew

Visual Effects by
Steve Au	....	CG artist
Matt Belbin	....	digital effects editor
Sébastien Bergeron	....	digital effects supervisor: Anthem Visual Effects
John Cairns	....	digital compositor
Paul Chapman	....	digital compositor
Jean Lapointe	....	digital compositor
Darren MacKay	....	digital compositor
Stu McRae	....	digital compositor (as Stu MacRae)
Mladen Miholjcic	....	senior CGI artist: Anthem Visual Effects
Lisa K. Sepp	....	visual effects coordinator (as Lisa Sepp-Wilson)
Lisa K. Sepp	....	visual effects producer: Anthem Visual Effects (as Lisa Sepp-Wilson)
Lee Wilson	....	visual effects supervisor: Anthem Visual Effects

Stunts
Jim Dunn	....	stunt coordinator
Aaron Au	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Gavin Buhr	....	stunts (uncredited)
Colin Decker	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Auger	....	gaffer
Trevor Carabin	....	best boy lighting
Chris Cove	....	second assistant camera
Bradley S. Creasser	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as Brad Creasser)
Kieran Humphries	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Tom Kaczmarski	....	key grip
Christina Kasperczyk	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Dean Schwingboth	....	best boy key grip
Richard Wilson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Seth Hettrick	....	key rigging grip (uncredited)
Paul Matsalla	....	lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Sandra-Ken Freeman	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Linda Leduc	....	assistant costume designer
Lorelei Burk	....	set costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Richard Cordes	....	color timer
Andrea Dixon	....	color timer
David Reale	....	assistant editor
Matt Venables	....	post-production coordinator
Mike Williamson	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Mike Beckett	....	music editor
Lisa Brown	....	music supervisor
James Fogel	....	assistant score engineer
Jennifer Ross	....	music supervisor
Ed Shearmur	....	composer: theme music (as Edward Shearmur)
Happy Walters	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Fraser Sutherland	....	transportation coordinator
John Swetlikoe	....	transportation captain
Duane Shearer	....	office driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Steve Best	....	assistant to director
Kristi Blicharski	....	unit publicist
Sheri Buckham	....	assistant accountant
Evan Chan	....	production assistant
Genessa Davis	....	assistant production coordinator
Kathryn Drew	....	production accountant (as Kath Drew)
Shalia Edl	....	production coordinator
Kristin Harris	....	production coordinator: IDT Entertainment
Dave Harvey	....	assistant accountant
Alison Hunter	....	script supervisor
Katy Lew	....	assistant to producers
Sheri Mayervich	....	location manager
Ross Redhead	....	assistant to producers
Dinean Stayk	....	assistant location manager
Allison Stephen	....	assistant to producers (as Alison Stephen)
Allison Stephen	....	script coordinator (as Alison Stephen)
Bonnie Sutherland	....	set supervisor
Stephen Tibbetts	....	stand-in
Raj Uppal	....	assistant to producers (as Rajvinder Uppal)
Desiree Zurowski	....	stand-in

Thanks
Dan Walton	....	thanks

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mick Garris		creator

Makeup Department
Grady Holder	....	dental prosthetics: K.N.B. EFX Group
Leanne Rae Podavin	....	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
Shawn Miller	....	sound mixer: second unit

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

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
Glen A. Dickson	....	camera operator: "b" camera (episode: "Deer Woman")
David Gray	....	still photographer
Gary Stamford	....	gaffer: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dawn Grey	....	dresser

Music Department
Amanda Sobeck	....	music coordinator

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

Other crew
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

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (UK) (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Kadokawa Entertainment (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Nelonen (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• Premiere (2007) (Germany) (TV)
• SBP (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Showtime Networks (2005) (USA) (TV)
• Splendid Film (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Anthem Visual Effects
• K.N.B. Effects Group

Other Companies

• Aikins / Cossey Casting  casting
• Background, The  walla group (as The Background)
• Boardwalk Foley  foley artists
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures  film lab services (as Rainmaker)
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures  post production services (as Rainmaker)
• Sharpe Sound Studios  audio post production
• Thomas Cobb Design  title design (as The Thomas Cobb Group)

Runtime:

58 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Italy:VM14 | UK:15 | Germany:16 | USA:Not Rated (DVD) | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) (self applied) (2008) | Finland:K-18 (DVD) (self applied) (2007) | Argentina:16

Company:

IDT Entertainment

Trivia:

At the end when the zombie soldiers coming out of their graves the tombstones have the names of veterans of the horror and zombie genre, easy to read are: Jacques Tourneur, G.A. Romero ( George A. Romero), Jean Yarbrough and Delbert Tenney ( 'Del Tenney (I)'), harder to read are: Lucio Fulci, Victor Halperin and Gordon Douglas. The (readable) graves have this order: Romero and Tenney in the first line, behind them Fulci and Halperin and in the last line behind Fulci is Tourneur, who is in the middle of Douglas and Yarbrough.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the flashback, the handgun David's brother loads and cocks is a Beretta. After young David comes back and gets the gun from the drawer it changes from a Beretta to a Colt.

Movie Connections:

References Dead of Night (1974)

So much for subtly...

There are places for political commentary in film, but "Masters of Horror" is not one of them. I get enough of this stuff from Newsweek and every other editorial in the newspaper. Now I've got to watch this in horror movies? C'mon! All I wanted was a good zombie schlock film, not another "Bush is bad!" rant. If Joe Dante wants to express his politics, let him go on Air America. And if you must insist on making a "message" film, be a little more sly about it. This had all the insinuation of being slapped in the face with a dead fish.

By the way Joe, do you really want the left-wing voting block to be associated with brain-dead zombies? Might want to think about that before making another political horror movie (God help us).