Spirit Trap (Original title)
Dates: 2004 (Copyright), 12 August 2005 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: David Smith
Synopsis: Horror. A group of friends move in into a mansion. One of them, Jenny, identifies a clock as a spirit clock, 'a bridge between this world and the next'. Her housemate, Nick, discovers a journal telling of a widow and her servant lover. Jenny's flashbacks/visions show the black servant shooting the widow at her request, so they can remain in the house, a 'spirit trap'. Tina, another housemate, is revealed to be the widow and confirms that one of them must die in order for her lover to return to the spirit trap. After a tussle the remaining friends escape to discover that no time has passed in the outside world.
Genre: Horror
Releases
Date: 2005Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 91 mins 11 secs - Dialogue (original): English
Title: One third of films looking for cinema releaseAuthor: ADLER, Tim Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Report on the percentage of British films still unreleased t wo years after production. Tables show release patterns for UK production (1984-2004); unreleased films for 2004; and th eatrical release patterns for 2004 films, including takings
In: StarBurst n327 September 2005 Page: 74
Title: Reviews: New MoviesAuthor: JONES, Alan Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v15 n9 September 2005 Pages: 79-80
Title: Spirit TrapAuthor: SMITH, Anna Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Empire n195 September 2005 Page: 38
Title: Now Showing: Spirit TrapAuthor: RICHARDS, Olly Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film Review n660 August 2005 Page: 107
Title: Spirit TrapAuthor: JONES, Alan Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film News June 2004 Page: UK & Ireland In Production section
Title: In ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen Finance v17 n10 2 Jun 2004 Page: 6
Title: May productions maintain volume and investmentAuthor: ADLER, Tim Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Details of UK films in production in May 2004: The CONSTANT GARDENER, The MIGHTY CELT, ON A CLEAR DAY, The SPIRIT TRAP.
Dates: 2004 (Copyright), 12 August 2005 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: David Smith
Synopsis: Horror. A group of friends move in into a mansion. One of them, Jenny, identifies a clock as a spirit clock, 'a bridge between this world and the next'. Her housemate, Nick, discovers a journal telling of a widow and her servant lover. Jenny's flashbacks/visions show the black servant shooting the widow at her request, so they can remain in the house, a 'spirit trap'. Tina, another housemate, is revealed to be the widow and confirms that one of them must die in order for her lover to return to the spirit trap. After a tussle the remaining friends escape to discover that no time has passed in the outside world.
Genre: Horror
Releases
Date: 2005Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 91 mins 11 secs - Dialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Spirit Trap Limited, Presents: Archangel Filmworks, Executive Producer: Andrew Nicholson, Executive Producer: Steve McGuire, Executive Producer: Denis Ingoldsby, Executive Producer (Romania): Vlad Paunescu, Produced by: Susie Brooks-Smith, Co-producer: James Reggel, Line Producer: David Higginson, Associate Producer: Pippa Mitchell, Associate Producer: Phil O'shea, Exec i/Charge of Prod'n (Romanian Crew): Cristi Bostanescu, Production Executive (Romanian Crew): Alina David, Unit Production Manager: Neil Murphy, Unit Production Manager (Romanian Crew): Ovidiu Stoia, Production Manager (UK Crew): Tessa Beazley, Production Co-ordinator (UK Crew): Valentina Coccia, Production Co-ordinator (Romanian Crew): Oana Topliceanu, Production Services, Romania: Castel Film Services Bucharest, Production Services, UK: Pinewood Film Studios, Production Accountant (UK Crew): Paul Harding, Production Accountant (Romanian Crew): Lavinia Mercea, Location Manager (UK Crew): Jethro Ensor, Production Consultant (UK Crew): Cathy Lord, 2nd Unit Director: Stuart Macleod, Assistant Director (1st): Peter Freeman, Assistant Director (UK Crew 2nd): Guy De Glanville, Assistant Director (UK Crew 3rd): Hattie Harper, Assistant Director (Romanian Crew 1st): Mircea Hategan, Assistant Director (Romanian Crew 2nd): Simona Dascalu, Assistant Director (Romanian Crew 3rd): Cristina Iliescu, Script Supervisor (UK Crew): Kathy Hughes, Casting: Carrie Hilton, Casting Director (Romanian Crew): Floriela Grapini, Script Editor: Piers Fletcher, Written by: Phil O'shea, [Screenplay]: David Smith, Additional Written Material by: Paul Finch, Rohan Candappa, Director of Photography: Nick Sawyer, Steadicam Operator (UK Crew): Jo Vermaercke, Paul Edwards, Focus Puller (UK Crew): John Patterson, Clapper Loader (UK Crew): Dominic Gaugham, Gaffer: Russell Farr, Key Electrician (Romanian Crew): Catalin Calin, Video Playback (UK Crew): Adrian Spanner, Video