Spike (2008 film)
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Erik Rodgers
Andrew Parke
| Spike | |
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| Directed by | Robert Beaucage |
| Written by | Robert Beaucage |
| Produced by | Devin DiGonno Erik Rodgers |
| Cinematography | Matthew Boyd Andrew Parke |
| Edited by | Eric Grush |
| Music by | Eric Santiestevan |
| Distributed by | Maverick Entertainment[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Spike is a 2008 horror-romance film[3] directed by Robert Beaucage, produced by String And A Can Productions, and starring Edward Gusts, Sarah Livingston Evans, Anna-Marie Wayne, Nancy P. Corbo, and Jared Edwards.[4] The film has been described by Robert Hope as "Angela Carter rewriting La Belle et la Bête as an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer."[5]
Through a series of dreamlike images, a girl (Sarah Livingston Evans) and her three friends find themselves stranded in a dark and surrealistic forest by someone — or something (Edward Gusts) — who has obsessively loved, watched, and waited for the girl ever since childhood.
Cast
- Sarah Livingston Evans as The Girl
- Jared Edwards as Her Boyfriend
- Anna-Marie Wayne as His Sister
- Nancy P. Corbo as Her Girlfriend
- Edward Gusts as Spike
Production
The film was produced by String And A Can Productions, with Erik Rodgers and Devin DiGonno serving as the principal producers on the project.[6]
Filming
Filming for Spike took place just off the Angeles Crest Highway, high in the mountains of the Angeles National Forest, entirely at night in the spring of 2007[7] (in locations that burned down two years later in the Station Fire).[8] Treacherous terrain and temperatures dropping below 15 °F, well below freezing, made filming difficult, and delays were caused by rain, snow, and even hail.[9] Robert Beaucage directed the film from a screenplay he was inspired to write by the stories of "Cupid and Psyche, Hades and Persephone... Beauty and the Beast, as well as horror classics such as Frankenstein and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame". He chose to shoot on 16 mm film rather than a digital format, despite the production's tight schedule and low budget, in order to give the film a different "feel" from the typical contemporary indie movie,[10] the overwhelming majority of which are shot digitally.[11]
Design
Seeking a more natural look (rather than CGI) for the film's special effects, Beaucage chose veteran concept artist and sculptor Jordu Schell to create the unique design of Spike's title character,[12] which Schell worked into his schedule even while concurrently shaping the design of the Na'vi with James Cameron for Avatar.[13]