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| Director: | Peter Svatek | 
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| Writer: | Dan O'Bannon, Charles Adair, Ronald Shusett, H.P. Lovecraft | 
| Staring: | 
| A man with an unknown disease travels to an island with his girlfriend where his relatives once lived, hoping to find a cure to his illness. Although his relatives were all thought to be dead, he finds them living underground. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 31, 1997 | 
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| Director: | Peter Svatek | 
| Writer: | Dan O'Bannon, Charles Adair, Ronald Shusett, H.P. Lovecraft | 
| Genres: | Horror, Mystery | 
| Keywords | island, lighthouse, murder, cannibal, incest, campy, based on short story, underground tunnel, deformity, underground cavern, inbreeding, canuxploitation, moody, 1990s, congenital defect | 
| Production Companies | Fries/Schultz Film Group, Kingsborough Greenlight Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $8,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Roy Dupuis | John Strauss | 
| Kristin Lehman | Kathleen Strauss | 
| Rutger Hauer | Dr. Marlowe | 
| Leni Parker | Baby Laura | 
| John Dunn-Hill | Hank Gordon | 
| Joanna Noyes | Byrde Gordon | 
| Janine Theriault | Alice Gordon | 
| Pascal Gruselle | Vermeer | 
| Jackie Burroughs | Lexie | 
| Felicia Shulman | Yolanda | 
| Michelle Brunet | Ramona | 
| John Harold Cail | Ferryman | 
| David Deveau | Ben | 
| Spencer Evans | Squeakie | 
| Carmen Ferlan | Mrs. Shea | 
| Lisa Bronwyn Moore | Toot | 
| Christopher Heyerdahl | Narrator (voice) | 
| Gillian Ferrabee | John's Twin Sister | 
| Robert Baril | The Van Daams | 
| André Dandurand | The Van Daams | 
| Denis Lapalme | The Van Daams | 
| Matthieu Parent | The Van Daams | 
| Gary Jewell | The Van Daams | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Dan O'Bannon | Writer | 
| Véronique Pagnoux | Painter | 
| Annie Carignan | Stunts | 
| Francine Grenon-Leduc | Seamstress | 
| Mike Gunther | Stunts | 
| Peter Svatek | Director | 
| Charles Adair | Writer | 
| Hélène Boulay | Production Manager, Line Producer | 
| Alan Reeves | Original Music Composer | 
| Barry Gravelle | Director of Photography | 
| Heidi Haines | Editor | 
| Michel Proulx | Color Timer, Production Design | 
| Rosina Bucci | Casting | 
| Vera Miller | Casting | 
| Nadia Rona | Casting | 
| Isabelle Guay | Art Direction | 
| Ginette Paré | Set Decoration | 
| Claire Nadon | Costume Design | 
| Michelle Côté | Hairstylist | 
| Henri Khouzam | Key Makeup Artist | 
| Ryan Nicholson | Special Effects Makeup Artist | 
| Manon Parisien | Assistant Makeup Artist | 
| Robert Vienneau | Key Hair Stylist | 
| Richard Bélanger | Post Production Supervisor | 
| Gary Evans | Post Production Supervisor | 
| Dominic St-Jean | Unit Manager | 
| Donald Tetreault | Unit Manager | 
| Daniel Bouthillette | Third Assistant Director | 
| Luc Campeau | First Assistant Director | 
| Gigi Cretier | Second Assistant Director | 
| Claire Alary | Property Buyer | 
| Rejean Brochu | Construction Manager | 
| René Casavant | Sculptor | 
| Lison Daigneault | Set Dresser | 
| Pascal Dufaux | Sculptor | 
| Alain Giguère | Painter | 
| Ronny Gosselin | Animatronics Designer | 
| Steeve Henry | Property Master | 
| Marie-Claude L'Heureux | Art Department Coordinator | 
