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Directed by
Len Wiseman
(Underworld and Underworld: Evolution)
Patrick Tatopoulos
(Underworld: Rise of the Lycans)
Måns Mårlind
 Björn Stein
(Underworld: Awakening)
Produced by
Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright, Len Wiseman, Skip Williamson, David Coatsworth
Written by
Danny McBride, Kevin Grevioux, Dirk Blackman, Howard McCain, Len Wiseman, J. Michael Straczwinski, Allison Burnett, John Hlavin
Starring
Kate Beckinsale
Scott Speedman
Michael Sheen
Rhona Mitra
Bill Nighy
Music by
Paul Haslinger, Marco Beltrami
Cinematography
Tony Pierce-Roberts, Simon Duggan, Ross Emery, Scott Kevan
Editing by
Martin Hunter, Nicholas De Toth, Peter Amunson, Jeff McEvoy
Distributed by
Screen Gems (2003–2012)
Release dates
2003–present
Country
United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Hungary
Language
English
Budget
$177,000,000
Box office
$458,247,092
Underworld is a series of action horror films directed by Len Wiseman, Patrick Tatopoulos, Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein. The first film, Underworld, was released in 2003, and the second film, Underworld: Evolution, in 2006. The third film, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, the prequel to the series chronicling the origins of the vampire-lycan war was released on January 23, 2009. The fourth film, Underworld: Awakening, the sequel to Underworld: Evolution, was released on January 20, 2012.


Contents  [hide]
1 Films 1.1 Underworld (2003)
1.2 Underworld: Evolution (2006)
1.3 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
1.4 Underworld: Awakening (2012)
2 Characters 2.1 Vampires 2.1.1 Amelia
2.1.2 Andreas Tanis
2.1.3 David
2.1.4 Erica
2.1.5 Kraven
2.1.6 Marcus Corvinus
2.1.7 Selene
2.1.8 Sonja
2.1.9 Soren
2.1.10 Thomas
2.1.11 Viktor
2.2 Lycans 2.2.1 Lucian
2.2.2 Raze
2.2.3 William Corvinus
2.2.4 Dr. Jacob Lane
2.2.5 Quint Lane
2.3 House of Corvinus 2.3.1 Alexander Corvinus
2.3.2 Michael Corvin
2.3.3 Eve/Subject Two
2.4 Appearances
3 Development
4 Reception 4.1 Box office performance
4.2 Critical reaction
5 In other media
6 References
7 External links

Films[edit]
Underworld (2003)[edit]



Blu-ray cover art of Underworld: The Legacy Collection, which includes all four films.
Underworld tells the story of Selene (Kate Beckinsale), a Death Dealer bent on destroying the Lycans who allegedly killed her family. She discovers that the Lycans are pursuing a human, Michael Corvin, for experimentation; Selene captures Michael herself to find out what the Lycans are up to. Along the way, Selene not only discovers a mutinous plot to destroy the Vampire Elders, but also a shocking revelation about her father figure Elder, Viktor.
The vampires, werewolves, and Lycans are not supernatural creatures, but rather the product of a virus.
It is revealed in the film that Alexander Corvinus is the first of the vampire and Lycan lines. He was the only survivor of a plague that wiped out his village. Somehow, his body was able to mutate the virus, mold it to his own benefit. He had three sons, two of whom inherited their father's immortality and were bitten, one by bat and one by wolf, creating the vampire and werewolf lines. Corvinus' third son, who did not inherit immortality, also carried the Corvinus Strain as an exact duplicate of the original virus, hidden away in his genetic code and passed along to his human descendants through the centuries. This, according to Singe, is the key to creating a hybrid.
Underworld: Evolution (2006)[edit]
In Underworld: Evolution, Selene takes Michael to a vampire safehouse and plans to return to Viktor's estate to awaken Marcus, the last Vampire Elder. Before she can return, Marcus confronts her, having been awakened by the blood of the Lycan scientist, Singe, after he was killed. Marcus does not seem keen to help Selene and wishes to steal her memories for information. While on the run from Marcus, Selene and Michael discover that Marcus is the first vampire, and that he plans to free his imprisoned brother, William, the first and most savage werewolf.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)[edit]
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is a 2009 American film directed by Patrick Tatopoulos. It is the third installment (chronologically the first) in the Underworld series, focusing primarily on the origins of some characters and the events leading to the vampire–Lycan war, depicted in the previous films Underworld and Underworld: Evolution.
As shown in the film, the original werewolves were uncontrollable beasts, unable to retake human form once bitten. However, there was a single werewolf who gave birth to a human-looking child. This child carried a mutation of the original virus, permitting him to alternate between human and werewolf form. He was Lucian, dubbed by Viktor as "the first of the Lycans".
The vampires used the Lycans as slaves to be the guardians of their lairs during the daylight hours and labor during the night. However, Viktor's daughter, Sonja, and Lucian fell in love and she became pregnant. Lucian, the Lycan leader, led a revolt after Viktor killed Sonja to prevent the blending of the species. Later on, Kraven would strike an arrangement with Lucian, in which Lucian would fake his death to permit Kraven to advance, with the goal being the death of the vampire elders and the end of the war. However, that fell through due to mistrust and duplicity by both men.
Underworld: Awakening (2012)[edit]
A fourth film, Underworld: Awakening, shot in 3-D, was directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein and released on January 20, 2012.[1] Kate Beckinsale reprises her role as Selene[2] and screenwriter John Hlavin stated prior to the film's release that it will not be like any of the previous films.[3] Production began in March 2011 in Vancouver with Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, and Len Wiseman producing.[citation needed] On April 4, 2011, the title of the film was announced and the following plot synopsis was given:

Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.[4]
Selene also learns that she has a hybrid daughter born while she was imprisoned, who has the ability to see through her parents' eyes. The same goes for Selene, who has the ability to see through the child's eyes and uses it to find her daughter several times in the movie.
Characters[edit]
Vampires[edit]
Their transformation is not nearly as startling as their Lycan counterparts. When they transform, their eyes turn a shade of electric blue or bright gold, while their canine teeth lengthen to become pointed fangs. At all times, the lateral incisors on all Vampires are elongated and come to a sharp point. Biologically immortal transgenics, the vampires of Underworld display most of the prominent superhuman physical prowess commonly seen in popular culture. They do not possess any of the mystical weaknesses of mythological vampires (crosses, holy water, garlic, stakes, etc.); however, they are highly vulnerable to ultraviolet radiation. In the post-production of the film, the pale pallor of the vampires was achieved via D.I.. As explained by Selene in the first Underworld film, a bite from both a Lycan and a Vampire is lethal, but Michael's bloodline allows him to survive and become a combination of both species.
Amelia[edit]
Amelia is one of the three Vampire Elders in the Underworld series. She appeared briefly in Underworld and appeared in a flashback sequence in Underworld: Evolution. She is portrayed by Zita Görög. Amelia was likely bitten by the first vampire Marcus. She was turned in order to help control the chaos created by Marcus's brother William, the first werewolf. William was unable to return to human form after his transformation and his bite caused even the dead to turn to werewolves. Amelia had supported locking William within a coffin-like prison, in a remote place where Marcus could not find him. The capture of William would not have happened without Amelia's help. As one of the three Vampire Elders, alongside Marcus and Viktor, she allied with Viktor who sought to undermine Marcus' authority. She did not keep control during her last reign, allowing Lucian to work deals with Tanis for weapons to kill Vampires. She was killed by Lycans led by Raze during an attack on her train.
Andreas Tanis[edit]
Andreas Tanis is a character in the 2006 movie Underworld: Evolution and in the 2009 movie Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. He is portrayed by Steven Mackintosh. Tanis is a vampire of considerable age (estimated at over 1000-years-old at the time of his death), he was at one point the official scribe and Historian of the Old World Coven. An ambitious man, Tanis knew things about other vampires and kept the things he knew secret until it was of use for him. Coveting a rise in status to a member of the Vampire Council, Tanis enters into a covert alliance with Sonja and Lucian, aiding them in exchange for his silence and Sonja's seat on the Council; his part in Sonja's and Lucian's plan remained a secret after Sonja's execution, and later after Lucian's faked death. However, over 300 years prior to the events that occurred in the first and second installments, the Vampire Elder, Lord Viktor, in his bid to rewrite history, turns on Tanis and orders his banishment, citing that Tanis had been recording "malicious lies". The order of banishment was carried out by Selene, who escorted him to an abandoned monastery on Viktor's orders. Over three hundred years later, Selene would learn the truth about Viktor and realize that what Tanis had recorded years earlier was, in fact, true. Tanis is later killed by Marcus after being drained of blood.
David[edit]
David is a character from the 2012 movie Underworld: Awakening. He is portrayed by Theo James. Although never trained as a Death Dealer, and in contrast with his father, David is not a coward and would fight when situations demanded it. Fascinated by Selene's past as a Death Dealer, he brought her back to the vampire coven with her hybrid daughter, Eve, in hope she would teach some of the members so that they could become what she used to be, as there are not any left within the coven. David died and was revived by Selene using her Immortal blood. During the final assault on Antigen, David, displaying similar abilities as Selene, joins her fight and killing several Lycans.
Erica[edit]
Erika is portrayed by Sophia Myles. She is a character in the Underworld film series as well as in the novelization of the film.[5] She is a vampire seductress, a social-climbing courtier in Viktor's mansion, obsessed with rising through the ranks of the vampire aristocracy. She is a high ranking maid who most recently began seeking the attentions of Kraven.
Kraven[edit]
Kraven is portrayed by actor Shane Brolly. The name "Kraven" is a derivation of the English word "craven", meaning "coward", a reference to Kraven's spineless nature.[citation needed] Kraven has a vainglorious personality and a highly-inflated-but-extremely-fragile narcissistic ego: Kraven is a long-time suitor of Selene, a Death Dealer. Kraven fancies himself to a relationship with Selene, even though she spurns him at every turn, yet Kraven was so obsessed with Selene that the more she refused him, the more he wanted her. When it becomes evident that Selene has fallen in love for Michael Corvin, Kraven becomes insanely jealous and highly irrational, demanding Michael Corvin's head, and even shoots Michael multiple times with silver nitrate bullets, nearly killing him, only for Selene to revive Michael in time by biting him. In his quest for power, Kraven had entered into a secret alliance with Lucian in-order to overthrow the Elders, helping to set up the Lady Amelia into an ambush. After Amelia, Lucian and Viktor are all dead, Kraven goes to a slumbering Marcus and almost murders him, but Marcus surprisingly wakes as a Hybrid and massacres Kraven and his men. Marcus then bites Kraven and obtains his Blood memories, but although he stops before Kraven dies of blood loss, he then ignores Kraven's request to assist him and kills Kraven by beheading him.
Marcus Corvinus[edit]
Marcus Corvinus is the first vampire in the Underworld series. He is portrayed by Tony Curran. Marcus also appears in the novelization of the sequel.[6] Born sometime in the 5th century; Marcus was one of three sons of Helena and Alexander Corvinus, the first immortal, he was the twin brother of William Corvinus. He, along with William, inherited the immortality strain in its active form from their father. Together, Marcus and William both shared a bond as twins that Alexander never truly saw. Marcus was later bitten by a bat, thus making him the progenitor of what would become the Vampire species. His twin, William, was bitten by a wolf and went on to ravage the countryside of Hungary, infecting the populace with his highly infectious lycanthropy virus. In order to combat the growing werewolf threat Marcus approached Viktor, a dying warlord, to utilize his military genius and army (who became the Death Dealers) in exchange for immortality. Viktor accepted and became one of the Vampire Elders. After being revived by the blood of the Lycan Singe, Marcus awakens as a Hybrid and goes on a rampage to rescue William and turn him into a Hybrid too. He kills his own father and apparently Michael Corvin, but is defeated and killed by an enhanced Selene in a final fight when she stabs him through the head with one of his own wing talons and knocks him into spinning helicopter blades, dismembering him.
Selene[edit]
Main article: Selene (Underworld)
Selene appears in the films Underworld, Underworld: Evolution and Underworld: Awakening. Her lover is Michael Corvin, and together they now have a daughter, named Eve. Selene is portrayed by Kate Beckinsale, and by Beckinsale's daughter, Lily Mo Sheen, in Underworld: Evolution[7] in flashback scenes as a child. Selene was created by Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, and Danny McBride. According to Kevin Grevioux, Selene is based loosely off of the Marvel Comics character of the same name.[8]
Sonja[edit]
Sonja is the daughter of the vampire elder Viktor, introduced by flashback, in Underworld. The character is heavily featured in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, and is played by Rhona Mitra.[9] She fell in love with the lycan slave, Lucian, despite knowing her father would disapprove. Without Viktor's knowledge or blessing, she eventually married Lucian in secret, and became pregnant with his child. For breaking the Covenant, Viktor executed her and her unborn child by exposure to sunlight, and her husband was forced to watch. Viktor viewed the child as an abomination and was acting to protect the vampire line's purity, although Sonja's death haunted him for the rest of his life. His guilt over this led him to spare Selene, who bore an uncanny resemblance to Sonja, from the slaughter of the rest of her family. Sonja wore a pendant, which was given to her by her father. After her death, Lucian took that pendant as a keepsake of his beloved wife. This pendant proved to be vitally important to the events that unfolded in Underworld: Evolution. Her death started the war between Vampires and Lycans that lasted for centuries afterward.
Soren[edit]
Soren, having a surprising lack of personal ambition for a vampire, was Kraven's janissary, and, being two of a kind, he was the rival/vampire counterpart of Raze before their deaths. He is played by Scott McElroy. Soren appears predominantly in the first film installment of Underworld, but is also referenced in the novelization of the sequel[10] and also appearing in the comic book prequel,[11] Not much is revealed about Soren's past; rumors surrounding him say that he is almost as old as Viktor himself (and was probably bitten by the Vampire Elder), Soren was originally Viktor's bodyguard, a position he may have held since before either were vampires. Later, he served as the head torturer in Viktor's employ. He proved to be very skilled in taming Lycan slaves with silver-edged whips, and even used them on Lucian at Viktor's request prior to Sonja's execution.
In the non-canon novel, Underworld: Blood Enemy, Soren lost his position in Viktor's good graces after he left Viktor's daughter Sonja, whom he was charged to protect, alone during an ambush by mortals who were hateful of vampires. He also remained ignorant of the fact that Sonja was in love with the Lycan Lucian until he was informed by a Lycan woman who had been obsessed with Lucian and resented him falling for Sonja. Soren informed Viktor, who then executed his daughter. Viktor blamed Soren for not protecting her.
Thomas[edit]
Thomas is one of the surviving Vampire Elders in Underworld: Awakening and the father of David. He does not trust Selene and openly discriminates against her daughter, Eve, who is a Hybrid. In contrast with his son, Thomas is a coward and ordered the coven to flee rather than fight, leaving David as de facto leader because of his demonstration of courage and intelligence, despite Thomas' status as an Elder. His arrogance made him fail to realize the necessity of Selene's presence or what she has become, until she used her blood to revive David from the critical injuries he received from Lycans. He is portrayed by Charles Dance.
Viktor[edit]
Viktor is a Vampire Elder. He is portrayed by Bill Nighy. Viktor was a Hungarian general and warlord born sometime in the 4th or early 5th century. As he was nearing the end of his life, Marcus Corvinus, the first true Vampire, offered immortality in exchange for Viktor's military expertise and army in fighting against the Werewolves, spawn of Marcus' own twin brother, William. When Marcus turned Viktor, the general became a Vampire Elder. The Death Dealers were created from Viktor's army. Viktor is a ruthless Vampire Elder with his armies loyal to him, he overthrew the original Vampire Marcus and set himself up in Vampire myth as the first Vampire. Viktor was the most powerful Vampire ever to have lived mostly because his manipulation, experience, and cunning far surpassed the other Elders. He is killed by Selene who cuts his head in half with his own sword.
Lycans[edit]
In the Underworld films, like their vampire-counterparts, they are biologically immortal transgenics. Lycans display a number of greatly enhanced physical attributes in either form. However, while first generation Lycans sired by William Corvinus are permanently transformed and feral, second generation Lycans and those they convert can revert to their original human forms and retain their personalities. As explained by Selene in the first Underworld film though, a bite from both a Lycan and a Vampire is lethal, but Michael's heritage allows him to survive and become a combination of both species.
Lucian[edit]
Lucian was the very first of the second-generation Lycans. He was the leader of the Lycan horde in the movie Underworld and appears in its prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. He is portrayed by actor Michael Sheen. Lucian was born the son of a captured female werewolf, who was killed when Lucian was a newborn. He was branded with Viktor's mark signifying that he was put into slavery under one of Viktor's early reigns. Being born of two werewolves, he was a pure-blood Lycan. Lucian was once a Lycan servant to Viktor's clan. His relationship with Sonja began when they grew up and it was eventually revealed later that Sonja was pregnant with his child, making their child a Lycan-Vampire hybrid; but, Sonja was executed, preventing the birth of the child. He starts a war with Viktor as a result and fakes his own death with the help of Kraven, planning to become a Hybrid in order to kill Viktor. His plan fails, but he holds Kraven off long enough for Selene to turn Michael Corvin into a Hybrid. With Michael's turning and the death of Viktor at Selene's hands, his will is seen through regardless.
Raze[edit]
Razahir "Raze" Khemse is an older Lycan who is the right hand man of the Lycan leader Lucian. He was born in Sudan in East Africa during the 14th century. Raze was the son of a powerful Sultan but his family's lands were taken during a period of wars that spread into Africa. He was forced into slavery and taken to Hungary to be given as payment to Viktor the Vampire Elder. He joins Lucian's civil war and after believing Lucian to be dead, launches a suicide attack on Viktor who snaps his neck and stabs him with a sword.[12] He is played by Kevin Grevioux.[13]
William Corvinus[edit]
William Corvinus is the first and only Lycan Elder. Portrayed only in his transformed state, he is played by Brian Steele, but prior to his being a werewolf, he would have been identical in looks to his brother, Marcus. Born sometime in the 5th century, William was one of three sons of Helena and Alexander Corvinus, the first immortal, and the twin brother of Marcus Corvinus. He, along with Marcus, inherited the immortality strain in its active form from their father. Marcus and William both shared a bond as twins that Alexander never truly saw. William was later bitten by a wolf, thus making him the progenitor of what would become the Lycan species, (his twin, Marcus, was bitten by a bat). Unlike most later Lycans, his fur was white. William was unable to transform back into human form and had little more than ferocious savagery, nor is he ever shown in human form in any of the films. His lycanthropy virus was much more potent than Marcus' vampire virus, even allowing dead victims to transform. William went on to ravage the countryside of Hungary, infecting the populace with his highly infectious lycanthropy virus. In order to combat the growing lycan threat Marcus approached Viktor, a dying warlord, to utilize his military genius and army (who became the Death Dealers) in exchange for immortality. Later, William was successfully captured and contained by the combined forces of Marcus, Amelia and Viktor and used by Viktor to keep Marcus in line. After Viktor is killed, Marcus releases William, hoping to turn him into a Hybrid and restore his sanity. Despite his bestial nature, William is shown to recognize his brother. In the fight that follows, Michael Corvin rips William's head in half with brute strength, killing him.
Dr. Jacob Lane[edit]
Dr. Jacob Lane is a ruthless and amoral Lycan, he betrayed his own coven and reveals the existences of both Vampire and Lycan races so he can covertly experiment on both in order to create a new and powerful Lycan race by heading the research company Antigen, in hope of domination over human, vampire, and werewolf races. Using the blood of the Hybrid Eve, he enhances his own Lycan form, but not to the same degree as his son. During Selene's attack on Antigen, he battles Detective Sebastian and Eve and is killed when Eve rips out his throat. He is portrayed by Stephen Rea.
Quint Lane[edit]
Quint Lane is the son of Dr. Jacob Lane, who is as corrupt as his father. After the public discovered him as a werewolf, his father faked his death in order to continue his experiments upon him. He becomes a fearsome and powerful Lycan, larger and stronger and has the ability to rapidly heal and is partially immune to silver, and is sometimes called a "super-lycan". He is killed by Selene who stuffs a silver nitrate grenade into an open wound on his abdomen, which quickly heals, preventing him from removing the grenade before it explodes. He is portrayed by Kris Holden-Ried.
House of Corvinus[edit]
Alexander Corvinus[edit]
Alexander Corvinus (Hungarian: Corvin Sándor) is the first true Immortal in the Underworld movies and is the father of Marcus Corvinus and William Corvinus, as well as an ancestor of Michael Corvin, who is a descendant of Corvinus's third and mortal son. He is portrayed by Derek Jacobi.[14][15] He
Alexander was a Hungarian warlord who lived in the early 5th century. He ascended to power just in time to watch his village ravaged by an unknown plague. Alexander was the only survivor of the plague. His body had adapted to the virus, and through some unknown means consequently made him immortal.
Years later, with his wife Helena, he fathered three children, two of whom inherited the immortal strain in its active form: twin brothers Marcus and William. Marcus was bitten by a bat and became the first vampire. William was bitten by a wolf and became the first werewolf. William became a savage beast that was unable to ever assume human form again, something Alexander attributed to his uncontrollable rage. Only Alexander's third son (who inherited the immortal strain in its inactive form) remained a mortal human. Marcus and his vampire army (led by Viktor) captured his brother William and locked him in a secret prison for over 800 years, the location of which was kept from Marcus. When Viktor ordered his vampire daughter executed for becoming pregnant by a Lycan, he inadvertently touched off a centuries long war between lycans and vampires. Alexander chose to keep the war contained from ever spilling into the mortal realm. He hired humans to clean up after the battles and to help conceal their existence from the normal human population. Alexander states in Underworld: Evolution that he believes he and his sons were oddities of nature, and that the world is not theirs to conquer but belongs to the humans. Despite not displaying any powers of his own, he is referred to by Selene as the strongest of the immortals and the only one capable of killing his sons, indicating he does possess some abilities.
At the time of Underworld: Evolution, Alexander was operating under the alias of Lorenz Macaro, and ran his operation from the ship "Sancta Helena". He meets with Selene and Michael, who beg his help to destroy Marcus and William. He reveals that no matter what they have become, he cannot help Selene and Michael against them, for they are his own sons. Alexander has come into possession of Viktor's body (and Viktor's half of the prison key that holds William Corvinus). Alexander is visited by Marcus, who impales him with his wing talon, takes Viktor's half of the key and leaves him for dead.
As Alexander lays dying, he calls Selene to him to drink some of his pure immortal blood. The blood, he tells her, will make her "the future" and is her only hope of being strong enough to destroy the Corvinus brothers. After Selene and Michael leave, Alexander detonates a case of explosives on his ship, obliterating it in the harbor, along with killing himself. His blood enhances Selene's powers, making her equal to the Hybrid Marcus in strength and giving her an immunity to sunlight, ultimately allowing her to defeat him.
Michael Corvin[edit]
Main article: Michael Corvin
Michael Corvin (in Hungarian: Corvin Mihály), bitten first by Lucian and later by Selene, became a Lycan/Vampire Hybrid. Being a hybrid, Michael can regenerate new cells and muscle tissues as well as internal organs even when he is dead, as long as his body stays intact (Michael came back to life when Marcus killed him by plunging a hole in his chest). Counting the unborn child of Lucian and Sonja, Michael is the second Lycan/Vampire Hybrid. In Underworld: Awakening, he was labeled "Subject 0". He is portrayed by Scott Speedman.
Eve/Subject Two[edit]
Eve is the hybrid daughter of Selene and Michael Corvin, through whom she is a descendant of Alexander Corvinus. In Underworld: Awakening, she tells Selene that her name is Subject 2. She was born without her parents' knowledge during their 12-year captivity in Antigen. The scientists in the facility told her that her mother was dead and never heard anything about her father. After her escape, Selene discovers that she had given birth to Eve during her unconscious state. Being pursued by both humans and Lycans because of her unique origin, and despite Selene's attempts to shield her from the dangers around them. She is later recaptured by Antigen, but is rescued by Selene and Detective Sebastian during an attack on the facility. Eve joins the fight herself and kills Doctor Lane. She is portrayed by India Eisley. Although never referred to as "Eve" in the film, the credits listed India Eisley's character as "Eve" rather than "Subject 2".
Appearances[edit]

