GALLERY
Director: Jeff Betancourt
Producer: Gary Bryman, Steve Hein
Screenplay: Brian Sieve, Eric Kripke
Co-starring:
Danielle Savre, Matt Cohen, Christine Griffith, Mae Whitman
US Release Date: 8 January 2008
Length: 93 minutes (89 min. in Greece)
Genre: Suspense Thriller/Horror
Interesting Character Scale
(Meg McDermott=10, Lorraine Beasley=0): six
Aspect Ratio:: 2.35:1
Best scene for O'Connor: GROUP THERAPY SESSION
In an attempt to deal with a debilitating phobia, Laura Porter checks herself into a mental institution. What could go wrong? Turns out confronting one's fears is a good thing only if those fears are unfounded.
O'Connor has a peripheral role in this film, although her character has the most elaborate death of any. She is a staffmember at the hospital where all the mayhem takes place. The mayhem is reasonably creative but extremely gory, and a lot of the gore is completely unnecessary. Room was left in the story for a sequel (which did indeed happen). The best performance in the movie comes from Mae Whitman. (Remember the misguided remake of Bionic Woman in 2007? Whitman was Becca Sommers in the unaired pilot. She was also Sarah Tuttle in one FRIENDS episode.)
Joseph Loduca, who did the music for Xena:Warrior Princess, wrote the score for this film.
The film had a theatrical releasse in Russia, Venezuela, Italy and Mexico. In the US it went straight to DVD, where it was labeled "Unrated Director's Cut", although there is no other cut available.
Tom Lenk (Perry) was Andrew Wells in 27 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Apparently, the boogeyman has many names. The film was named differently in different countries:
| COUNTRY | TITLE | TRANSLATION |
| Italy | Il ritorno dell'uomo nero | The Return of the Black Man |
| Germany | Wenn die Nacht Dein Feind wird | When the Night is Your Enemy |
| Mexico | El nombre del miedo | The Name of Fear |
| Argentina | El hombre de la bolsa | The Man With the Bag |
| Venezuela | Terror en la oscuridad | Terror in the Dark |
FULL CAST
Renée O'Connor - Dr. Jessica Ryan- Danielle Savre - Laura Porter
- Sammi Hanratty - Young Laura
- Matt Cohen - Henry Porter
- Jarrod Bailey - Young Henry
- Chrissy Griffith - Nicky
- Mae Whitman - Alison
- Michael Graziadei - Darren
- Johnny Simmons - Paul
- David Gallagher - Mark
- Lesli Margherita - Gloria
- Tom Lenk - Perry
- Tobin Bell - Dr. Mitchell Allen
- Lucas Fleischer - Mr. Porter
- Suzanne Jamieson - Mrs. Porter
- Christopher John Fields - Detective
- Claude Shires - Analyst #1
- Kelly Walker - Analyst #2