| Carl Lessard | Graphic Designer | 
| Daniel Svatek | Storyboard Artist | 
| Jocelyn Tremblay | Property Buyer | 
| Sylvain Arseneault | Boom Operator | 
| Richard Betanzos | Supervising Sound Editor | 
| Scott Donald | Dialogue Editor | 
| Philippe Espantoso | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Steven Gurman | Supervising Dialogue Editor | 
| Peter Harper | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Éric Lagacé | Foley Artist | 
| Arun Majumdar | Sound | 
| Louis Marion | Sound Recordist | 
| Simon Pressey | Foley Recordist | 
| Phil Reznick | Sound Editor | 
| Cory Rizos | Sound Editor | 
| Virginia Storey | Foley Artist | 
| Glenn Tussman | Sound Editor | 
| André Vincelli | Dialogue Editor | 
| Thierry Craig | Special Effects Technician | 
| Pierre Côté | Special Effects Technician | 
| C.J. Goldman | Creature Design | 
| Erick Herbert | Special Effects Technician | 
| Pierre L'Heureux | Special Effects Technician | 
| Tom Lane | Special Effects Technician | 
| Jacques Langlois | Special Effects Technician | 
| Chantal Ladouceur | Seamstress | 
| André Laperrière | Special Effects Technician | 
| Adrien Morot | Creature Design, Special Effects Makeup Artist | 
| Eric-André Paquin | Special Effects | 
| Pierre 'Bill' Rivard | Special Effects Coordinator | 
| Francis Choquette | Special Effects Technician | 
| André Laforest | Special Effects Technician | 
| Gina Duhamel | Stunts | 
| David McKeown | Stunt Coordinator, Stunts | 
| Mireille Samson | Stunts | 
| Jérôme Tiberghien | Stunt Coordinator, Stunts | 
| Suzanne Chiasson | Script Supervisor | 
| Peter Measroch | Music Editor | 
| Marcel Cloutier | Location Manager | 
| Sylvie Dufour | Location Scout | 
| Benoit Falardeau | Location Scout | 
| Louis-Martin Paradis | Assistant Editor | 
| Julie Bouffard | Assistant Editor | 
| Christian Gravel | Assistant Editor | 
| Stéphane Lestage | Editorial Services | 
| Thomas Metzger | Colorist | 
| Pierre Guérin | Editorial Staff | 
| Thomas Fries | Editorial Consultant | 
| Alice Mayeux | Seamstress | 
| Linda Rona | Extras Casting | 
| Michael Yaremchuk | Second Assistant Camera | 
| Marie-Andrée Paquet | Second Assistant Camera | 
| Philippe Martel | Second Assistant Camera | 
| Roch Boucher | Second Assistant Camera | 
| Marco Venditto | Electrician | 
| Marc Simpson-Threlford | Camera Trainee | 
| Conrad Roy | Best Boy Grip | 
| Boris Roy | First Assistant Camera | 
| Philippe Prud'homme | First Assistant Camera | 
| Lothar Bahr | First Assistant Camera | 
| Pantazidis Panagiotis | Still Photographer | 
| Denis-Noël Mostert | Steadicam Operator | 
| Pierre Malouin | Grip | 
| Jean Levasseur | Electrician | 
| Frédéric Lefebvre | Electrician | 
| Luc Leblanc | Electrician | 
| Claude Fortier | Electrician | 
| Paul Cunningham | Electrician | 
| Eric Babinec | Grip | 
| Georges Archambault | Assistant Camera | 
| Sylvie Gaumond | Thanks | 
| Michel Larrivée | Thanks | 
| Martin Lussier | Thanks | 
| Laurie Plamondon | Thanks | 
| Ronald Shusett | Writer | 
| H.P. Lovecraft | Novel, Writer | 
| Jacques Girard | Assistant Camera, Key Grip | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Julie Allan | Producer | 
| Pieter Kroonenburg | Producer | 
| John Buchanan | Executive Producer | 
| Ed Elbert | Executive Producer | 
| Gary Howsam | Executive Producer | 
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