Characters
Film

Underworld
Underworld:
 Evolution
Underworld:
 Rise of the Lycans
Underworld:
 Awakening

Selene
Kate Beckinsale Kate Beckinsale (voice and archive footage) Kate Beckinsale
Viktor
Bill Nighy Bill Nighy (archive footage only)
Lucian
Michael Sheen Michael Sheen Michael Sheen Michael Sheen (archive footage only)
Kraven
Shane Brolly Shane Brolly (voice only) Shane Brolly (archive footage only)
Michael Corvin
Scott Speedman   Scott Speedman (archive footage only)
Erika
Sophia Myles  
Raze
Kevin Grevioux   Kevin Grevioux  
Amelia
Zita Görög   Mentioned  
Soren
Scott McElroy   Scott McElroy (archive footage only)
Sonja
Jázmin Dammak   Rhona Mitra  
Kahn
Robbie Gee  
Singe
Erwin Leder  
Andreas Tanis
  Steven Mackintosh  
Marcus Corvinus
  Mentioned Tony Curran   Mentioned Tony Curran (archive footage only)
Alexander Corvinus
  Mentioned Derek Jacobi     Mentioned
William Corvinus
  Brian Steele   Brian Steele (archive footage only)
Lida
  Sandrine Holt
Detective Sebastian
  Michael Ealy
Eve/Subject Two
  India Eisley
Thomas
  Charles Dance
David
  Theo James
Development[edit]
In September 2003, shortly after the release of Underworld, production companies Screen Gems and Lakeshore planned to release a prequel as the third film following Underworld's sequel, Underworld: Evolution. Kate Beckinsale, who portrayed Selene in Underworld, expressed interest in reprising her role for the sequel and the prequel.[16]
In December 2005, Underworld: Evolution director Len Wiseman explained that the Underworld franchise was originally conceived as a trilogy. Wiseman said: "We sort of mapped out an entire history and story... a massive collection of ideas and stories that we're putting out at certain times." Wiseman anticipated creating a third installment for the franchise based on the audiences' reception of Underworld: Evolution, which would be released the following month.[17]
In a June 2006 interview, Wiseman said, "The third film is going to be a prequel. It will be the origin story and we find out things we didn't know about Lucian; he'll have a much bigger part in it. It will be about the creation [of the races] and what started the war. It will be a period piece. The movie will also focus for the first time through the Lycans' point of view." The director also shared, "In terms of the writing, a lot of the writing has been done. We've been developing Underworld 3 for a while. I won't be directing Underworld: Rise of the Lycans; I'm just going to be producing and writing." When asked if Kate Beckinsale would reprise her role as Selene in the prequel, Wiseman said, "It will be in the time period before, but it will overlap into the creation of her as well. We're in the process of seeing how far we go with that."[18] The following October, actor Michael Sheen, who portrays Lucian in the film series, expressed interest in being part of the prequel.[19]
The Hollywood Reporter announced that the film would be written by Danny McBride and mark the directorial début of Patrick Tatopoulos, who designed the creature effects for all three Underworld films. Len Wiseman would produce, and contribute to the writing of this film, but would not direct, nor would Kate Beckinsale reprise her lead role of Selene nor would Scott Speedman reprise his role of Michael. In late September 2007, Outlander scribes Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain were brought on board and delivered a draft on November 3, mere days before the Writers Strike of 2007.[20] Pre-production began shortly thereafter.



"It's like putting your wedding dress on, or putting your school uniform on, it's like a time-warp feeling."
—Kate Beckinsale, about her return as Selene.[21]
The prequel film was shot in Auckland, New Zealand and in Roxboro, North Carolina. There is a brief pickup shot of Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park as well.
Filming for Underworld: Awakening began in March 2011 at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. Underworld: Awakening is the first movie to be shot using RED EPIC digital cameras in 3D.[21]
Reception[edit]
Box office performance[edit]
Film Release date Box office revenue Budget Reference
Domestic (U.S. & Canada) International Worldwide
Underworld September 19, 2003 $51,970,690 $43,737,767 $95,708,457 $22,000,000 [22]
Underworld: Evolution January 20, 2006 $62,318,875 $49,021,926 $111,340,801 $50,000,000 [23]
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans January 23, 2009 $45,802,315 $45,282,848 $91,085,163 $35,000,000 [24]
Underworld: Awakening January 20, 2012 $62,321,039 $97,791,632 $160,112,671 $70,000,000 [25]
Total gross revenue $222,412,919 $235,834,175 $458,247,092 $177,000,000 
Critical reaction[edit]
Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
Underworld 31% (157 reviews)[26] 42 (34 reviews)[27]
Underworld: Evolution 16% (101 reviews)[28] 36 (21 reviews)[29]
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 30% (77 reviews)[30] 44 (14 reviews)[31]
Underworld: Awakening 33% (66 reviews)[32] 39 (17 reviews)[33]
In other media[edit]
There have been various spin-offs and tie-ins in a range of other media.
IDW Publishing has published a number of Underworld comics, including an adaptation of of the third film Rise of the Lycans written by Kevin Grevioux which was published and released in 2009.[34]
In addition to the novelizations of Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, there is an original novel written by Greg Cox, published by Pocket Star Books in 2004, titled Underworld: Blood Enemy.
In September 2003, Sony contracted with Black Widow Games for the production of Underworld: Bloodline (a Half Life mod).[35]
An action video game based on the first film entitled Underworld: The Eternal War was scheduled for release on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles in 2004, but it only saw release for the PlayStation 2 in Europe, and was cancelled in all other regions.[36]
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Underworld: The Eternal War
Underworld: The Eternal War
European box art depicting the character Selene
Developer(s) Lucky Chicken Games
Publisher(s) Play It!
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release date(s) EU January 16, 2004

Genre(s) Action, Third-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer
Distribution 1 DVD-ROM
Underworld: The Eternal War (also known as Underworld: The Game) is a 2004 third-person shooter video game based on the vampire film Underworld which was released in 2003.
The game was scheduled for release to Xbox and PC but was cancelled, as was the PS2 release for North America.[citation needed]


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1 Story
2 Gameplay
3 Cast
4 External links

Story[edit]
The storyline revolves around the eternal war between the vampires and lycans, and as the player, you can choose the side you're teaming with. You can either choose the movie's main character, the vampire Selene, or the lycan Raze. You can also choose between a selection of other vampires, other Lycans or the hybrid.
The player is tasked with taking to the battlefields where they must accomplish missions, whether protecting someone, killing someone, getting an item from somewhere, or simply punching everyone. Using different weapons, the player slaughters enemies throughout the action-based gameplay.
Gameplay[edit]
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Cast[edit]
Raze, Zak, Bruce, Kurt, Selene, Julia, Erica and Dawn
External links[edit]
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Underworld: Endless War is a collection of three short, anime-style tie-in stories-—whose creation was supervised by Len Wiseman, director of the first 2 Underworld movies and producer of Underworld 3 & 4--each tell a different story, and at different periods of history to highlight new events of the Underworld mythology. These stories also tell of what happened before the events in Underworld: Awakening.
These anime shorts were released in December 20, 2011, as a part of the new Underworld Trilogy: The Essential Collection for Underworld, on Blu-ray. Each episode is a little over five-minutes long.


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1 Plot 1.1 Part I
1.2 Part II
1.3 Part III
2 Characters & Cast
3 See also

Plot[edit]
Part I[edit]
In 1890, Selene is in Paris, investigating reports of three Lycan brothers, who, as werewolves terrorize the area, but in human form, are posing as lords, and have claimed a castle/mansion as their-own. Selene has been dispatched to investigate the reports, eliminate these self-styled "Lords of the Crescent Wills", and secure the mansion for the Paris branch of the Old World Vampire Coven. From a perch up in the belfry of a high building, Selene sights one of the brothers, Darius, the oldest. She receives a scroll, (via messenger bat), with likenesses of all three brothers and the layout of their mansion, and Selene realizes the reason that Kraven and higher-ups want the castle is to put the balance of power in the area in favor of the Vampires. Determined to exterminate the self-styles Lycan Lords, Selene makes her way after the oldest brother.
Arriving at the mansion first, the oldest Lycan informs his brothers, Regis and Krandril, that a Death Dealer has found them, and that they must leave at once. But they both do not take this seriously, and, against their brother's warnings, insist that they kill the Death Dealer first. Together, all three brothers try to ambush Selene down in the sewers, thinking that, it being three-against-one, they have her at a disadvantage. Selene, however, proves to be more than they had estimated; she cuts-off half of one of the two younger brothers' ears, and then, with a pair of swords, mortally wounds the oldest brother, who then sacrifices himself to shield his brothers against Selene's gunfire. The younger two brothers flee while Selene finishes-off the oldest Lycan brother. As they leave the estate via rowing boat, they vow revenge against the Death Dealer and the Vampires.
Part II[edit]
In 1967, Selene has returned to Paris, to investigate familier reports of the two remaining Lycan brothers, who had escaped her decades earlier. Unbeknownst to her, she is spotted in the streets of Paris by the youngest Lycan brother, Krandril, (from the very same belfrey she had sighted his oldest brother in Part I). While he goes to inform his other brother, Selene is giving her report to Kraven via telephone. To her disgust, Selene is informed that her presence is 'eagerly-awaited at the mansion' by Lord Clovis. Meanwhile, Krandril arrives at the backroom of the weed shop they've been working out off. Regis comments that the 'incense can only hide [them] for so-long', and Krandril informs him that he has spotted the Death Dealer that killed Darius in Paris. Figuring that she's there as protection for Lord Clovis at the 'Crimson Moon ceremony', being held at their old mansion, they decide to crash the ceremony to lure her out, so that they can both kill her and the other Vampires, and reclaim their old home, all in one night.
Selene drives to the mansion, figuring that 'it's only a matter of time' before the two brother will attack at the mansion, and she now has their trail. In the middle of the ceremony, the Lycan brothers crash the ceremony and decapitate Lord Clovis, before Selene jumps in after them and opens fire. The brothers retreat to the shadows, circling, before one, (Regis), dashes out and knocks her against a piller, causing to her to drop her guns. Selene recovers, draws her sword, and dashes forward at Regis, somersaults over his shoulder and drives the blade straight through the back of his skull. With the second brother down, Selene turns her attention towards the third brother, who charges at her, but she response with the last weapon on her, a shuriken, severing his left arm clean off. As he flees, Selene comments that it is only a matter of time before he'll 'join [his] brothers in hell'.
Part III[edit]
In 2012, within six months of Alexander Corvinus' death, Selene has returned to Paris with the intention of finishing off the last Lycan brother once and for all, and she has brought Michael with her to help. Since Alexander's death, humanity has caught on to the existence of vampires and Lycanthropes, and has begun to identify and exterminate the 'Infected'. As Selene observes, a couple in a car are singled out (by an IPU (Infected Persons Unit) sniper stationed in the same belfry seen in Parts I & II), and tested first with Ag (silver) gas, and then with UV light, revealing them as vampires, and promptly shot. Having been lured back to Paris by Krandril, Selene and Michael have split up to cover more ground. Selene is sent a picture by her contact, a female security guard at the Tati hotel, confirming Krandril's regular presence there. Selene and Michael talk by cellphone, and Michael recognizes Krandril in the picture. He approaches the hotel as Selene makes her way to meet up with him there. Krandril's plan is to lure Selene and Michael into an ambush with his harem, where he intends to kill Michael in front of Selene, in retaliation for her slaying his older brothers.
Michael's attempt to take Krandril by surprise is foiled when Krandril picks up Michael's scent, and Michael hears howling, all before Selene can meet him there, as she has to deal with the IPU men (who also heard the howling). Michael crashes through the entrance, only to be taken by surprise himself by Krandril (in werewolf form), and his harem of female Lycans (all of whom are armed), and transforms into his hybrid form. They open fire on him after pinning him to the wall with grappling guns. Michael breaks free and slashes through Krandril's harem, before being taken on by Krandril himself. Krandril, however, make the same mistakes as twice-before and underestimates his enemy's strength, and is sent flying out a window. Before he starts to fall, Selene jumps down from off of the rooftop and as she sends him down to street below peppers him with silver bullets. Before he dies, Krandril gives a passing taunt, that her kind is being hunted now, and that she'll soon join him and his brothers in hell, before Selene finishes him off.
In a voiceover, Selene comments about the 'endless war': "I don't feel 'Victory'; this never ends. (About Kandril's Last Words) He might be right. We are the Hunted. But as long as I have Him, I'm all right. As long as we're together, I can live forever..."
Characters & Cast[edit]
Selene (Laura Harris)
Michael Corvin (Mark Oliver) Lycans Darius (Trevor Devall)
Regis (Paul Dobson)
Krandril (Brian Dobson)
Vampires Kraven (Trevor Devall)
Lord Clovis (Trevor Devall)


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Underworld: Red in Tooth and Claw is an IDW Publishing 3-part comic book series featuring Kevin Grevioux's character, Lycan-enforcer, Raze, in the Underworld franchise.


