"Masters of Horror" Sick Girl (2006)

Director:

Lucky McKee

Writers:

Mick Garris (creator)
Sean Hood (teleplay) ...
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TV Series:

"Masters of Horror" (2005)

Original Air Date:

13 January 2006 (Season 1, Episode 10)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A story about an evil bug with the ability to change people's behavior, a commentary on the dangers of moving into a relationship too quickly.

Plot Keywords:

Insect | Flashback | Kitchen | Female Bonding | Cocaine

Cast

Angela Bettis	...	Ida Teeter
Misty Mundae	...	Misty Falls (as Erin Brown)
Jesse Hlubik	...	Max
Marcia Bennett	...	Lana Beasley
Mike McKee	...	Professor Malcolm Wolf
Chandra Berg	...	Betty, the Ladybug
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Teach Grant	...	Restaurant Owner (uncredited)

Directed by
Lucky McKee

Writing credits
Mick Garris		(creator)
Sean Hood		(teleplay) and
Lucky McKee		(teleplay)
Sean Hood		(story)

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
Tom Rowe	....	producer
Pascal Verschooris	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Ben Boyer
David Lopez
Jaye Barnes Luckett		(as Poperratic)

Cinematography by
Attila Szalay		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Andrew Cohen

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	....	assistant hair stylist
Sarah Graham	....	special makeup effects artist: K.N.B EFX Group Inc. [us]
Amanda McGowan	....	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
Stacey Jade Smart	....	executive in charge of production
Pascal Verschooris	....	production manager

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

Art Department
Nick Dibley	....	property master (as Nicholas Dibley)
Dylan Dowd	....	lead greens person
Jim Geddes	....	construction coordinator
Leesa Hanna	....	assistant set decorator (as Leesa McNalley)
John McIntosh	....	greens
Jake Miller	....	assistant property master
Vicky Peters	....	assistant art director
Zbibgniew Scheller	....	construction foreman (as Zbish Scheller)
Regan Steele	....	set dresser
John Wilcox	....	paint coordinator
Cody Larson	....	on-set dresser (uncredited)
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
Dave Lopez	....	sound recordist
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
Jaremy Aiello	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Howard Berger	....	special effects makeup
Michael Deak	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Mike Deak)
Robert Freitas	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Rob Freitas)
Derek Heselton	....	special effects best boy (as Derek Heselston)
Grady Holder	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Mike Hyrman	....	special effects technician
Jim Leonard	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Gregory Nicotero	....	special effects makeup
Scott Patton	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Frank Rydberg	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Frank Ryberg)
Andy Schoneberg	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Shannon Shea	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Wayne Szybunka	....	special effects coordinator
Mark Tavares	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Veronica Torres	....	effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Lindsay Vivian	....	special effects crew
Lino Stavole	....	special effects technician: mold department, K.N.B Effects Group (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Matt Belbin	....	digital effects editor
Sébastien Bergeron	....	digital effects supervisor: Anthem Visual Effects
Darren MacKay	....	digital compositor
Mladen Miholjcic	....	senior CGI artist: Anthem Visual Effects
Lisa K. Sepp	....	visual effects coordinator
Lisa K. Sepp	....	visual effects producer: Anthem Visual Effects (as Lisa Sepp-Wilson)
Lee Wilson	....	visual effects supervisor: Anthem Visual Effects
Stephen Paschke	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Jim Dunn	....	stunt coordinator

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)
Tom Kaczmarski	....	key grip
Christina Kasperczyk	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Lane Koch	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Dean Schwingboth	....	best boy key grip
Richard Wilson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Seth Hettrick	....	key rigging grip (uncredited)
Paul Matsalla	....	lighting technician (uncredited)

Animation Department
Vanessa Menendez	....	original drawing: animation
Zach Passero	....	animator

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

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Linda Leduc	....	assistant costume designer
Tyler Tone	....	set costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Richard Cordes	....	color timer
Andrea Dixon	....	color timer
Marc Pollon	....	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
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
Krista Johnston	....	clearances
Katy Lew	....	assistant to producers
Sheri Mayervich	....	location manager
Ross Redhead	....	assistant to producers
Zaida Rodriguez	....	assistant manager: IDT Entertainment
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
Andrej Marko	....	production assistant (uncredited)

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)
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

• British Columbia Production Tax Credit (with the participation of)
• 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)
• Mis. Label (2007) (Norway) (DVD)
• Nelonen (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• Premiere (2007) (Germany) (TV)
• SBP (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Showtime Networks (2006) (USA) (TV)
• Splendid Film (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

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

Other Companies

• Aikins / Cossey Casting  casting
• BBC Motion Gallery  images courtesy of
• Background, The  walla group (as The Background)
• Blacklight Films  stock footage
• Boardwalk Foley  foley artists
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures  film lab services (as Rainmaker)
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures  post-production (as Rainmaker)
• Sharpe Sound Studios  audio post production
• Thomas Cobb Design  main title design (as 'the Thomas Cobb Group')

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Germany:16 | Argentina:18 | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) (self applied) (2008) | Finland:K-18 (DVD) (self applied) (2007)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

British Columbia Production Tax Credit

Trivia:

The role of Ida Teeter, played by Angela Bettis, was a role originally written for a man with the character name of "Ira Teeter".

Quotes:

Ida Teeter: Hello there, ladybug. Give me some skin.

Movie Connections:

Features The Big, Weird Normal (2002)

Lucky McKee is a future master; what a funny episode this was

Much like Landis' Deer Woman, Lucky McKee goes for laughs over straight horror. Sick Girls stars Angela Bettis as Ida Teeter, a shy, lesbian entomologist. She doesn't do so well relationship wise as her apartment filled with bugs is quite off-putting. That is, until she meets Misty Falls (Erin Brown) her new lover who doesn't get creeped out by the bugs. Unfortunately she gets bitten by a bug sent to Ida, a very mysterious bug that changes people's personalities for the worst.

McKee is actually a lot like John Landis, mixing gory horror with hilarious comedy. This works on a lot of levels, the acting is great (I love Bettis, she is an excellent actress), the humour is actually funny, the gore sickening and the monsters big and ugly. This episode is highly recommended.

4/5.