Assist (Romanian Crew): Cornel Popescu, Stills Photographer: Ed Miller, Visual Effects Design: Simon Carr, Effects: Men-from-Mars, MenFromMars (Visual Effects Producer): Simon Frame, Phil Attfield, MenFromMars (2D Digital Compositor): Tom Hocking, MenFromMars (2D Digital Compositor): Isaac Layish, Gruff Owen, MenFromMars (VFX Line Producer): Victoria McDowell, MenFromMars (Digital Imaging): Mark Dollary, Special Effects (UK Crew): Wilma Dunn, Special Effects (Romanian Crew): Lucian Iordache, Pyrogenics (Romanian Crew): Lucian Iordache, Editor: Simon Cozens, Editorial Associate: Dan Farrell, Assistant Editor: Jason Pelham, Production Design: Caroline Greville-Morris, Art Director (UK Crew): Stuart Rose, Art Director (Romanian Crew): Serban Porupca, Set Decorator (UK Crew): Tracy Gallaccio, Set Decorator (Romanian Crew): Gina Stancu, Calligrapher (UK Crew): Izumi Shiratani, Storyboard Artist (UK Crew): Cristina Adriana Lurascu, Props Master (UK Crew): Paul Bradburn, Prop Master (Romanian Crew): Eugen Marinescu, Construction Manager (UK Crew): Roger Kif, Construct'n Co-ordinator (Romanian Crew): Crina Cartas, Costume Designer: Sarah Burns, Costume Supervisor (UK Crew): Sue Clewitt, Michelle Holden, Costume Supervisor (Romanian Crew): Ioana Albaiu, Hair/Make-up Designer: Magi Vaughan, Prosthetic Effects (UK Crew): Paul Hyett, Prosthetics (UK Crew): Jackie Fowler, Titles: Men-from-Mars, MenFromMars (Titles Design/Realisation): Robin Beard, End Title Roller: Capital FX (London), Digital Opticals: Men-from-Mars, Film Stock: Kodak, Laboratory Supervisor: Ron Taylor, Music Composed by: Guy Fletcher, Solo Cello: Philip Sheppard, Conductor: Rupert Gregson Williams, [Orchestra] Leader: Gavyn Wright, Music Orchestrated by: Guy Fletcher, [Strings] Orchestrator/Copyist: Alastair King, Music Supervisor: Denis Ingoldsby, Music Editor: Guy Fletcher, [Music] Recorded/Mixed by: Guy Fletcher, [Music] Recorded/Mixed at: A-Bay Studios (England), Strings Recorded at: British Grove Studios, Strings Recorded by: Rupert Coulson, Sound Post-production Co-ordinator: Helen Wells, Production Sound Mixer (UK Crew): Ashok Kumar-Kumar, Boom Operator (UK Crew): Jamie Gambell, Re-recording Mixer: Nic Le Messurier, Mark Taylor, Supervising Sound Editor: Colin Miller, Sound Editing/Editorial Facilities prov: The Sound Design Company, Dialogue Editor: Steve Little, ADR Mixer: Kevin Tayler, ADR Mixer: Sandy Buchanan, Foley Artist: Ruth Sullivan, Foley Artist: Claire Mahoney, Foley Artist: Ricki Butt, Foley Mixer: Edward Colyer, Foley Editor: Jacques Leroide, Stunt Co-ordinator (UK Crew): Stuart St Paul, Stunt Co-ordinator (Romanian Crew): Adi Pavlovschi, The Producer would like to thank: Michael Cowan, Warren Smart, Dialogue Coach (Alsou): William Conacher, Dialogue Coach (Chiké Okonkwo): Uju Okonkwo, Armourer Supplied by: Bapty's Gun Hire, Spider Handler (UK Crew): Rick Powell, Unit Publicist: Intelligent-PR, EPK Presenter: Rosie Alvarez
Cast
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Billie Piper (Jenny), Luke Mably (Tom), Sam Troughton (Nick), Emma Catherwood (Adele), Alsou (Tina), Chiké Okonkwo (Edmund Joseph), Ovidiu Matesan (Zak), Kitt Smith (Sam), Chetu Birau Miruna (Jenny's mother), Oxana Moravec (college secretary), Gillian Scotney (college student), Robert Goodman (tramp), Colin Dent (cabbie), Stroe Ion, Ciucardel Marinel, Donea Adrian, Iscu Dan, Codresu Valentin (Victorian gang member), JD Kelleher (construction man 1), Jimmy Roussounis (construction man 2), Darren Gilchrist (street people 1), Mari Mihara (street people 2), Naomi Mihara (street people 3), Meg Douglas (hand artist)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Screen Finance v19 n20 1 Nov 2006 Pages: 4-5Title: One third of films looking for cinema releaseAuthor: ADLER, Tim Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Report on the percentage of British films still unreleased t wo years after production. Tables show release patterns for UK production (1984-2004); unreleased films for 2004; and th eatrical release patterns for 2004 films, including takings
In: StarBurst n327 September 2005 Page: 74
Title: Reviews: New MoviesAuthor: JONES, Alan Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v15 n9 September 2005 Pages: 79-80
Title: Spirit TrapAuthor: SMITH, Anna Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Empire n195 September 2005 Page: 38
Title: Now Showing: Spirit TrapAuthor: RICHARDS, Olly Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film Review n660 August 2005 Page: 107
Title: Spirit TrapAuthor: JONES, Alan Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film News June 2004 Page: UK & Ireland In Production section
Title: In ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen Finance v17 n10 2 Jun 2004 Page: 6
Title: May productions maintain volume and investmentAuthor: ADLER, Tim Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Details of UK films in production in May 2004: The CONSTANT GARDENER, The MIGHTY CELT, ON A CLEAR DAY, The SPIRIT TRAP.