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1.2 Volume #2
1.3 Volume #3
2 Credits
3 See also

Overview[edit]
Underworld: Red in Tooth and Claw was written as a Non-canon account of how Raze, Lucian's Right-hand man, became a Lycan, flashing before his eyes, right before he is killed by Viktor.
Volume #1[edit]
Begins with Raze facing-off against Kraven's enforcer, Soren, after having found Lucian seemingly dead, Raze transforms and takes the opportunity to kill Soren. Raze then tries to kill Viktor, but Viktor grabs him by the throat. Raze's life flashes before his eyes, as he thinks back to 1373 AD, when he was still human.
His name back then was "Koro", and he was a mighty East African warrior, with strength to kill an adult male Lion with his bare hands. He believes the Lion to be the real culprit behind the 'Devil' that the 'Mganga' of Koro's village had been telling the villagers that he-alone could protect them from. Despite what Koro tells his fellow villagers, they persist in believing that the con man who poses as Mganga is real.
Meanwhile, out in the veldt, as the sun sets, a group of Lycans are making camp within a rock formation. They argue whether or not the 'City of Sanctuary', that Lucial told them of is really worth looking for, as they are all hungry. Lucian appears, telling them show some discipline, and that 'Axum' "is no fools quest", and that there, they will be able to regroup and build a new army to fight back against the Vampires. He also warns them to be careful, as there are Death Dealers in the area.
That night, the team of Death Dealers-in question have already sighted some of the Lycans, having followed the trail of slaughtered livestock. The Leader of the team, Vayer, an experienced Lycan Hunter, wants to wait until the Lycans are vulnerable before they strike, while a more fool-hardy Death Dealer wants to strike then and there.
Three warriors from Koro's village are on guard over their slaughtered livestock when they hear the howls of creatures they not familiar with. When they investigate, they discover that their livestock have been slaughtered. They rally to hunt and kill whatevers responsible and bring glory to their tribe. However, only two return to their village later, one near death.
The charlatan Mganga starts to stir-up the villagers fears, pro-claiming how that he-alone can protect them from the 'Evil-that-comes-by-Night', the Black-Hearted Devild. Koro alone does not buy into the false Mganga's words, and argues that it may more likely just be another Mnyama, and that they should put together a hunting party. When no-one will go with him, Koro declaires that he will go alone.
On his hunt, Koro finds the remains of a Lion, and, not recognizing the tracks of beast that attacked, fears that the Mganga may have spoken true after all. Following the track, Koro comes across the pack of Lycan, who have brought down an Elephant. At the same time, the Death Dealers, who are also tracking the Lycans, lie in wait for the Lycans to become vulnerable before they strike. Knowing none of this, Koro charges at the Lycans, only to be confronted by Lucian, but keeps charging.
Vayer, the leader of the team of Death Dealers, instructs his team to wait for his signal. Koro kills one of the Lycans, (still in Human form,) with his bare-hands, which impresses Vayer and Lucian. One of the other Vampires, Lazar, impatient, fires his crossbow. With the element of surprise lost by Lazar, Vayer is left with no choice but to order his team to open fire.
A number of the Lycans flee, and the Death Dealers take the injured one captive. One of the Death Dealers want to kill a restrained Koro, as he has seen too much, but Vayer wants instead to Turn Koro, as he has never seen a human with such physical strength, and gain a True Warrior for their cause, as opposed to Lazar, who could not control himself.
They interrogate the Lycans, who refuse to talk. Lazar kicks Koro and arrogently and openly comments how its too bad he can't drain him dry. Vayer reprimands Lazar for his actions, as they report to Marcus, who does not favor those who would take the Elders' Bans on feeding off of Humans 'lightly'. Meanwhile, Lucian and the other Lycans are spying on the Death Dealers and observe what Koro does as he frees himself and drives away the Vampires for the moment, and frees the wounded Lycan.
Lucian calls the other Lycans to attack while the Death Dealers while they are distracted. They all Change and attack. As Koro escapes he is confronted by Lucian, and is startled by Lucian's speed. Lucian tells Koro; "Fear not, Warrior... I have plans for you!" Lucian then bites Koro.
Volume #2[edit]
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Credits[edit]
Story by Kris Oprisko and Danny McBride
Art by Nick Postic and Nick Marinkovich
Lettering by Robbie Robbins
Design by Cindy Chapman
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Len Wiseman &
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Occupation
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Family
Alexander Corvinus
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William Corvinus
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Marcus Corvinus
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 Unnamed Corvinus
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Spouse(s)
Samantha
(fiancée, deceased)
Selene
(lover)
Children
Eve
(daughter, with Selene)
Nationality
Hungarian American
Michael Corvin (in Hungarian: Corvin Mihály) is a fictional character from the Underworld series.[1] He also appears in the novelizations of these films.[2][3] He is portrayed by Scott Speedman in the films. In Underworld: Endless War, his voice was provided by Mark Oliver. He is the first Vampire/Lycan Hybrid from the mythos.


Contents  [hide]
1 Creation
2 Character 2.1 Personality
3 Fictional biography 3.1 Underworld
3.2 Underworld: Evolution
3.3 Underworld: Awakening
4 Production
5 Reception
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Creation[edit]
Michael Corvin was created by Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, and Danny McBride.
According to the writer and directors commentary on the original theatrical release, Michael Corvin's role as a Vampire/Lycan Hybrid was the first character they created in the franchise when they were first writing out the script.
According to director Len Wiseman, "You'd think that the concept of vampires and werewolves mixing it up had been done more than a few times on film. But according to Wiseman, the mix hadn't really been done in decades. "It's funny because a lot of the talk has been that it's a simple concept and why hasn't this been done before. It's true. When we decided let's do vampires and werewolves, we thought that concept's been done. Of course it's been done. We talked to our agent, we went on the Internet, we looked at everything, and outside of the 50s, it just hasn't been done. It was kind of shocking to us".[4]
Character[edit]
Little is mentioned in the first installment about Michael's immediate family history, past and background, but his ancient family history, the legacy of his ancient ancestor, Alexander Corvinus, plays more of a crucial plot device in the franchise.
Described in the novelizations as "compassionate" and a "born healer", Michael began studying medicine around the age of 20-years-old. He was an aspiring young 28-year-old doctor and trauma surgeon by the events of the first film.
A few years before the events of the first film, Michael had been engaged to a woman, named Samantha, before she dies in a tragic car crash, leaving Michael devastated, as he did not possess the type of medical training to treat her for her injuries before help could arrive. In the first installment, he insists that he has no doubt in his mind that if he had known back then what he knew now that he could have saved her.
After the tragedy, Michael would focus his efforts into specialising in trauma surgery and, after a few years after the crash, Michael obtained his medical degree, decided to take-off and relocate to Budapest, Hungary, remembering the summer he had once spent there with his grandfather. According to the novelization, Michael had only been in Budapest for a matter of months before the events in the first film.
According to Scott Speedman, the actor who portrays Michael in the franchise, about how his "personal lack of gun knowledge worked in his favor"; "I get to carry a gun once in the movie and I didn't know what I was doing, and that was appropriate. I'm the "girlfriend". Every time I've got this shocked look on my face and she throws me to the ground. I'm screaming in terror. When I was watching it I was like, "Wow, how weird." I'm fine with it. I'm glad I didn't have to know what I was doing with guns. That was easy for me".[5]
Personality[edit]
Michael is a less complicated person than Selene. At the beginning of the events of the first film, Michael seems to be living a very stale and routine life. One of his fellow interns and fellow American at the hospital, Adam, when asked about Michael, said, "He comes in. He does his job. And then he goes home: Other than that, I really don't know what to tell you. Interns pretty much work round the clock. We don't have much of a life".
According to the novelizations, in his spare time, Michael read fiction, mainly mystery and thrillers, (when she searched his apartment, Selene saw a fiction book amongst his medical texts and an English–Hungarian dictionary).
Fictional biography[edit]
Both of Michael's paternal grandparents originally came from Hungary, before they migrated to America in the 1940s, after the events of World War II. Michael himself was born sometime in 1975. As a kid, his grandfather had once taken him on a summer vacation to Hungary. According to the Underworld novelization, prior to moving to Hungary, he had lived in Long Island and still had friends there.
In the novelizations, he is described as a "born healer"; he took up medicine at around the age of 20. According to the novelizations, Michael once had a summer job as a lifeguard at Coney Island, as the training saved his and Selene's lives after they'd crashed into the Danube River, after Selene passed out from heavy blood loss. He also seems to have had some prior experience with mechanics, as he was able to get an old SUV working in the second installment.
At some point, a few years before the events of the first film, he was engaged to a woman called Samantha, who later died after a car accident.
After the tragedy, Michael focuses his efforts into specializing in a field the Trauma surgery and, after obtaining his Medical degree, a few years after the crash, decided to take-off and relocate to Budapest, Hungary, after remembering the summer he had once spent there with his grandfather. After the accident, he "didn't see a reason to stick around", (alluding that his parents and grandparents are all dead), he decided to relocate to Hungary in an effort to start-over, in his own words, "to move on, to forget".
He took up residency as an interning trauma surgeon at the Saint Istvan hospital in Budapest. According to the novelization, the hospital Michael's residency was at was the Karolyi Hospital, and had only been in Budapest for a matter of months before the events in the first film.
Underworld[edit]
In the events of the first film, Michael is repeatedly caught in the middle of a conflict between vampire Death Dealers and Lycans, as his blood might hold a rare genetic trait needed by the Lycans for a hybrid experiment. Despite the help of Selene, he is bitten by the Lycan leader Lucian. This sets him on the path to become a Lycan, and allows Lucian to gain a blood sample to confirm that Michael has a rare genetic trait for immortality. Selene and Michael work together to evade the Lycans, and understand Michael's significance to the conflict. He is eventually captured by the Lycans, who take him to Lucian.
Michael is finally able to understand what motivates Lucian in the war, in part because Lucian's memories were passed on to Michael when he bit him. Selene and the death dealers interrupt the meeting, and in the commotion Michael is shot with a lethal amount of silver nitrate bullets by Selene's jealous suitor, Kraven. This would normally kill a Lycan, but Selene bites Michael, saving his life by transforming Michael into the first Hybrid. Viktor fights Michael, having been against the creation of a hybrid. Selene intervenes and kills Viktor.
Underworld: Evolution[edit]
In the second film, Selene and Michael are on the run from both Lycan and Vampire. Michael learns to master his power. The duo confronts the last Vampire Elder, Marcus Corvinus, and narrowly manage to escape him, they encounter a warehouse, in which they have sexual intercourse. They encounter the vampire historian Andreas Tanis, and through him Michael learns more of his familial connections with the Vampire and Lycan races. They investigate a cargo ship where Michael encounters his forefather, Alexander Corvinus. Michael is interrupted by Marcus, who impales Michael on a steel beam beneath a nearby dock. Michael originally appears to die, but eventually his powers heal him and he joins the fight against Marcus and William. Michael manages to kill William by ripping his head apart and Selene kills Marcus.
Underworld: Awakening[edit]
In Underworld: Awakening, Michael and Selene are captured and held captive for twelve years while Selene gives birth to their daughter Eve (presumably conceived just before capture). Eventually Selene escapes and rescues Eve. During the rescue, she finds Michael trapped in a cryo-chamber and shoots the glass to weaken it. When Selene and Eve return, Michael has escaped and they are unable to find him.
Production[edit]
As an actor, Scott Speedman notes that he did not know what he was doing with firearms, and that his hardest task was enduring the werewolf make-up.[6]
Reception[edit]
Kevin L. Nault describes the Michael Corvin as "Romeo" in this story, Michael Corvin (played by Scott Speedman), is a medical intern. He's not a gunfighter, nor a ninja, and most importantly, when attacked by werewolves and vampires, he does not turn into one."[7]
See also[edit]
Corvinus Strain
Hybrid (Underworld)
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Tanya Krzywinska, Sex and the Cinema (Wallflower Press, 2006), 158.
2.Jump up ^ Greg Cox, Danny McBride, Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, Underworld: Book 1 (Simon and Schuster, 2003), 86.
3.Jump up ^ Greg Cox, Underworld: Evolution (Simon and Schuster, 2006), 64.
4.Jump up ^ http://movies.about.com/cs/underworld/a/wisemancomic.htm Len Wiseman Talks About "Underworld".
5.Jump up ^ http://movies.about.com/cs/underworld/a/speedmancomic.htm Scott Speedman Talks About "Underworld".
6.Jump up ^ http://movies.about.com/cs/underworld/a/speedmancomic.htm Scott Speedman Talks About "Underworld".
7.Jump up ^ media.www.ramcigar.com
External links[edit]
Underworld Official Website
Underworld Evolution Official Website
Michael Corvin at the Internet Movie Database


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Selene
Underworld character
Selene (Underworld).jpg
Kate Beckinsale as Selene

First appearance
Underworld
Created by
Kevin Grevioux
Len Wiseman &
 Danny McBride
Portrayed by
Kate Beckinsale
 Lily Mo Sheen (Child)
 Nicole Randall (stunt double)
 Alicia Vela-Bailey (stunt double)
Laura Harris (voice)
Information

Aliases
Subject 1
Species
Human (originally)
Vampire (formerly)
Vampire-Corvinus Strain Hybrid
Gender
Female
Occupation
Adventurer
Death Dealer (former)
Family
Unnamed father (deceased)
 Unnamed mother (deceased)
 Cecilia sister (deceased)
 Unnamed twin nieces (deceased)
 Viktor (adoptive father, deceased)
Spouse(s)
Michael Corvin
(lover)
Children
Eve
(daughter, with Michael)
Nationality
Hungarian
Selene is a fictional character from the Underworld series. She is the primary protagonist of the films Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, and Underworld: Awakening. Her lover is Michael Corvin, and together they now have a daughter, named Eve.
Selene is portrayed by Kate Beckinsale, and by Beckinsale's daughter, Lily Mo Sheen, in Underworld: Evolution[1] in flashback scenes as a child. Her stunt double for the first two movies was Nicole Randall, and Alicia Vela-Bailey in Underworld: Awakening. In Underworld: Endless War, Selene is voiced by Canadian voice actress, Laura Harris.


Contents  [hide]
1 Creation
2 Character 2.1 Personality
3 Biography 3.1 Backstory
3.2 Underworld
3.3 Underworld: Evolution
3.4 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
3.5 Underworld: Awakening
4 Skills and vampiric attributes
5 In other media
6 Production background
7 Publication history
8 Reception
9 In popular culture
10 See also
11 References
12 External links

Creation[edit]



 The Marvel Comics character Selene inspired the vampire Selene seen in Underworld.
Selene was created by Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, and Danny McBride. According to Kevin Grevioux, Selene is based loosely on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.[2]
Character[edit]
Flashbacks to her childhood have shown Selene to have been a normal, happy, vibrant child, born in the late 14th century. The youngest of two daughters of a master mason and smith, Selene and her sister Cecilia were shown to love painting pictures, and playing 'Silly Goose'. At the age of nineteen, the untimely and gruesome deaths of her entire family completely broke her heart, as she had loved them all dearly, and left her an orphan. The deaths of her six-year-old nieces hit her especially hard. Deceived by their murderer, Viktor, into believing that a pack of Lycans were the ones responsible, (which, given the states she found their bodies in, wasn't hard to believe), Selene dedicated herself to avenging their deaths.
As a Death Dealer, (the Vampires' fighting elite), Selene committed herself to the duty of exterminating the Lycans as a species, burying herself into her work. She would also isolate herself, never socializing with anyone outside of the Death Dealers, as the majority of the Vampire Coven are more concerned whiling away their immortal lives in hedonistic pursuits instead of concerning themselves with the serious business of the war against the Lycans.
She would also serve as one of Viktor's most loyal and most powerful Death Dealers, having been vampirically sired by him personally. While she would look up to Viktor as a surrogate father figure, (and he sees her a surrogate daughter), she would still continue to feel the pain of her grief and loss of her family's deaths in the centuries to come.
According to Kate Beckinsale in The Making of Underworld, by the point-in-time of the events of the movie, Selene had been a soldier of the Vampire Clan for so-long, it had gotten to the point where "[Selene's] almost forgotten she's a woman, she's absolutely focused on revenge and killing, and she's really good at it. Then, she meets Michael, she starts to get a... kind of memory of what it's like to be human, and to be with humans. She's not completely human, but she is actually 'human' somewhere underneath there."
According to the novelizations of the events of the movies, prior to crossing paths with Michael, Selene had never been in love before, although she wasn't still a virgin; neither love nor lust had lured Selene into 'carnal encounters' with other vampires, but rather curiosity, (having been turned while still a virgin) and loneliness. Such encounters had been few, infrequent, and without consequence, all of them temporary indulgences quickly put behind her.
Personality[edit]
Selene is headstrong and stubborn, even to a fault, not willing to back down when she knows something is wrong, or leave any stone unturned when she is investigating Lycan activity. This can continue even to the point of endangering herself, such as when she passed out from blood loss at the wheel of her car after Michael warned against her against driving in her condition. Selene is described as being "steely-eyed", and having great "emotional independence" from the rest of the Coven, as well being of "extreme intelligence" and of "sharp intuition". In her Underworld official bio, it is stated that she "trusts almost no-one", and that she has a "passion for truth, albeit laced with vengeance", which "traps her in a reluctantly violent and tragic purpose".
After centuries of militaristic discipline, having served as a Death Dealer of the Vampire Clan, Selene had long-since developed a near-impervious, stoic external demeanor. Selene is not known for a sense of humor, and is actually one of the most honest Vampires in the franchise. She is also something of an idealist, believing in certain ideals as justice. Although a Vampire for six centuries, Selene only really willingly interacted with other Death Dealers, and has never fit in with her own kind (most of whom are too absorbed in their own pursuits of self-gratification). Unlike them, Selene has never forgotten why she became a Vampire, and that they are at war with the Lycans, which leads her to consider them layabouts and dead-weight, and as such cares little for what they all think of her.
In the first installment, Kraven, who fancies himself as her suitor, complains that she pays far too much attention to hunting and killing Lycans, and that she takes "this warrior business far too seriously". Selene, meanwhile, regards Kraven as 'a pig, a coward and an insufferable egotist' who is too wrapped up in himself to even pick up on the fact that Selene simply doesn't want anything to do with him, let alone be his arm-trophy at the Coven's social events. She dodges his social gatherings, she outright rejects his romantic advances at every turn, (in public and in private), and she prefers to dedicate her every waking hour into her calling as a Death Dealer.
For the most part, Selene comes across as "icy" and "unemotional" to those who don't really bother to get close to her, like most of the Coven. After years of being a disciplined soldier, Selene is well into the habit of keeping her emotions in check, and keeps her cool in the heat of battle and the face of danger. This same rigorous mentality has made it difficult sometimes to open up to others, especially Michael, early in the story. By her own admission, she's "not good with feelings". In the first novelization, she is described as being "much more comfortable discussing interrogation techniques" than "divulging the seamier underside of the vampiric lifestyle". In Awakening, her own daughter easily misinterprets her behavior for being "as cold as one already dead", before Selene explained that her heart wasn't cold, but rather it was broken (as Michael was missing at the time). Selene is also in the habit of downplaying any pain or wounds she has received - a habit of hers that Michael has since become familiar with.
Cracks in Selene's emotional armor start to show themselves when she and then-human named Michael Corvin meet for the first time at a subway, moments before a shootout, at the beginning of the first film. Other Vampires, like Kraven and Erika, quickly catch-on to Selene's feelings towards Michael before even she-herself does. The two experience a mutual "dynamic attraction" towards each other at first sight, and things start to escalate between the two of them, even after she learns that Michael has been bitten by a Lycan while she was trying to protect him from them. In lieu of his innocence, Selene defends Michael from both Vampire and Lycan, knowing full well Viktor would kill her for doing so.
Selene also becomes noticeably more violent when those she loves suffer or die; When her family was murdered, she went on a revenge spree against the Lycans (whom she had been led to believe were responsible by Viktor), that lasted six centuries until the truth was revealed to her. When she learned of Viktor's hand in her family's murder, and sees him about to kill Michael, she slices through his head with his own sword. Furthermore, when she believes Michael dead by Marcus' hand she goes on a suicide mission to eliminate Marcus and William, before Michael's Hybrid abilities revive him. When Marcus brings up her family after impaling her with one of his wing talons, she snaps the wing talon at a joint, stabs him up through the head, and pushes him into the spinning rotors of a helicopter. In Awakening, when her daughter was taken by the Lycans at the Antigen facility, Selene stages an attack on the building, luring the Lycan security personnel into a trap by taking the elevator up the building and setting silver gas explosives at every floor, to get back her daughter.
Biography[edit]
Backstory[edit]
As revealed in the first & second films, Selene was born to a Hungarian family; her father, mother, her older sister, and her baby nieces. Selene is estimated to have been born around the year 1383.
At some point, Selene's father was approached by a powerful warlord named Viktor with a commission to design and build a prison. According to the novelizations, Selene's father was well known as both a stone mason and blacksmith; and the commission had involved the excavation of a new dungeon and prison under a fortress of Viktor's, as well as striking two unique keys for one cell in particular. Selene was around 6-7-years-old when work on the prison completed.
Seven years later, at around the age of 13-14-years-old, Selene became an aunt to her older sister's twin daughters.
During the winter of Lucian's escape, about 6-years-later, Viktor feared that Lucian may know of William, the progenitor of all werewolves, (given that Lucian, whether he knew it or not, was now holding one of the keys to William's prison): To Keep the Location of William's prison a secret, Viktor personally killed everyone involved in the construction of the prison and anyone who may have visited or seen the fortress. One night, Viktor prowled into the farm of Selene's family, killed, and fed upon them one-by-one. When he came across Selene, however, he found that he 'could not bear the thought of draining [her] dry', (as described by Kraven) '[Selene], who reminded him so much of his precious Sonja'. According to the Underworld: Evolution novelization, Selene was 19 years old when Viktor turned her.
That night Viktor turned Selene into a vampire, and led her to believe that the culprits of the murder of her family were Lycans and that Viktor had saved her from them. He claimed to have been tracking The Lycans when they led him to her family's farm. With the strength of a vampire, Viktor told Selene, she could avenge them all. Selene was the only survivor to have walked through the corridors of the fortress. Viktor did not kill her because of her resemblance to his deceased daughter and his belief that she would have been much too young to remember where exactly the fortress' location was.
Selene would go on to become a Death Dealer, fighting against the Lycans for vengeance on the atrocities she believed they had committed against her family. For the centuries that followed, (the better part of a thousand years,) she would serve under Viktor with blind loyalty, remaining in the dark about her family's murder by none other than Viktor himself.
On Viktor's orders, Selene would exile Andreas Tanis, the Coven's official historian. At some point, she would also become the unwilling object of Kraven, the Coven's regent, romantic interests.
Underworld[edit]
After a confrontation with the Lycan hitman Raze, she discovered what was supposedly a Lycan lair. She was angry when Kraven dismissed her claims, not knowing that Kraven was in league with the Lycan leader Lucian in a bid to take over the control of the vampire realm from the Elders.
She tracked down Michael Corvin, in whom she believed the Lycans had an interest. Against the sacred laws of The Vampire Covenant, she and Michael, who was infected with the lycanthropy virus, fell in love.
She awakens Viktor from his deep slumber (torpor), believing that only he has the power to deal with the conspiracy between Kraven and Lucian. She then leads a mass assault on the Lycans' underground bunker.
After Michael was shot with silver nitrate by Kraven, Selene was forced to infect Michael with her vampire strain in order to save his life, thus making him the first hybrid, a Lycan dominant hybrid. She also learned the truth about the identity of her family's killer from Kraven; she struck Viktor down while the Elder was preoccupied fighting Michael. She then retrieved Sonja's pendant, carrying-on her legacy.
Underworld: Evolution[edit]
In Underworld: Evolution, after Viktor's death, Selene and Michael went on the run from both Lycans and Vampires. They were confronted by Marcus, the last surviving Vampire Elder. He was now a Vampire-Dominant Hybrid, due to his ingesting the blood of Lycan scientist Singe, which had seeped into his chamber. As Marcus attacks her, Michael intervenes and battles him to protect her.
After narrowly escaping Marcus and the sunlight, Selene and Michael take refuge in a warehouse and begin a sexual relationship. Selene also finds that she has seen the pendant that Marcus was trying to get, when she was a child. In order to find out why Marcus was after the pendant, she sought out Andreas Tanis. Tanis told her the truth about her family's slaughter, (they were killed after Lucian began his revolution to keep William from being freed,) and revealed to her that, contrary to popular belief, Marcus, not Viktor, is the original vampire.
He then set up a meeting for her and Michael with Alexander Corvinus, Marcus's father and the first true immortal. Selene was angered at Alexander for not removing the threat his sons, Marcus and William, posed long ago. Alexander retorted by asking her if she would murder her own son. An interruption by Marcus, in which Michael is seemingly killed, also results in Selene's memories of the fortress to be revealed to Marcus through her blood. Alexander, dying from his son's attack, told Selene that the only way to defeat Marcus and William would be to drink his legendary immortal blood, adding that she would become "The Future". Selene gained greater strength and new powers from Alexander's blood.
She and a squad of Alexander's Cleaners, (who, like Michael, are Alexander's descendants through his third son,) invaded William's dungeon, trying to stop the threat. They arrived too late, however, and Selene was forced to fight Marcus. Marcus was shocked at the smell of his father's blood coursing through Selene's veins. Locking Marcus in William's dungeon, Selene discovered that William had infected all surviving members of the six Cleaners escorting her, all of which have become Lycans themselves.
On the verge of being overwhelmed she was saved by Michael, who was revived by his resilient Hybrid powers. Marcus had killed the last remaining Cleaners who were operating a helicopter which provided close air support/suppressing-fire. When it crashed, the rotors continued to spin dangerously close to those in the fray.
Selene fought Marcus once more, and the Elder drove his wing talon through Selene's chest. Selene, empowered by Alexander's ancient and pure blood, tore away the talon and drove it upwards through Marcus's skull before throwing him into the moving rotor blades and killing him. After Selene defeats Marcus and Michael defeats William, sunlight lands on Selene's arm, revealing that Alexander's blood has purged the vampiric weakness to sunlight.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans[edit]
Selene briefly appears at the end of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, which was also the opening scene of the first Underworld, with the audio from the scene where Kraven tells Selene that it was Viktor who murdered her family, rather than the Lycans, and that Viktor spared her because she reminded him of the daughter he condemned to death; Selene replies to Kraven, "Lies."
Underworld: Awakening[edit]
In Underworld: Awakening, Selene escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.[3] However, Selene and her two new allies; David, (a young vampire,) and Detective Sebastian, (who lost his wife after being discovered as a vampire), discover a hidden conspiracy from rogue members of the Lycan clan within the humans' war against both species, and also finds that she has mothered a child with Michael, Eve, who was born during Selene's suspended animation.
Despite their never having met or become acquainted with one another since Eve's birth, Selene ultimately bonds with her daughter. Selene battles to rescue Eve and Michael, facing a 'Super Lycan', with abilities similar to her own including incredible healing rate and an immunity to silver. Eventually Selene kills the Super Lycan, and rescues Eve, who kills the Lycan doctor in charge, but when they go to rescue Michael (whom Selene had found and weakened the cryogenic tank of earlier), they find that he has already escaped and are unable to locate him, but Selene knows he will be hunted like Eve was.
Earlier in the film David offers her the opportunity to return to the vampire coven, in hopes she will consent to train a new generation of Death Dealers in response to both the human and Lycan threats, as many of their numbers are either in hiding from their enemies or dead.
Skills and vampiric attributes[edit]
Selene is proficient with many weapons, medieval and modern. She is well versed with both projectile and melee weapons. Modern firearms that she uses include the Walther P99 and a variety of fully automatic machine pistols. Selene is also an expert in unarmed combat. In all three films, she is seen jumping from a ledge of at least one hundred feet and landing without injury.
As a vampire, Selene frequently demonstrates superior physical abilities. She uses superhuman strength to pin Michael against a wall several feet off the ground with one hand to his throat, performs spectacular leaps, manhandles four police officers, strikes her enemies with tremendous force, kills younger vampires with just a few blows, and flips a van.[4] She moves with incredible celerity, able to move between streets and run across hallways appearing as nothing more than a blurred image. She has superhuman stamina and healing, able to take a shotgun blast to the abdomen without flinching, recover after being burned by sunlight, and was slammed against stone walls—breaking the stones—but with hardly any effects. She also has the ability to hold her breath for extended periods of time, as Humans needed SCUBA to make an underwater dive in Underworld: Evolution.
After fortifying herself with Alexander Corvinus' blood, her abilities increase and she goes toe to toe with Marcus, the first Vampire, in his hybrid form. She also displays advanced healing capabilities, as she is able to withstand Marcus' sending his wing talon through her chest and seemed to be completely unaffected by it. After she ingests Alexander's blood, she is also able to withstand direct sunlight. She is able to revive David, who had been killed in a fight with the Lycans, by feeding her blood directly to his heart. She is also powerful enough to battle a nearly-unbeatable Super Lycan. During her last fight with him, she shows her incredible strength by ramming her arm right through his chest, a feat previously unseen by vampires. Another example of her immense strength is shown when she shoulder checks a moving van, causing it to flip in a parking lot. She also possesses an immunity to werewolf bites that would be deadly to normal vampires.
In other media[edit]
Selene appears in the video game Underworld: The Eternal War. Selene is the third-person shooter throughout the missions.
Production background[edit]



 Beckinsale at the San Sebastián Film Festival in 2006
In 2003's Underworld, Beckinsale became known as an actor and stated that it was markedly different from her previous work and Beckinsale has said she was grateful for the change of pace after appearing in "a bunch of period stuff and then a bunch of romantic comedies."[5] "It was quite a challenge for me to play an action heroine and pull off all that training when [in real life] I can’t catch a ball if it’s coming my way."[6] The film received mostly negative reviews but was a surprise box office hit and has gained a cult following.[7]
In September 2003, shortly after the release of Underworld, production companies Screen Gems and Lakeshore planned to release a prequel as the third film following Underworld's sequel, Underworld: Evolution. Kate Beckinsale, who portrayed Selene in Underworld, expressed interest in reprising her role for the sequel and the prequel.[8]
In 2006, Beckinsale reprised her role as Selene in the successful vampire sequel Underworld: Evolution, directed by her husband.[9] It was the first time she had "been involved with a movie from the moment it’s a germ of an idea right through the whole editing process."[10] Her daughter had a small role as the younger Selene, and took direction well: "I didn’t think she would take either of us that seriously. We both envisaged a situation where it would be kind of like trying to get her into a snow suit. She suddenly became highly professional ... She said, “Could you call me Selene?” I certainly don’t insist on being called Selene, so she didn’t get that from me."[10]
In a June 2006 interview, When asked if Kate Beckinsale would reprise her role as Selene in the prequel, Wiseman said, "It will be in the time period before, but it will overlap into the creation of her as well. We're in the process of seeing how far we go with that."[11]
In the actual film, Selene appears briefly at the end. Beckinsale did not film new footage, a scene from Underworld was used to bookend the film. Beckinsale also provided a monologue for the beginning of the film.[12]



"It’s like putting your wedding dress on, or putting your school uniform on, it’s like a time-warp feeling."
—Kate Beckinsale, about her return as Selene.[13]
Beckinsale returned to the role of Selene for the fourth installment of the vampire franchise Underworld: Awakening.[14] She "wasn’t intending to do another one" but was convinced by the quality of the script: "You really want to see stakes that mean something in these kind of movies. Otherwise, it really is just lots of explosions and people running around in tight clothes."[15]

Publication history[edit]
Selene appears in the non-canon novel Underworld: Blood Enemy, written by Greg Cox. Selene is responsible for the death of renegade Lycan Leyba, tracking her down after Leyba's forces attack a Lycan weapons deal and are responsible for the deaths of both the Lycans and another member of Selene's team. During the confrontation with Leyba, Leyba briefly reflects that Selene's eyes are like 'hers' (Sonja's), but Selene never learns the meaning of this comment before she kills Leyba. Leyba's goals remain a mystery to Selene.
Selene also appears in the IDW Publishing Underworld series. Selene is portrayed as having the same characterization as seen in the film. Selene also appears in the sequel novelization series for Underworld: Evolution. The only novelization series of Underworld she hasn't appear in is the novelization for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.
Reception[edit]
While reviewers generally received the first film negatively, criticizing the overacting and lack of character development, audiences and a smaller number of reviewers praised elements such as the film's stylish Gothic visuals, the "icy English composure" in Kate Beckinsale's performance, and the extensively worked-out vampire-werewolf mythology that serves as the film's backstory.
A few scenes of Underworld: Evolution were shown in a panel at Comic-Con in San Diego, in July 2005; however, these scenes did not contain any plot spoilers of the new script, with attendees only being informed about the new hybrids by production designer Patrick Tatopoulos. The previewing was well-received as hundreds of fans waited hours to see a clip of the film as well as Kate Beckinsale and the other stars of the movie.[16]
A top critic from Variety said "Once again, Beckinsale brings an impressive physicality and subzero cool to her portrayal of Selene".[17]
In popular culture[edit]
Due to the impact of the films, action figures for Selene were created, all designed by Mezco. Their size is 5 inches in scale. They all come with display base and accessories.
See also[edit]

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References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ IMDb, "Lily Mo Sheen, " IMDb. com
2.Jump up ^ Kevin Grevioux talks about Selene.
3.Jump up ^ "Underworld 4 Start of Production Release". ComingSoon.
4.Jump up ^ Underworld: Awakening
5.Jump up ^ "Underworld's intrepid mistress of the dark". IGN. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
6.Jump up ^ "Interview with Kate Beckinsale, Len Wiseman and Scott Speedman". Chud. 6 October 2011.
7.Jump up ^ "Underworld". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
8.Jump up ^ Harris, Dana (2003-09-24). "Scribe Duo Sinks Teeth into Sequels". Variety. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
9.Jump up ^ "January 20–22, 2006 Weekend". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
10.^ Jump up to: a b "Kate Beckinsale on "Underworld: Evolution"". CineCon. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
11.Jump up ^ Elliott, Sean (2006-06-06). "Exclusive Interview: Underworld Director Len Wiseman Talks Die Hard 4 & Underworld 3". iFMagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-24. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
12.Jump up ^ Selene is Back for Third Underworld
13.Jump up ^ "CCI | Underworld: Awakening Stakes Out New Territory « Spinoff Online – TV, Film and Entertainment News Daily". Spinoff.comicbookresources.com. 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
14.Jump up ^ "Beckinsale is in Underworld 3". Film Stalker. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
15.Jump up ^ "Beckinsale". Collider. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
16.Jump up ^ (July 18, 2005). Comic-Con 2005: Underworld: Evolution Panel. IGN. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
17.Jump up ^ "Underworld Awakening (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
External links[edit]
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Underworld: Awakening
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Underworld: Awakening
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Directed by
Måns Mårlind
 Björn Stein
Produced by
Tom Rosenberg
Gary Lucchesi
Len Wiseman
 Richard Wright
Screenplay by
Len Wiseman
 John Hlavin
J. Michael Straczynski
Allison Burnett
Story by
Len Wiseman
 John Hlavin
Based on
Characters
 by Kevin Grevioux
Len Wiseman
Danny McBride
Starring
Kate Beckinsale
Stephen Rea
Michael Ealy
Theo James
India Eisley
Sandrine Holt
Charles Dance
Music by
Paul Haslinger
Cinematography
Scott Kevan
Editing by
John Smith
Studio
Lakeshore Entertainment
 Sketch Films
Distributed by
Screen Gems
Release dates
January 20, 2012

Running time
88 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$70 million[1]
Box office
$160,112,671[2]
Underworld: Awakening is a 2012 American 3D action horror film directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein. It is the fourth installment in the Underworld film series, with Kate Beckinsale reprising her role as Selene. Theo James, Michael Ealy, and India Eisley appeared in new roles to the series. Filming began March 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia.[3] The film was released in Digital 3D, IMAX 3D and 2D theatres on January 20, 2012.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Release 4.1 Box office
4.2 Critical reception
5 Home media
6 Music 6.1 Soundtrack
6.2 Score
7 References
8 External links

Plot[edit]
Six months after the events of Underworld: Evolution, humans have captured Selene during "The Purge", a global military crusade to exterminate vampires and lycans. Vampires have waged guerrilla warfare against the government, but the humans have overrun them, forcing the survivors to hide underground and resist the humans on their own.
Twelve years later, human governments have concluded their campaigns against the vampires and lycans. They have annihilated 95% of the vampire race and believe the lycans to be extinct. Selene, dubbed "Subject 1", is freed from cryogenic suspension by "Subject 2" and escapes the medical corporation Antigen. The corporation is ostensibly trying to make an antidote for the virus that creates vampires and lycans. Selene has visions that she follows, believing them to be linked to her lover, the lycan-vampire hybrid Michael Corvin. The visions lead her to a building where she is followed by David, a fellow vampire.
While talking with David, Selene has another vision and discovers a young girl, Eve (Subject 2). Eve is revealed to be a hybrid and the daughter of Selene and Michael. Selene and David flee with Eve, but are attacked by a group of diseased lycans. Eve's neck is bitten by a lycan, and David insists that they take her to his coven. Meanwhile, David's father Thomas blames Selene for provoking the destruction of the vampires, and tells her that Michael died twelve years ago. A vampire doctor examines Eve, offering her blood to help her heal. Eve is confused by this, having been raised as a human. With Selene's encouragement, she accepts the gift and quickly heals.
Jacob Lane, director of Antigen, is revealed to be a lycan, as is his son Quint. The "antidote" the corporation has been working on is a drug to make lycans immune to the deadly effects of silver, as well as enhancing their physical abilities. Eve's genetic code is required to achieve this, so Lane sends Quint with some other lycans to the vampire coven to recapture her. Expecting a human attack, David tries rallying the vampires' resistances to fight back, while his father orders everyone to evacuate and hide. Most of the vampires arm themselves. Unexpectedly, lycans arrive in large numbers, and many vampires are slaughtered. This is a huge blow to the coven, which now assumes humans and lycans are working together. Selene encounters a "super lycan", later revealed to be Quint, whose body has been changed by injections containing Eve's genetic material. Selene is knocked unconscious during the fight, and Eve is turned over to the lycans by Thomas in exchange for their departure, and David is mortally wounded. Selene decides to save Eve, but first revives David using the immortal blood given to her by Alexander Corvinus.
Selene enlists the help of Detective Sebastian, a human who tried investigating Antigen. Sebastian agrees to help save Eve, admitting he was married to a nurse who became a vampire; they lived together without incident, but when authorities were going door to door killing vampires and lycans, his wife exposed herself to the daylight rather than suffer at the hands of humans. Selene destroys part of Antigen's headquarters using silver gas explosives, forcing Lane to move Eve out of the building to perform an operation that will create more of the lycan super-serum. Selene escapes the lycans in the building and finds Michael (Subject 0) cryogenically frozen, puncturing his cell with a gunshot to defrost him. Escaping in a van, Lane is intercepted by Sebastian, and then by Selene, who causes the van to crash. Quint arrives and fights Selene.
Eve awakens on her stretcher, freeing herself and fighting Lane, who has injected himself with the super-serum. Sebastian and David aid Eve in her fight and she kills Lane by ripping out his throat, while Selene kills Quint by planting a silver explosive in his stomach. Selene attempts to free Michael, but finds he has already escaped.
Eve, telepathically seeing through Michael's eyes, learns that he is on the roof. Selene, Eve and David run to the roof, only to discover that Michael has already gone. In a voice-over narration, Selene concludes with her determination to reunite with Michael and take back the world from the humans and lycans.
Cast[edit]
Kate Beckinsale as Selene, a Death Dealer and a Vampire-Corvinus Strain Hybrid. She is Michael's lover and Eve's biological mother.
Michael Ealy as Detective Sebastian, who was married to a Vampire.
India Eisley as Eve, Selene and Michael's hybrid daughter
Theo James as David, Selene's Vampire ally
Stephen Rea as Dr. Jacob Lane, a Lycan
Kris Holden-Ried as Quint Lane, a powerful Lycan
Charles Dance as Thomas, a Vampire Elder and David's father
Sandrine Holt as Lida
Catlin Adams as Olivia
Adam Greydon Reid as Alan, a Lycan Medical Technician
Scott Speedman as Michael Corvin, a Lycan-Vampire Hybrid. He is Selene's lover and Eve's biological father. (Archive footage and likeness imposed on a stand-in)
Wes Bentley as Edward Vronski, an Antigen scientist (uncredited).
Production[edit]



"It's like putting your wedding dress on, or putting your school uniform on, it's like a time-warp feeling. "
—Kate Beckinsale, about her return as Selene.[4]
Filming began in March 2011 at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. Underworld: Awakening is one of the first movies to be shot using RED EPIC digital cameras in 3D.[4]
Release[edit]
Box office[edit]
Underworld: Awakening topped the box office in US and Canada on its opening weekend making $25.3 million. In the UK, Underworld: Awakening achieved a revenue of $1,736,145 over a three-day period. In Australia, it made $2,864,463 on its opening weekend, $2,011,476 in Spain and $5,898,385 in Russia. Revenues in the film's second weekend dropped to $12.4 million in the US and Canada. On its third weekend, it grossed $5,600,000. As of April 19, 2012, it has grossed $62,321,039 in the US and Canada and $97,791,632 elsewhere, bringing it to a total of $160,112,671 worldwide. The film's budget was $70 million.[5] It was the first film in 2012 to pass the $100 million mark worldwide. It is also the highest-grossing film in the Underworld series, domestically and worldwide.
Critical reception[edit]
The film received generally negative reviews from film critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 26% based on 69 reviews with 18 positive and 51 negative reviews. Its consensus is "There's more vapid action and less story in Underworld Awakening than previous installments, making the whole affair feel inconsequential."[6] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 1–100 reviews from film critics, has a rating score of 40 based on 17 reviews.[7]
Roger Moore, a top critic from Dallas Morning News said it was "Pitiless, puerile, pointless and perfunctory — and those are just the 'P's". Joe Leydon from Variety gave the film a positive review, saying "Once again, Beckinsale brings an impressive physicality and subzero cool to her portrayal of Selene".[8] Many expressed disappointment that Scott Speedman did not return as Michael Corvin, and were upset that the character's role was greatly reduced in the film.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Home media[edit]
Underworld: Awakening was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on May 8, 2012.[16]
Music[edit]

Underworld: Awakening (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack album by Various

Released
January 17, 2012 (Digital)
 January 31, 2012
Genre
Rock
Length
77:25
Label
Lakeshore
Producer
Skip Williamson (executive)
 Braian McNelis and Eric Craig
Underworld film series soundtrack chronology

Underworld Rise of the Lycans
 (2009) Underworld: Awakening
 (2012) 

Soundtrack[edit]
The soundtrack was released to digital outlets on January 17, 2012 by Lakeshore Records. Most of the album's songs are remixed by Danny Lohner. These songs are provided by bands such as: Evanescence, Linkin Park, The Cure, Lacuna Coil, as well as others.
1."Made of Stone" (Renholdër Remix) by Evanescence – 3:15
2."Heavy Prey" by Lacey Sturm of Flyleaf featuring Geno Lenardo – 4:16
3."Blackout" (Renholdër Remix) by Linkin Park – 5:03
4."Apart" (Renholdër Remix) by The Cure – 6:37
5."Killer & a Queen" by Stella Katsoudas of Sister Soleil featuring Geno Lenardo – 5:35
6."Watch Yourself" (Renholdër Remix) by Ministry – 4:14
7."Trip the Darkness" (Ben Weinman Remix) by Lacuna Coil – 3:46
8."Young Blood" (Renholdër Remix) by The Naked and Famous – 4:06
9."It Rapes All in Its Path" by Black Light Burns – 5:53
10."The Posthumous Letter" by William Control – 4:04
11."How'm I Supposed to Die" by Civil Twilight – 3:19
12."Consolation Prize" by & SONS – 3:28
13."Liar" (Revenant Mix by 8MM) by 8MM – 7:02
14."You Won't See the Light" by Ryan T. Hope of The Lifeline featuring Geno Lenardo – 3:53
15."Bottle of Pain" by Combichrist – 4:05
16."Intruder" by Collide – 4:37
17."Exit Wounds" (Justin Lassen Remix) by Justin Lassen featuring Silent Fury – 4:03
Score[edit]
The film's score was released on February 14, 2012 by Lakeshore Records. The music was provided by composer Paul Haslinger who did the music for Underworld and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.

Underworld: Awakening (Original Motion Picture Score)

Film score by Paul Haslinger

Released
February 14, 2012
Length
59:26
Label
Lakeshore
Producer
Paul Haslinger
Underworld film series score album chronology

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans score
 (2009) Underworld: Awakening score
 (2012) 

1."The Purge" – 3:02
2."Underworld Awakening Main Titles" – 0:52
3."Raiding the Army Surplus Store" – 1:44
4."Non-Human Aggressor" – 1:30
5."I Was Subject 2" – 3:01
6."Arriving at the Coven" – 2:23
7."I've Never Seen a Child Like This" – 1:42
8."This Is Not One of Us" – 3:19
9."I Know Exactly What You Are" – 1:37
10."If You Knew Him as I Did" – 3:46
11."Prepare the Armory" – 2:09
12."The Uber-Lycan" – 1:05
13."Reanimation" – 1:16
14."Then Came the Purge" – 2:29
15."Selene Returns to Antigen" – 2:07
16."Find Her and Destroy Her" – 2:27
17."The Lycan Van Escape" – 2:14
18."I Heal Instantly" – 1:41
19."You Came Back" – 1:15
20."Reclaiming the World" – 1:29
21."The Melancholy of Resistance" – 2:40
22."A New Dawn" – 3:36
23."Corner" (Justin Lassen Remix) by Blue Stahli – 4:30
24."Under Your Skin" (Deadbeat Remix) by Aesthetic Perfection – 3:53
25."Sunrise" by Angelspit – 3:26
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Movie Projector: Fourth "Underworld" to Soar Higher Than "Red Tails"". The Los Angeles Times. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
2.Jump up ^ "BoxOffice.com—Underworld Awakening". BoxOffice.com. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
3.Jump up ^ ""Underworld 4" Start Of Production Release | News". Dark Horizons. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
4.^ Jump up to: a b "CCI | Underworld: Awakening Stakes Out New Territory « Spinoff Online – TV, Film and Entertainment News Daily". Spinoff. comicbookresources.com. 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
5.Jump up ^ "Box Office Mojo—Underworld: Awakening". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
6.Jump up ^ Underworld: Awakening at Rotten Tomatoes
7.Jump up ^ Underworld: Awakening at Metacritic
8.Jump up ^ "Underworld Awakening (2012)". Variety.
9.Jump up ^ "Arrow In The Head's movie review of Underworld 4: Awakening". Arrow In The Head.
10.Jump up ^ "Movie Review: Underworld: Awakening". Flix66.
11.Jump up ^ "AccessReel Reviews—Underworld Awakening". AccessReel Reviews.
12.Jump up ^ "REVIEW: UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING". CHUD.com.
13.Jump up ^ "‘Underworld: Awakening’ Review: The Action Keeps You From Sleeping". Reel Movie Nation.
14.Jump up ^ "Under Review: 'Underworld: Awakening'". It's Just Movies.
15.Jump up ^ "Underworld: Awakening (2012) Review, Or: Come For The Action, Stay For The Skintight Leather". Yell! Magazine.
16.Jump up ^ "Underworld: Awakening - CompleteSeasonDVDs.com". Retrieved 14 May 2012.
External links[edit]
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
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Directed by
Patrick Tatopoulos
Produced by
Len Wiseman
Tom Rosenberg
Gary Lucchesi
Skip Williamson
Screenplay by
Danny McBride
 Dirk Blackman
 Howard McCain
Story by
Len Wiseman
 Danny McBride
Based on
Characters by
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Kevin Grevioux
 Len Wiseman
Narrated by
Kate Beckinsale
Starring
Michael Sheen
Bill Nighy
Rhona Mitra
Kevin Grevioux
Steven Mackintosh
Kate Beckinsale
Music by
Paul Haslinger
Cinematography
Ross Emery
Editing by
Peter Amundson
 Eric Potter
Studio
Lakeshore Entertainment
Distributed by
Screen Gems
Release dates
January 23, 2009

Running time
92 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$35,000,000[1]
Box office
$91,085,163[2]
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is a 2009 American action horror film directed by Patrick Tatopoulos. It is the third (chronologically, the first) installment, and the prequel film to the Underworld series, focusing primarily on the origins of the characters and the events that lead up to the Vampire–Lycan war, depicted in the previous films Underworld and Underworld: Evolution.


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2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception
5 Home video
6 Adaptations
7 Sequel
8 Music 8.1 Soundtrack
8.2 Score
9 References
10 External links

Plot[edit]
The film tells the story of Lucian, the first werewolf born in human form and the first to be called "Lycan". Viktor, an elder vampire, raises the child, and envisions a race of Lycan slaves that could keep guard of the coven's fortress during the day and be used as laborers by the vampires at night. As Lucian grows up, he and Viktor's daughter Sonja (Rhona Mitra) fall in love and begin a secretive intimate relationship in their adult years. Sonja is reckless and insubordinate, and one night Lucian escapes and rescues Sonja from his werewolf brethren. Viktor, despite acknowledging that Lucian saved his daughter, cannot forgive the escape and locks Lucian away.
With the help of Andreas Tanis, Sonja orchestrates Lucian's release in exchange for her seat on the vampire council. Lucian, unable to flee alone, decides to escape after liberating all of the other Lycans. Sonja remains behind but will meet Lucian in three days, and one night while preparing to leave is visited by her father. Viktor asks if she assisted in Lucian's escape, and although she denies it, he discovers the real truth after biting her neck and reading her memories through her blood. Discovering her relationship with Lucian, he then imprisons her. Meanwhile, in the forest, Lucian recruits both humans and werewolves to form a force against the vampires. In the fortress, the vampire council and nobles demand that Viktor recaptures Lucian.
Lucian learns about Sonja's imprisonment and eventually rescues her from her room but they are stopped from escaping by Viktor. Sonja, hoping to spare Lucian's life, reveals to him that she is pregnant with Lucian's child. Disgusted, Viktor overpowers her and imprisons both her and Lucian. Sonja is unanimously sentenced to death by the council at a trial presided over by her father, and is executed by exposure to sunlight in Lucian's presence. Viktor later visits her body and retrieves her pendant.
Later, Lucian tries to escape the fortress but his attempt is thwarted by the Death Dealers; Lucian, now able to communicate with and control the Lycans, summons them to storm the fortress. In the melee, the Vampire Council members are killed along with their aides and lesser vampire noble, while trying to flee the council chamber, and Lucian stabs Viktor through the mouth with a sword and pushes his body down into a nearby body of water. With the battle over, Lucian's deputy Raze declares that "it is finished", but Lucian realizes this victory is only the beginning of what will become a war between the races.
The film's coda reveals that Viktor has survived his wound, has made it onto a vampire ship fleeing the fortress, and is sealed into an elder hibernation chamber by Tanis. Also, the opening scene of the first Underworld film is shown, with the voice of vampire Kraven (Shane Brolly) revealing to Selene (Kate Beckinsale) that Viktor had killed her family, not the Lycans, but had spared her life because she reminded him of his executed daughter Sonja; Selene, unaware of the truth, dismisses Kraven's statement as "lies".
Cast[edit]
Michael Sheen as Lucian
Rhona Mitra as Sonja
Bill Nighy as Viktor
Steven Mackintosh as Andreas Tanis
Kevin Grevioux as Raze
Craig Parker as Sabas
David Aston as Coloman
Elizabeth Hawthorne as Orsova
Larry Rew as Kosta
Jared Turner as Xristo
Timothy Raby as Janosh
Tania Nolan as Luka
Kate Beckinsale as Selene
Production[edit]


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In September 2003, shortly after the release of Underworld, production companies Screen Gems and Lakeshore planned to release a prequel as the third film following Underworld's sequel, Underworld: Evolution. Kate Beckinsale, who portrayed Selene in Underworld, expressed interest in reprising her role for the sequel and the prequel.[3]
In December 2005, Underworld: Evolution director Len Wiseman explained that the Underworld franchise was originally conceived as a trilogy. Wiseman said, "We sort of mapped out an entire history and story... a massive collection of ideas and stories that we're putting out at certain times." Wiseman anticipated creating a third installment for the franchise based on the audience's reception of Underworld: Evolution, which would be released the following month.[4]
In a June 2006 interview, Wiseman said, "The third film is going to be a prequel. It will be the origin story and we find out things we didn't know about Lucian; he'll have a much bigger part in it. It will be about the creation [of the races] and what started the war. It will be a period piece. The movie will also focus for the first time through the Lycans' point of view." The director also shared, "In terms of the writing, a lot of the writing has been done. We've been developing Underworld 3 for a while. I won't be directing Underworld: Rise of the Lycans; I'm just going to be producing and writing." When asked if Kate Beckinsale would reprise her role as Selene in the prequel, Wiseman said, "It will be in the time period before, but it will overlap into the creation of her as well. We're in the process of seeing how far we go with that."[5] The following October, actor Michael Sheen, who portrays Lucian in the film series, expressed interest in being part of the prequel.[6]
The Hollywood Reporter announced that the film would be written by Danny McBride and mark the directorial début of Patrick Tatopoulos, who designed the creature effects for all three Underworld films. Len Wiseman would produce, and contribute to the writing of this film, but would not direct, nor would Kate Beckinsale reprise her lead role of Selene nor would Scott Speedman reprise his role of Michael Corvin. In late September 2007, Outlander scribes Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain were brought on board and delivered a draft on November 3, mere days before the Writers Strike of 2007.[7] Pre-production began shortly thereafter.
The film was shot in Auckland, New Zealand. There is a brief pickup shot of Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park as well.
Reception[edit]
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans was distributed to 2,942 theatres on its opening day (23 January 2009) in the United States and grossed an estimated US$8,050,000, debuting at number 1 at the box office.[8] On its opening weekend, the film was ranked second at the box office behind Paul Blart: Mall Cop with $20.7 million, which is lower than the amount earned by Underworld and Underworld: Evolution ($21.8 million and $26.9 million respectively) on their opening weekends. 59% of the audience at the premiere was male, while 55% was over 25 years old.[1] Overall, the limited day-and-date launch of Rise of the Lycans in the week ending 23 January 2009 accumulated $3.5 million in two dozen markets outside the US, at 455 theatres, a third of which was earned at the Australian box office.[9] In the United Kingdom, the film was distributed to 339 theatres and obtained $1.4 million at the box office on its opening day, ranking as the second-best opener of the week behind Valkyrie.[10] As of 26 April 2009, the film has grossed an estimated $45,802,315 in North America and $91,085,163 at the box office worldwide.[2]
The film received mostly "mixed or mediocre" reviews.[11] According to the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, as of January 2012, 30% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 77 reviews. However, viewers on the website were more positive, rewarding the film a 68% "Fresh" rating.[12] Most of the acclaim is attributed to Michael Sheen's performance. At the website Metacritic the film has received an average score of 44, based on 14 reviews.[11] Joe Leydon of Variety gave a positive review, stating that director Patrick Tatopoulos "offers a satisfyingly exciting monster rally that often plays like a period swashbuckler" and that the film is "notably less frenetic (and appreciably more coherent) than its predecessors".[13] He also praised the lead actors for their performances. Leydon described Rhona Mitra's performance as "more than adequate" but says that "her Sonja never achieves the pop-icon impact of Beckinsale's Selene"; he felt that Michael Sheen "hits all the right notes in a star-powered performance that will amuse, if not amaze, anyone who only knows the actor as Tony Blair or David Frost", and that Bill Nighy "offers a sly and stylish turn as Viktor".[13] Similarly, Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter stated that the film "rises to the occasion" and that it "finds more life left than would be expected in the darkly stylized if dramatically flawed vampires vs. werewolves saga."[14] He credited this to the "sturdy performances" of Sheen and Nighy and the "tidy, unfussy direction" by Tatopoulos.[14] Also giving the film a positive review was Claudia Puig of USA Today, who thought that the film was "surprisingly campy fun, mostly succeeding through the power of its lead performances".[15]
Manohla Dargis of The New York Times commented that the film "offers few surprises other than Mr. Sheen's vigorous, physical performance", articulating that Sheen is "the movie's greatest asset" and that his commitment to his role demonstrated that there is "some benefit to having a real performance even in a formulaic entertainment like this".[16] Clark Collis of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+ grade, describing the film as "basically Were-Spartacus, though that makes the humorless, scare-free result sound much more fun than it is". He says, "Sheen and Nighy do their best with the material, but this is easily the worst Underworld so far."[17] While he described the franchise as "grimly competent", Glenn Whipp of Los Angeles Times criticized Rise of the Lycans on its action sequences, which "accent incomprehensibility".[18] Kim Newman of Empire rated the film one out of five stars and called it a "needless threequel", saying that it is unlikely for an audience who has not seen Underworld to "follow the tosh this passes off as a plot". He adds, "In former effects man Patrick Tatopoulos' vision, these Dark Ages were really dark – so dark, in fact, you can barely see the monster action or register why Sheen and Nighy felt the need to sign up."[19] Richard Corliss of Time described the film as "sluggish when it's not grinding toward the preposterous" and that it "just wasn't that memorable". He noted further that the "Brit cast attempts to camouflage the silliness by swanning it up, as if the Royal Shakespeare Company had gotten communally drunk and staged an impromptu production of Dracula Meets the Wolfman."[20]
Home video[edit]
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and UMD on May 12, 2009.[21] The DVD is a one-disc set that includes:
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans — From Script to Screen featurette
The Origin of the Feud featurette
Re-Creating the Dark Ages — The Look of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans featurette
William Control's "Deathclub" music video
Filmmakers' commentary[22]
Note: The Blu-ray release contained a PS3 theme.
First week sales of the DVD stand at 1,241,875 copies with over $24.82 million in revenue. As of November 1, 2009 almost 2.2 million copies have been sold and $43,407,017 in revenue generated for Sony Pictures.[23][dated info]
Adaptations[edit]
Kevin Grevioux adapted the story into a two-issue mini-series for IDW Publishing.[24]
Sequel[edit]
The Shield writer John Hlavin was hired to write a sequel, not to Rise of the Lycans but to Underworld: Evolution, with Måns Mårlind and Bjorn Stein directing.[25] The title is Underworld: Awakening.[26]
Music[edit]
Soundtrack[edit]

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Soundtrack album

Released
January 20, 2009
Genre
Industrial rock, electronic body music
Length
63:49
Label
Lakeshore
Producer
Skip Williamson and Brain McNelis
Underworld film series soundtrack chronology

Underworld: Evolution
 (2006) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
 (2009) Underworld: Awakening
 (2012)

Track listing1."Lighten Up Francis" (JLE Dub Mix) by Puscifer – 4:34
2."Underneath the Stars" (Renholdër Remix) by The Cure featuring Maynard James Keenan/Puscifer and Milla – 3:36
3."Nasty Little Perv" (Renholdër Remix) by Perry Farrell – 2:24
4."Hole in the Earth" (Renholdër Remix) by Deftones – 3:47
5."Miss Murder" (VNV Nation Remix) by AFI – 5:59
6."Over and Out" (Renholdër Remix) by Alkaline Trio – 3:29
7."Deathclub" (Wes Borland) by William Control featuring Matt Skiba – 3:51
8."Board Up the House" (Renholdër Remix) by Genghis Tron – 4:19
9."Stiff Kittens" (Jnrsnchz Blaqkout Remix) by Blaqk Audio – 4:59
10."Broken Lungs" (Legion of Doom Remix) by Thrice – 4:48
11."Today We Are All Demons" (Beneath the World Mix) by Combichrist – 4:35
12."I Want You To" by Black Light Burns – 3:10
13."Two Birds, One Stone" (Wes Borland/Renholdër Remix) by Drop Dead, Gorgeous – 2:56
14."Let's Burn" by King Black Acid – 4:28
15."Tick Tock Tomorrow" (Wes Borland/Renholdër Remix) by From First to Last – 3:47
16."Steal My Romance" by Ghosts on the Radio – 3:02
Score[edit]

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Original Score)

Film score by Paul Haslinger

Released
March 3, 2009
Length
36:12
Label
Lakeshore Records
Producer
Paul Haslinger
Underworld film series score album chronology

Underworld: Evolution
 (2006) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
 (2009) Underworld: Awakening
 (2012)

Track listing1."The Rise of the Lycans" – 2:27
2."Lucian and Sonja's Love Theme" – 2:05
3."The Arrow Attack" – 2:34
4."The Most Precious Thing to My Heart" – 1:46
5."The Wolves' Den" – 2:06
6."Lucian to the Rescue" – 1:51
7."Court Battle Suite" – 4:25
8."Sonja's Trial and Execution" – 5:26
9."Storming the Castle" – 2:53
10."Per Aspera Ad Astra" – 6:45
11."The Rise of the Lycans" (Precious Cargo Remix), mixed by Coma Virus – 3:54
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External links[edit]
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Underworld: Evolution
Underworld2evolution.jpg
Directed by
Len Wiseman
Produced by
Tom Rosenberg
Gary Lucchesi
 Richard Wright
 Len Wiseman
Kevin Grevioux
 Danny McBride
Screenplay by
Danny McBride
Story by
Len Wiseman
 Danny McBride
Based on
Characters created by
 Kevin Grevioux
 Len Wiseman
 Danny McBride
Starring
Kate Beckinsale
Scott Speedman
Tony Curran
Shane Brolly
Steven Mackintosh
Derek Jacobi
Bill Nighy
Music by
Marco Beltrami
Cinematography
Simon Duggan
Editing by
Nicolas Del Toth
Studio
Lakeshore Entertainment
Distributed by
Screen Gems
Release dates
January 20, 2006

Running time
106 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Hungarian
Budget
$45 million[1]
Box office
$111.3 million[1]
Underworld: Evolution is a 2006 action-vampire film directed by Len Wiseman. It is the second (chronologically, the third) installment in the Underworld series, following Underworld in 2003. The events of the film begin during the same night of the first film's finale. In the film Selene and Michael fight to protect the future of the Corvinus bloodline from its hidden past.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception 3.1 Critical response
3.2 Box office
4 Prequel and sequel
5 Music 5.1 Soundtrack
5.2 Score
6 References
7 External links

Plot[edit]
In 1202, an army led by the three vampire elders (Marcus, Viktor, and Amelia) arrives at a Lycan-ravaged village. Viktor and Amelia capture their target: Marcus' brother, William Corvinus, the first and most powerful werewolf. Despite Marcus' defiance, Viktor orders that William be imprisoned in a secret location forever.
In the present day, vampire Selene takes Michael to a safe house so that she can confront vampire Kraven; she knows that Kraven intends to kill Marcus and plans to stop him. However, Marcus has awakened before Kraven arrives. Marcus kills Kraven. Lorenz Macaro, an elderly man, sends in a team of "cleaners" to investigate the aftermath from the battle in the Lycans' lair. When Lorenz Macaro examines Viktor's corpse he finds a metal disc inside it which is the match to a pendant worn by Sonja. The other half of the pendant is possessed by Selene and Michael.
Marcus tracks Selene and Michael down and attacks them, but they evade him and hide in a warehouse. There, Selene and Michael share their feelings and engage in sexual intercourse. Now knowing that the pendant is important to Marcus, Michael and Selene set out to discover why Marcus wants it. Selene recalls that she saw it as a child, but does not know its significance. They travel to the hideout of the exiled vampire historian Andreas Tanis who reveals that Marcus was the first vampire; one of the three sons of Alexander Corvinus, the first immortal. Marcus was bitten by a bat and became a vampire; his twin brother William was bitten by a wolf and became a werewolf. The third son remained human and gave rise to a line of descendants including Michael who became the first Lycan–Vampire hybrid. The first werewolves created by William were entirely animal and unable to assume human form. Due to William's destructiveness, Marcus approached Viktor, who was a dying warlord at the time, and offered to turn him and his army into immortal vampires in exchange for tracking down and stopping William, and in destroying those he had infected.
Viktor did not kill the brothers because he was deceived by Marcus into believing that doing so would result in the immediate extinction of all other vampires and his Lycan slaves. Tanis reveals that Selene's father was the architect who built William's prison and that the pendant is a key to the latter. Viktor killed Selene's family as they knew the prison's location, but turned Selene into a vampire. Tanis then refers Selene and Michael to Macaro for help. After Selene and Michael leave Tanis' residence, Marcus arrives and injures Tanis to drink his blood so that he learns Selene and Michael's location, killing Tanis.
Selene and Michael visit Macaro and discover that he actually is Alexander Corvinus. Alexander reveals that he has devoted his life to containing the Vampire-Lycan war from the mortals. However, he refuses to assist Selene in killing his sons. Then Marcus arrives, impaling Michael and learns the location of William's prison by drinking Selene's blood. He mortally wounds his father and obtains the other half of the pendant, after deriding his father's refusal to help William and revealing that he and William intend to rule the world as god-like masters of a race of vampire-Lycan hybrids. On Alexander's bidding, Selene drinks his blood, enhancing her physical strength and healing abilities to a level equivalent to that of a hybrid. Afterwards, Alexander blows up his ship, killing himself.
Selene, aboard Corvinus' helicopter, leads his cleaners to the prison to confront and destroy Marcus, but he has already freed William. A battle ensues in which William bites the cleaners which, as a result, are turned into werewolves. Michael, who is presumed to be dead and is carried aboard the helicopter, regenerates and joins the fight in his hybrid form, killing William. Selene kills Marcus. After the battle, Selene realizes that she is immune to the sunlight's killing effect on vampires.
Cast[edit]
Kate Beckinsale as Selene
Scott Speedman as Michael Corvin
Tony Curran as Marcus Corvinus
Derek Jacobi as Alexander Corvinus/Lorenz Macaro - headed a secret mercenary group called the Cleaners tasked with destroying/hiding any evidence of Vampires and Lycans, and the war between them, from human awareness.
Steven Mackintosh as Andreas Tanis
Bill Nighy as Viktor
Zita Görög as Amelia
Shane Brolly as Kraven
Brian Steele as William Corvinus
Andrew Kavadas as Selene's Father
John Mann as Samuel
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
The film was not well received by critics. As of May 30, 2012, it has a 16% overall approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 101 reviews.[2] A few scenes of the film were shown in a panel at Comic-Con in San Diego, in July 2005; however, these scenes did not contain any plot spoilers of the new script, with attendees only being informed about the new hybrids by production designer Patrick Tatopoulos. The previewing was well-received as hundreds of fans waited hours to see a clip of the film as well as Kate Beckinsale and the other stars of the movie.[3]
Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times criticized the film's "steel-blue filter" and described it as "a monotonous barrage of computer-generated fur and fangs".[4] Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle opened his review "you can tell that Underworld: Evolution is trying to be an artistic action-horror film, because every scene is bathed in the color blue", going on to say the film is "an admirable attempt to test the boundaries of the genre" but that it is confusing and not fun to watch.[5]
Box office[edit]
The film opened on 3,207 screens with a weekend box office (January 20–22, 2006) of $26.9 million or an average of $8,388 per theater.[6] As of March 12, 2006, the film grossed a total of $62.3 million in the United States and $111.3 million worldwide.[6]
Prequel and sequel[edit]
The background history that led to the current Vampire-Lycan War (depicted in the first and second films) continues in the third film of the series, the prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.
A fourth film, sequel to Underworld: Evolution, was released on January 20, 2012, called Underworld: Awakening.[7]
Music[edit]
Soundtrack[edit]

Underworld: Evolution – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Soundtrack album

Released
January 10, 2006
Genre
Alternative rock, alternative metal, post-hardcore, industrial, nu metal, metalcore, gothic metal
Length
62:19
Label
Lakeshore
Producer
Skip Williamson, Brain McNelis & Len Wiseman
chronology

Underworld
 (2003) Underworld: Evolution
 (2006) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
 (2009)


Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
Allmusic 1.5/5 stars[8]
Track listing1."The Undertaker" (Renholdër Mix) by Puscifer – 3:57
2."Morning After" (Julien-K Remix) by Chester Bennington – 4:14
3."Where Do I Stab Myself in the Ears" (The Legion of Doom Remix) by Hawthorne Heights – 3:58
4."To the End" (RnR Cheryl Mix) by My Chemical Romance – 3:12
5."Vermillion, Pt. 2" (Bloodstone Mix) by Slipknot – 3:39
6."Burn" (Alleged Remix) by Alkaline Trio – 4:02
7."The Last Sunrise" (Dusk Mix) by Aiden – 3:55
8."Bite to Break Skin" (The Legion of Doom Remix) by Senses Fail – 4:08
9."Her Portrait in Black" by Atreyu – 4:02
10."Washing Away Me in the Tides" by Trivium – 3:47
11."Eternal Battle" by Mendozza – 4:10
12."Our Truth" by Lacuna Coil – 4:04
13."Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" by Gosling – 5:01
14."Why Are You Up" by Bobby Gold – 3:10
15."Suicide" by Meat Beat Manifesto – 3:14
16."HW2" by Cradle of Filth (Cover of "Halloween II", originally recorded by Samhain) – 3:38
Score[edit]

Underworld Evolution (Original Score)

Film score by Marco Beltrami

Released
February 28, 2006
Length
75:56
Label
Lakeshore Records
Producer
Skip Williamson, Brain McNelis & Len Wiseman
Underworld film series score album chronology

Underworld
 (2003) Underworld: Evolution
 (2006) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
 (2009)


Underworld Evolution (Original Score)

No.
Title
Length

1. "The Crawl"   0:52
2. "Ol' Timey Music"   4:58
3. "William Captured"   0:55
4. "Previously..."   2:18
5. "Safehouse 2 Crypt"   4:12
6. "Stay"   0:55
7. "Corvin's Cruisin' Crypt"   3:11
8. "Morgue Medallion"   2:43
9. "Mike to Tarvern"   1:30
10. "Mikey Doesn't Like It"   3:31
11. "Cue de Cilantro"   2:15
12. "Trunkin'"   2:38
13. "Marcus Trumped"   0:30
14. "Marcus Hits Snooze"   0:50
15. "Beware of Dog"   3:53
16. "Shot Glass"   1:53
17. "Family Values"   4:29
18. "Marcus Taps Tannis"   2:08
19. "Patricide"   4:15
20. "Alexander Can Help"   1:02
21. "He Is My Sonshine"   1:31
22. "Heli Ride"   3:36
23. "William's Castle"   2:54
24. "Selene, Willie & Marcus"   3:36
25. "Trying to Kill Will"   0:59
26. "Kill Will 2"   2:10
27. "Marcus Trumped Again"   1:33
28. "The Future"   2:34
29. "Something I Can Never Have" (performed by Flyleaf; cover of the original record of Nine Inch Nails) 4:57
30. "EracTou" (performed by Cevin Key & Ken Marshall) 3:19
Total length:
 75:56 
References[edit]
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External links[edit]
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Underworld (2003 film)
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Underworld
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Teaser poster

Directed by
Len Wiseman
Produced by
Tom Rosenberg
Gary Lucchesi
 Richard Wright
Screenplay by
Danny McBride
Story by
Kevin Grevioux
 Len Wiseman
 Danny McBride
Starring
Kate Beckinsale
Scott Speedman
Michael Sheen
Shane Brolly
Erwin Leder
Bill Nighy
Music by
Paul Haslinger
Cinematography
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Editing by
Martin Hunter
Studio
Lakeshore Entertainment
Distributed by
Screen Gems
Release dates
September 19, 2003

Running time
121 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
 Germany
 Hungary
 United States
Language
English
Budget
$22,000,000
Box office
$95,708,457
Underworld is a 2003 action horror film directed by Len Wiseman about the secret history of Vampires and Lycans (an abbreviated form of lycanthrope). It is the first (chronologically, the second) installment in the Underworld series. The main plot revolves around Selene (Kate Beckinsale), a vampire who is a Death Dealer hunting Lycans. She finds herself attracted to a human, Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman), who is being targeted by the Lycans. After Michael is bitten by a Lycan, Selene must decide whether to do her duty and kill him or go against her clan and save him.
While reviewers generally received the film negatively, criticizing the overacting and lack of character development, a smaller number of reviewers praised elements such as the film's stylish Gothic visuals, the "icy English composure" in Kate Beckinsale's performance, and the extensively worked-out vampire–werewolf mythology that serves as the film's backstory.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Legal controversy
4 Box office and home media
5 Critical reception
6 Sequels and prequel
7 Music 7.1 Soundtrack
7.2 Score
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
For generations, a secret war has raged between vampires and Lycans, an ancient species of werewolf. Selene, a vampire belonging to the Death Dealers, a group specialized in assassinating Lycans, tracks two Lycans. Selene's motivation goes beyond duty; she also wants revenge because, about 600 years ago, Lycans slaughtered her family when she was a child. The vampires believe they defeated the werewolves many centuries ago and killed their leader, Lucian, and that they must kill the surviving Lycans. Selene locates the Lycans' den and learns that they have developed a new kind of bullet capable of killing the vampires.
Later, Selene arrives at the mansion of the vampire coven to which she belongs and, recounting these events, urges an attack on the Lycans, but the vampire regent, Kraven, dismisses her proposal. Selene determines that the pair of Lycans may have been following a human, Michael Corvin, and continues her investigation. In a Lycan lair, a scientist named Singe tests blood from kidnapped descendants of the ancient Corvinus family, trying to find a pure source of the ancient and powerful Corvinus bloodline. Soon after Selene finds Michael, the pair is attacked by Lycans, including Lucian; Lucian bites Michael, but Selene helps Michael escape and the two become attracted to each other.
Selene discovers that Kraven was the only witness to Lucian's supposed death. Sensing a conspiracy, she wakes a dormant powerful elder vampire, Viktor, who has been hibernating. Viktor is angered by his early awakening, as it was Marcus' turn to rule the coven. Viktor believes Kraven and orders Selene to acquiesce to the vampire hierarchy. Kraven has secretly planned to kill a vampire elder, Amelia, and her companions, with Lucian's help.
Selene informs Michael about the feud and her past. She then binds him, fearing that he will kill innocent people after he changes into his Lycan form at the coming night's full moon. Selene captures Singe while Michael is captured by Lycans. Selene returns to the mansion with Singe, who admits to Viktor that the Lycans are trying to combine the bloodlines of the two species with the Corvinus Strain to create a powerful hybrid. After Kraven flees the mansion because Singe has revealed his cooperation with Lucian, news arrives that Amelia, who was coming to awaken Marcus, has been killed by Lycans. Viktor kills Singe and tasks Selene to kill Michael.
While Michael is being held captive, he learns from Lucian that Viktor's daughter, Sonja, and Lucian were lovers. Lucian tells Michael that the Lycans were slaves to the vampires. When Viktor learned that his daughter had been impregnated by a Lycan, he killed her to prevent any crossing of the two species, which led to the war. Such a crossing would create a hybrid creature that would be more powerful than both the vampires and Lycans, according to Lucian.
Selene arrives with a group of Death Dealers to kill the Lycans and Kraven for his treachery. Kraven shoots Lucian with a newly designed bullet intended to kill by poisoning a Lycan's bloodstream. Selene rescues Michael who is shot by Kraven. Kraven tells Selene it was Viktor who killed her family. Lucian injures Kraven and convinces Selene to bite Michael, transmitting the vampire virus into his bloodstream. Selene complies and Kraven flees after killing Lucian. Viktor arrives and admits that he killed Selene's family and reveals the truth of his love for Sonja and that his choice to have her killed was to protect the vampires and that he must also kill Michael to protect the vampires; Selene eventually kills Viktor with the assistance of Michael, who is now a hybrid. Selene and Michael leave the Lycan lair, now enemies of both species. At the mansion, blood from Singe's corpse seeps into the sarcophagus of the remaining Elder, Marcus, a carrier of the original Corvinus Strain.
Cast[edit]
Kate Beckinsale as Selene
Scott Speedman as Michael Corvin
Shane Brolly as Kraven
Bill Nighy as Viktor
Michael Sheen as Lucian
Erwin Leder as Singe
Sophia Myles as Erika
Robbie Gee as Kahn
Kevin Grevioux as Raze
Zita Görög as Amelia
Scott McElroy as Soren
Wentworth Miller as Adam Lockwood
Dennis Kozeluh as Dmitri
Hank Amos as Nathaniel
Sandor Bolla as Rigel
Todd Schneider as Trix
Jázmin Dammak as Sonja
Legal controversy[edit]
The film was the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by White Wolf, Inc. and Nancy A. Collins claiming the setting was too similar to the Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse games, both set in the World of Darkness setting, and the Sonja Blue vampire novels. White Wolf filed 17 counts of copyright infringement, and claimed over 80 points of unique similarity between White Wolf's game systems and the movie. White Wolf, Inc. also claimed the script was very similar to a story entitled The Love of Monsters (1994) which they published and was written by Nancy A. Collins.[1][2] In September 2003, a judge granted White Wolf an expedited hearing. The lawsuit ended in a confidential settlement.[3]
Box office and home media[edit]
The film grossed $51,970,690 domestically, and $95,708,457 worldwide.[4] Underworld was released on DVD and VHS from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.
Critical reception[edit]
Critics gave Underworld negative reviews. As of January 2012, it has a 31% overall approval rating on film-critics' aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes based on 157 reviews. Roger Ebert said, "This is a movie so paltry in its characters and shallow in its story that the war seems to exist primarily to provide graphic visuals".[5] However, some critics were more favorable: the New York Daily News praised it as being "stylish and cruel, and mightily entertaining for certain covens out there".[6]
Salon reviewer Andrew O'Hehir gave mixed criticism and praise, stating, "[B]y any reasonable standard, this dark vampire epic — all massive overacting, cologne-commercial design and sexy cat suits — sucks". But O'Hehir also remarks that, "...at least it gives a crap", conceding that despite the movie's flaws, the complex vampire-werewolf mythology back-story "has been meticulously worked out".[7]
Sequels and prequel[edit]
A sequel, titled Underworld: Evolution, in which Marcus awakens, was released January 20, 2006. The prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, which gives more detail as to the creation of the Lycan species and Lucian's hatred, was released January 23, 2009. A second sequel, titled Underworld: Awakening, was released on January 20, 2012.
Music[edit]
Soundtrack[edit]

Underworld Soundtrack

Soundtrack album

Released
2003
Genre
Industrial rock, alternative rock, post-hardcore, alternative metal
Length
1:07:07
Label
Lakeshore
Producer
Danny Lohner
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Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[8]
The film's soundtrack was produced by Danny Lohner and distributed via Roadrunner Records. Lohner (born 1970), a bass guitarist, guitarist and keyboardist who has recorded with Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, contributed several songs to the soundtrack under the pseudonym Renholdër. Lohner included a song by Skinny Puppy, a Canadian industrial band.; a song by The Dillinger Escape Plan, a US band which performs an aggressive, technical style of hardcore punk called mathcore; a song by US alternative rock/post-hardcore band Finch entitled "Worms of the Earth"; a song by The Icarus Line, a band known for its abrasive form of rock music; and Lisa Germano, an American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who specializes in alternative rock and dream pop.
Music critic Bill Aicher notes that the "soundtrack follow[s] in a similar gothic vein" to the visuals and states that it "does an excellent job setting the dark mood" by using "a veritable who's who in the genre" with an "impressive array of metal, hard rock, industrial, and otherwise gothic-themed tracks".[9] Aicher notes that since "a majority of the selections [are] written, produced, or featuring Lohner, the album retains a sense of cohesion throughout, making it much more a complete product than has generally been the case with similarly-themed products."[9] He states that the "album's highest point" is the song with Maynard James Keenan (from Tool and A Perfect Circle), David Bowie, and guitarist John Frusciante (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), which is entitled "Bring Me the Disco King" (Lohner Mix); he calls the song "[d]ark, brooding, sad, and twitchy".[9]
Track listing
Track #
Song
Artist(s)
Length
1. "Awakening" The Damning Well (featuring Wes Borland, Richard Patrick, Josh Freese & Danny Lohner) 4:15
2. "Rev. 22:20" Puscifer (featuring Danny Lohner) 4:39
3. "Throwing Punches" Page Hamilton 3:42
4. "Rocket Collecting" Milla Jovovich & Danny Lohner 5:42
5. "Now I Know" Renholdër & Amy Lee 0:57
6. "Bring Me the Disco King" (Danny Lohner Mix) David Bowie (featuring Maynard James Keenan & John Frusciante) 6:06
7. "Optimissed" Skinny Puppy 3:49
8. "Down in the Lab" Renholdër & Amy Lee 1:46
9. "Judith" (Renholdër Mix) A Perfect Circle 4:23
10. "Suicide Note" Johnette Napolitano 5:26
11. "Baby's First Coffin" The Dillinger Escape Plan 4:01
12. "Hover" (Quiet Mix) Trust Company 3:10
13. "Falling Through the Sky" Renholdër 1:01
14. "Weak and Powerless" (Tilling My Grave Mix) A Perfect Circle 3:02
15. "Worms of the Earth" Finch 2:35
16. "From a Shell" Lisa Germano 2:57
17. "Death Dealer's Descent" Renholdër & Amy Lee 0:55
18. "On the Lash" The Icarus Line 4:04
19. "All of This Past" Sarah Bettens 4:28
Score[edit]

Underworld (Original Score)

Film score by Paul Haslinger

Released
October 14, 2003
Length
52:20
Label
Lakeshore Records
Producer
Paul Haslinger and Lustmord
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No.
Title
Length

1. "Introduction"   0:53
2. "The End of an Era (Opening)"   1:31
3. "Death Dealers Deploy"   2:17
4. "Darkness Deep Within"   1:19
5. "Transformation"   1:27
6. "Red Tape" (performed by Agent Provocateur) 4:57
7. "Suspended Memories"   1:59
8. "The Crypt"   0:56
9. "Bloodlines"   5:11
10. "Metamorphosis"   2:24
11. "The End of an Era (Reprise)"   2:33
12. "Anger and Retribution"   3:49
13. "Corvinus"   3:53
14. "Subterrania"   0:58
15. "Fire Falling from the Sky"   2:56
16. "Miserere"   2:49
17. "The Last Stand"   2:33
18. "Eternity and a Day"   4:04
19. "Keep Watch Over the Night"   5:38
Total length:
 52:20 
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "WHITE WOLF, INC. and author NANCY A. COLLINS sue SONY PICTURES, SCREEN GEMS and LAKESHORE ENTERTAINMENT for "Underworld" copyright infringement". Archived from the original on 2008-02-12.
2.Jump up ^ "Court Awards Expedited Injunction Hearing to WHITE WOLF and NANCY A. COLLINS in "Underworld" Suit". Archived from the original on 2008-01-20.
3.Jump up ^ "Collins and White Wolf v. Sony Pictures".[dead link]
4.Jump up ^ "Underworld (2003)". Box Office Mojo.
5.Jump up ^ Roger Ebert, Underworld Moovie Review & Film Summary (2003)
6.Jump up ^ [1][dead link]
7.Jump up ^ "Underworld" - Salon.com
8.Jump up ^ "Underworld [Original Soundtrack] - Various Artists". Allmusic.
9.^ Jump up to: a b c "Maynard and Borland and Bowie, Oh My!". Music review by Bill Aicher http://www.music-critic.com/sdtrks/underworld.htm
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The Howling
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For the film, see The Howling (film). For the EP by The Phantom Band, see The Phantom Band. For the Within Temptation EP, see The Howling (EP).

The Howling
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Author
Gary Brandner
Country
United States
Language
English
Series
The Howling
Subject
Werewolves
Genre
Horror novel
Publisher
Fawcett (1986 reissue)

Publication date
 1977
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN
ISBN 0-449-13155-6 (1986 reissue)
OCLC
17204958
Followed by
The Howling II
The Howling is a 1977 horror novel by Gary Brandner.[1] It was the inspiration for the 1981 film The Howling, although the plot of the film was only vaguely similar to that of the book.
Brandner wrote two sequels to the novel, The Howling II in 1979 (later republished as Return of the Howling) and The Howling III: Echoes in 1985. Neither sequel was used as the basis for any of the subsequent Howling films. The fourth film in the series, Howling IV: The Original Nightmare made in 1988 is the closest adaptation of Brandner's original 1977 Howling novel, though even this differs in parts.
Plot summary[edit]
When middle-class Karyn Beatty is attacked and raped in her Los Angeles home, she suffers a miscarriage and a nervous breakdown. She and her husband, Roy, leave the city and go to stay in the secluded Californian mountain village of Drago while Karyn recuperates. Although the town offers Karyn a quiet lifestyle and the locals are friendly, Karyn is disturbed when she continues to hear a strange howling sound at night coming from the woods outside of their new home. This puts further strain on her marriage as Roy believes she is becoming more and more unstable, but Karyn is adamant that there is something in the woods. As tension between the couple mounts, Roy begins an affair with one of the local women, a shopkeeper named Marcia Lura. However, on his way home, Roy is attacked in the woods by a large black wolf. Though the wolf only bites him, Roy becomes ill for several days. He was bitten by a werewolf, and has now become one himself. Karyn eventually discovers that the town's entire population are all in fact werewolves, and becomes trapped in Drago. She contacts her husband's best friend, Chris Halloran, who comes up from Los Angeles to rescue her. Chris arrives with some silver bullets which he had made at her insistence. That night, the two of them fend off a group of werewolves (one of which is Karyn's husband, Roy) and Karyn is forced to shoot the black werewolf (revealed to be Marcia Lura) in the head. In the commotion, a fire breaks out at Karyn's woodland house which sweeps through the woods and the entire town of Drago is engulfed in flames as Karyn and Chris escape from its cursed inhabitants. However, as they flee, they can still hear the howling in the distance.
References[edit]
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The Howling (film)
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For the novel, see The Howling. For The Howling EP by The Phantom Band, see The Phantom Band.

The Howling
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Directed by
Joe Dante
Produced by
Michael Finnell
 Jack Conrad
Screenplay by
John Sayles
Terence H. Winkless
Based on
The Howling
 by Gary Brandner
Starring
Dee Wallace
Patrick Macnee
Dennis Dugan
Christopher Stone
Belinda Balaski
Music by
Pino Donaggio
Cinematography
John Hora
Editing by
Mark Goldblatt
 Joe Dante
Distributed by
Avco Embassy Pictures
Release dates
April 10, 1981

Running time
91 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1.5 million[1]
Box office
$17,985,893
The Howling is a 1981 werewolf-themed horror film directed by Joe Dante. Based on the novel of the same name by Gary Brandner, the screenplay is written by John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless. The original music score is composed by Pino Donaggio.


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2 Cast
3 Production
4 Differences from Brandner's novel
5 Tributes
6 Reception
7 Home media
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
Karen White (Dee Wallace) is a Los Angeles television news anchor who is being stalked by a serial murderer named Eddie Quist (Robert Picardo). In cooperation with the police, she takes part in a scheme to capture Eddie by agreeing to meet him in a sleazy porno theater. Eddie forces Karen to watch a video of a young woman being raped, and when Karen turns around to see Eddie she screams. The police enter and shoot Eddie, and although Karen is safe, she suffers amnesia. Her therapist, Dr. George Waggner (Patrick Macnee), decides to send her and her husband, Bill Neill (Christopher Stone), to "The Colony", a secluded resort in the countryside where he sends patients for treatment.
The colony is filled with strange characters, and one, a sultry nymphomaniac named Marsha Quist (Elisabeth Brooks), tries to seduce Bill. When he resists her less-than-subtle sexual overtures, he is attacked and bitten by a wolf-like creature while returning to his cabin. He later returns to find Marsha waiting and the two have sex by the campfire in the moonlight. During the encounter, their bodies have undergone a frightening transformation as they both shapeshift into werewolves.
After Bill's wolf bite, Karen summons her friend Terri Fisher (Belinda Balaski) to the Colony, and Terri connects the resort to Eddie Quist through a sketch he left behind. Karen also begins to suspect that Bill is hiding a secret far more threatening than marital infidelity. While investigating, Terri is attacked by a werewolf in a cabin, though she escapes after cutting the monster's arm off. She runs to Waggner's office and places a phone call to her boyfriend, Chris Halloran (Dennis Dugan), who has been alerted about the Colony's true nature. While on the phone with Chris, Terri looks for files on Eddie Quist. When she finally finds Eddie in the file cabinet, she is attacked by a werewolf and tries to fight back. However, Terri is finally killed when she is picked up by the werewolf and bitten in the jugular vein. Chris hears this on the other end and sets off for the Colony armed with silver bullets.
Karen is confronted by the resurrected Eddie Quist once again, and Eddie transforms himself into a werewolf in front of her. In response, Karen splashes Eddie in the face with molecular acid. She escapes, and Eddie is later shot by Chris with a silver bullet. However, as it turns out everyone in the Colony is a werewolf and can shapeshift at will without need of a full moon. Karen and Chris survive their attacks and burn the Colony to the ground.
Karen resolves to warn the world about the existence of werewolves, and surprises her employers by launching into her warnings while on television. Then, to prove her story, she herself shapeshifts into a werewolf, having become one after being attacked at the Colony by her husband Bill. She is shot by Chris on live television, and the world is left to wonder whether the transformation and shooting really happened or if it was the work of special effects. It is also revealed that Marsha Quist escaped the Colony alive and well.
Cast[edit]
Dee Wallace as Karen White
Patrick Macnee as Dr. George Waggner
Dennis Dugan as Chris Halloran
Christopher Stone as R. William "Bill" Neill
Belinda Balaski as Terri Fisher
Kevin McCarthy as Fred Francis
John Carradine as Erle Kenton
Slim Pickens as Sam Newfield
Elisabeth Brooks as Marsha Quist
Robert Picardo as Eddie Quist
Margie Impert as Donna
Elizabeth Shé as Marylou Summers
Noble Willingham as Charlie Barton
James Murtaugh as Jerry Warren
Jim McKrell as Lew Landers
Kenneth Tobey as Older Cop
Dick Miller as Walter Paisley
Robert Hammond as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Production[edit]
Though the film has been noted for its semi-humorous screenplay, it began life as a more straight forward novel by Gary Brandner which was first published in 1977. After drafts by Jack Conrad (the original director who left following difficulties with the studio) and Terence H. Winkless proved unsatisfactory, director Joe Dante hired John Sayles to completely rewrite the script. The two had collaborated before on Dante's 1978 film Piranha. Sayles rewrote the script with the same self-aware, satirical tone that he gave Piranha, and his finished draft bears only a vague resemblance to Brandner's book. However, Winkless still received a co-writers credit along with Sayles for his work on the screenplay.
The cast featured a number of recognizable character actors such as John Carradine, Kenneth Tobey and Slim Pickens, many of whom appeared in genre films themselves. Additionally, the film was full of in-joke references (see 'References' below). Roger Corman makes a cameo appearance as a man standing outside a phone booth, as does John Sayles, appearing as a morgue attendant and James Murtaugh as one of the members of The Colony. Forrest J. Ackerman appears in a brief cameo in an occult bookstore, clutching a copy of his magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland.
The Howling was also notable for its special effects, which were state-of-the-art at the time. The transformation scenes were created by Rob Bottin, who had also worked with Dante on Piranha. Rick Baker was the original effects artist for the film, but left the production to work on the John Landis film An American Werewolf in London, handing over the effects work to Rob Bottin.[2] Bottin's most celebrated effect was the on-screen transformation of Eddie Quist, which involved air bladders under latex facial applications to give the illusion of transformation. In fact, Variety claims that The Howling's biggest flaw is that the impact of this initial transformation is never topped during the climax of the film.[3] The Howling also features stop-motion animation by notable animator David W. Allen, and puppetry intended to give the werewolves an even more non-human look to them.[4] Despite most of the special effects at the time, the silhouette of Bill and Marsha having sex as werewolves is quite obviously a cartoon animation. Joe Dante attributed this to budgetary reasons.
Due to their work in The Howling, Dante and producer Michael Finnell received the opportunity to make the film Gremlins (1984) for Steven Spielberg.[5] That film references The Howling with a smiley face image on a refrigerator door. Eddie Quist leaves yellow smiley face stickers as his calling card in several places throughout The Howling. A second reference to The Howling in Gremlins comes at the end of the film when the TV anchorman Lew Landers (played by Jim McKrell) is shown reporting on the gremlin attack in Kingston Falls.[6]
Differences from Brandner's novel[edit]
The plot and characters of the film deviate from the original novel in many ways:
In the novel, Karen White is called Karyn Beatty. Her husband in the novel is called Roy Beatty (as opposed to Bill Neill in the film). Neither Karyn or Roy work in television.
In the novel, Karyn is raped by a man in her apartment. In the film, she is saved by the police before she is attacked by a werewolf in an adult bookstore.
In the novel, Karyn's psychiatrist is only briefly mentioned. In the film, her psychiatrist is Dr. Waggner who is a major character.
In the novel, Karyn goes to recuperate at Drago, a mountain village in California. In the film, she goes to "The Colony", a health resort run by her psychiatrist Dr. Waggner.
Karyn's rapist in the novel is named Max Quist, and he is an ex-con who has no involvement with the village of Drago or its inhabitants. In the film, Karen's (attempted) attacker is named Eddie Quist and is already affiliated with the Colony before he meets Karen.
Marsha Quist's name in the novel is Marcia Lura, a shopkeeper in Drago, and she is no relation to Max Quist.
In the novel, Karyn and Roy bring their pet dog with them to the village, which is killed later on. In the film, they have no dog.
The werewolves in the novel are described as completely wolf-like, though larger. The werewolves of the film are more anthropomorphic, and can walk on their hind legs, standing over seven feet tall.
The werewolves in the novel are never seen in the daytime, suggesting that they can only change at night. The werewolves in the film can change at will at any time of the day and are seen in daylight hours.
In the novel, the character Chris Halloran is Roy's best friend. In the film, Chris works with Karen and Bill at the television station. Karen's friend Terry (Chris's girlfriend) who also works at the station is not featured in the novel at all.
In the novel, Karyn escapes from Drago unscathed (though traumatised) and survives after being rescued by Chris Halloran. In the film, she gets bitten by her husband who is now a werewolf, and later transforms into one herself on live television. She is then killed by Chris with a silver bullet, live on air.
Tributes[edit]
Director Joe Dante put many in-joke references in the film, including subtle references to wolves (The Big Bad Wolf from Ub Iwerks' Little Boy Blue (1936) is seen on TV, Sheriff Newfield is seen eating Wolf Brand chili and a similar can is seen on the counter in Eddie's cabin, a copy of the Allen Ginsberg book Howl appears, a mention of disc jockey Wolfman Jack, and in Karen and Bill's cabin there is a picture of a wolf who killed a sheep within the flock).
Furthermore, many characters in the film are named after horror film directors who directed other films that featured werewolves, including George Waggner, who directed The Wolf Man (1941). Others include R. William Neill (Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)), Terence Fisher (The Curse of the Werewolf (1960)), Freddie Francis (Legend of the Werewolf (1975)), Erle Kenton (House of Dracula (1945), which co-stars John Carradine, who plays Kenton in The Howling), Sam Newfield (The Mad Monster (1942)), Charles Barton (Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)), Jacinto Molina (La Marca del Hombre Lobo (1968)) and Lew Landers (The Return of the Vampire (1944)).
Dick Miller's bookstore owner Walter Paisley gets his name from Miller's starring role in the low-budget horror film A Bucket of Blood (1959). Also present in the bookstore is the mummified Grandmother in an armchair from the attic of the house in the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre film.[7]
The film's screenwriter (later director) John Sayles, Dante's former producer Roger Corman and science fiction and horror film personality Forrest J. Ackerman all have cameos.[8]
Reception[edit]
Critical response to The Howling varied. Writing in 1981, Roger Ebert dismissed it as the "silliest film seen in some time..."[9] although Gene Siskel liked the film and gave it three and a half stars out of four.[10] Leonard Maltin also wrote in his book 2002 Movie & Video Guide that The Howling is a "hip, well-made horror film" and noted the humorous references to classic werewolf cinema.[11] Variety praised both the film's sense of humor and its traditional approach to horror.[12]
The film won the 1980 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film (despite the fact it was not released until 1981). This film was also #81 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
Home media[edit]
Shout! Factory announced plans to release The Howling on DVD and Blu-ray on June 18, 2013 through their Scream Factory branch.[13]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Gerry Molyneaux, "John Sayles, Renaissance Books, 2000 p 96
2.Jump up ^ Joe Dante interview @ Combustible Celluloid
3.Jump up ^ Variety.com
4.Jump up ^ Joe Dante interview @ Combustible Celluloid
5.Jump up ^ DVD commentary; Steven Spielberg presents Gremlins. Special edition. Warner Home Video, 2002.
6.Jump up ^ [1] - Lew Landers character bio from the Internet Movie Database
7.Jump up ^ [2]
8.Jump up ^ Bill van Heerden (1998). Film and Television In-Jokes. McFarland & Co. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-7864-3894-5. [3]
9.Jump up ^ Roger Ebert review
10.Jump up ^ Interview with Siskel in Fangoria #15 (1981)
11.Jump up ^ Leonard Maltin's 2002 Movie & Video Guide, Signet Books, August 7, 2001 ISBN 0-451-20392-5
12.Jump up ^ Variety.com
13.Jump up ^ http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3222133/shout-factorys-scream-factory-announces-the-howling-special-edition-blu-ray-and-dvd/
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Perfect Creature

Directed by
Glenn Standring
Produced by
Tim Sanders
Written by
Glenn Standring
Starring
Dougray Scott
Saffron Burrows
 Leo Gregory
Music by
Anne Dudley
Editing by
Chris Blunden
Distributed by
United States: 20th Century Fox
 Australia: Magna Pacific
Country
New Zealand
Language
English
Budget
US$11 million
Perfect Creature is a New Zealand made horror/thriller film from 2007, written and directed by Glenn Standring and starring Saffron Burrows and Dougray Scott, set in an alternate universe New Zealand. The New Zealand release date was 18 October 2007. The film was released straight-to-video in the US on 17 July 2007.


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1 Backstory
2 Plot
3 Cast
4 Production notes
5 External links

Backstory[edit]
In the slums 300 years ago, male children began to be born as vampires. They have enhanced hearing, sight, agility, stamina and reflexes. In this reality, vampires are considered a more perfect version of humans; i.e. closer to God and constitute an elite. They have created a church and are called "Brothers". They wear unadorned, long black coats, and appear monk-like. The Brothers state they exist only to serve humans; to protect and guide them. Brothers live longer than humans; the oldest is over 300 years old and as yet none have died. Vampires are removed from their mothers at birth, indoctrinated into the Brotherhood, and raised to believe they are evolved humans whose role is to serve.
Human churchgoers donate blood for the Brothers to drink, though Brothers never drink blood straight from the human body. Churchgoers wear rosaries; however not all humans are churchgoers. During rare ceremonies humans drink the Brothers' blood, which gives them visions and some may experience prescience. The liturgy of the church states that mingling the blood of the two races makes one titular "Perfect Creature".
Brothers hold religious education classes for human children. They are taught that Brothers are a step in human evolution, and learn that genetic research is banned because nothing but evil comes from it – the deadly influenza which is rife in the city, included. Genetic research is banned for humans as a method of control by the Brothers so that humans are prevented from getting rid of vampires or gaining independence. It was mentioned that before the co-existence of human and vampire, vampires were killed, at birth.
Plot[edit]


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The film opens as a pregnant woman (Danielle Cormack) gives birth to a vampire. A young Brother, Silus, aged 10–13 is told this child, Edgar and he are from the same mother. Throughout this introduction the mother is in visible emotional distress, reaching out across the room to Silus, trying to touch him.
Captioned "100 Years Later." Jamestown slum has had a series of attacks on women, who are all found with their throats bitten. Lilly Squires (Saffron Burrows) is in charge of the human police investigating these cases. She states that she comes from a workhouse in this same slum, and we establish that she is one of the few cops who care what happens to these people at the bottom of the socioeconomic heap. Lilly finds a small boy who witnesses one attack, and tells her that a Brother was responsible. As the police don't want to panic the city, the string of murders is explained away as being the result of an outbreak of the rampant influenza virus.
Silus (Dougray Scott) is detailed by the church cardinals to work with the human police, because the Brothers know that these attacks have been carried out by a Brother; Silus's brother Edgar (Leo Gregory). Edgar has sent Silus a recording of his last murder, challenging him to find and stop him before he kills again. Edgar provides the location of his next murder.
With Silus' help, Lilly puts together a task force to stake out the area Edgar has targeted. However Edgar distracts the cops and attacks Lilly, biting her in the neck. An officer interrupts the attack and Edgar flees. To save Lilly's life, Silus tells her to drink his own blood, which she does. Silus then pursues Edgar, managing to shoot him with a tranquilizing dart. Silus later visits Lilly in hospital. We establish that she has no family as they died from influenza. Lilly is having visions from drinking Silus' blood. The newspapers have published a fake story of the death of the killer; a deranged human who believed he was a Brother.
Edgar is being held in a "brace", a spiked body restraint in a cell in the church basement. Because Silus is soon to be made a member of the "inner circle" he is told the full details of what happened to Edgar. The cardinals are worried that not a single Brother has been born for 70 years, and that a female vampire has never been born. Although they have publicly banned genetic research, the church has been carrying it out in secret. Edgar has been developing a virus to inject into pregnant women, to force the baby to be born a vampire. Alas the virus has mutated, and it has turned the women into violent, insane, psychopaths. Ten of Edgar's research subjects are already dead, and the last one is dying. Edgar has also become infected, and is now insane, although the effect is slower due to his strong immune system.
Silus visits Edgar, who vows to escape and finish off Lilly. Edgar accuses Silus of being in love with Lilly, despite Brothers being forbidden to love. The night Silus is at a ceremony in the church for his investiture as a cardinal Edgar escapes, killing the guards and receptionist, and disappears into Jamestown. He enlists the help of a local named Freddy to help him catch Lilly. Edgar has installed a tap and tube system into his forearm, so he can turn on a flow of his own infected blood at any time. He catches a policewoman and fills her mouth with his blood. Freddy insists on getting his own share as well, not knowing it is infected.
Silus is guarding Lilly at her apartment with Lilly's colleague Jones. When she is sleeping Silus shows some affection for her by imagining kissing her. Later, Silus leaves to investigate a noise downstairs and Lilly and Jones patrol around. When Lilly approaches a window, Edgar bursts through from outside and grabs her. Silus and Edgar grapple, however Silus is knocked unconscious long enough for Edgar and Lilly to disappear.
The virus has spread throughout Jamestown. The government has instituted a quarantine, and soldiers shoot anybody who attempts to leave. Humans are rioting outside the churches, and throwing their rosaries back at the Brothers.
Silus discovers Edgar's location is Jamestown's water source. Edgar is dripping his blood into the water supply, infecting all of Jamestown. However, each suburb has its own separate water supply. Silus is determined to go in and rescue Lilly, however another cardinal tells him that Jamestown will be burned to the ground to make sure that the virus dies, and Edgar with it. He warns Silus that his own career will be doomed if he ignores the "greater good" and breaches quarantine.
Silus breaks through into Jamestown and heads to the aquifer, dodging the infected. Lilly is handcuffed to a water pipe in a locked basement. Edgar comes in and she tries to persuade him to stop but instead he challenges her about her dead child, saying that her race is good at abandoning children. Edgar finds Silus and they fight. Just as Silus is winning, Edgar throws him backwards onto the prongs of a steam injector. As Silus lies groaning, and possibly dying, on the ground, Edgar approaches with a portable steam injector. When Edgar depresses the trigger steam comes out. Edgar threatens to burn Silus's face off so that he will be more of a monster just like him. Lilly comes up behind Edgar and kills him by stabbing another steam injector into the back of his skull.
Silus escorts Lilly from the water facility. He kisses Lilly and says she must do something. He gestures to a building then tells Lilly she must look after what she will find in there and keep it away from the Brotherhood. Lilly enters the building, and finds the other Brother, a dead woman, and a baby. The Brother tells Lilly the infant is the first female vampire ever born. The virus has created her and she is truly the first Perfect Creature.
Silus is branded a heretic, and must stay in hiding. Meanwhile Lilly is caring for the baby and Silus is watching over her. The movie ends with Silus saying that he is being hunted but he will always fight back, leaving scope for a second movie.
Cast[edit]
Dougray Scott as Silus
Saffron Burrows as Lilly
Leo Gregory as Edgar
Scott Wills as Jones
Stuart Wilson as Augustus
John Sumner as Howard
Peter McCauley as Professor Liepsky
Aaron Murphy as Slum Kid
Danielle Cormack as Pregnant Woman
Production notes[edit]
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers was originally cast as the villain Edgar, but was forced to leave the production due to other film commitments.
At Cannes in 2005 it was announced that 20th Century Fox had purchased the North American theatrical rights, plus other key territories in what was the largest deal between a major American studio and a New Zealand film.
Perfect Creature is the sixth most expensive New Zealand film ever made after The Lord of the Rings films, The Frighteners and The World's Fastest Indian respectively.
The film was shot primarily around Dunedin and Oamaru in New Zealand's South Island.
External links[edit]
Perfect Creature at the Internet Movie Database
Perfect Creature at Rotten Tomatoes
Perfect Creature at AllMovie
Perfect Creature at comingsoon.net
DVD Review at Monsters and Critics
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The Fog (2005 film)
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The Fog
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Directed by
Rupert Wainwright
Produced by
John Carpenter
 David Foster
Debra Hill
Written by
Cooper Layne
Based on
Characters created by
 John Carpenter
 Debra Hill
Starring
Tom Welling
Maggie Grace
Selma Blair
Rade Šerbedžija
DeRay Davis
Sonja Bennett
Kenneth Welsh
 Adrian Hough
Music by
Graeme Revell
Cinematography
Nathan Hope
 Ian Seabrook (underwater)
Editing by
Dennis Virkler
Studio
Revolution Studios
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
(Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Release dates
October 14, 2005

Running time
100 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$18 million
Box office
$46,201,432[1]
The Fog is a 2005 horror film directed by Rupert Wainwright and starring Tom Welling, Selma Blair and Maggie Grace. It is a remake of John Carpenter's 1980 film of the same name and was produced by Carpenter and Debra Hill who co-wrote the original film.


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2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception 4.1 Critical reception
4.2 Box office
4.3 Awards
5 Music
6 References
7 External links

Plot[edit]
In 1871, a wealthy leper named William Blake arranges to purchase half of Antonio Island, off the coast of Oregon, to establish a leper colony for his people. However, island residents Patrick Malone, Norman Castle, Richard Wayne and David Williams double-cross Blake. During a foggy night, they loot his clipper ship the Elizabeth Dane and set it on fire, killing all aboard. 134 years later, the residents of Antonio Island prepare to honor their founding fathers—the same men who burned the Elizabeth Dane—and a statue of them is to be unveiled on the town's anniversary. During a boating trip, Nick Castle and his friend Spooner unwittingly disturb a bag containing a pocket-watch and a hairbrush from the Elizabeth Dane lying on the seabed.
That night, Nick meets his former girlfriend, Elizabeth Williams, who has returned after six months away. Elizabeth is shown the antique pocket-watch by Machen, an old man who found it washed up on the beach. He warns her ominously "if you touch it, things will change." The watch begins ticking as Elizabeth holds it. She sees a hallmark on it, which includes a set of scales. Supernatural occurrences then begin to plague the town. Objects move by themselves, power outages occur, and the windows in Nick's truck inexplicably shatter. Nick and Elizabeth then encounter drunken priest Father Malone, who is ranting about murderers and retribution. Meanwhile, at the local radio station, host Stevie Wayne gets a phone call from weatherman Dan about a large fog bank off the coast. Out at sea on Nick's boat, Spooner and Nick's cousin Sean are partying with two young women, Mandi and Jennifer. As the fog reaches them, the boat's engine stops and the instruments break. An old clipper ship appears in the fog next to them. Seemingly possessed, Jennifer draws a set of scales on a misted window inside the boat. Unseen forces then horrifically kill Mandi, Jennifer and Sean. At Nick's beach house, Elizabeth has been dreaming about the Elizabeth Dane. She searches the Internet for information about the hallmark symbol she saw earlier, but her computer malfunctions and the word "Dane" appears on the screen. She hears a knock at the front door, goes outside but finds nothing. Walking down to the beach, the fog begins moving in but Nick brings her back inside.
The next day, Nick's Uncle Hank telephones him about the disappearance of his boat. Nick and Elizabeth sail out and find the vessel and the three corpses. Elizabeth goes into the hold and finds Spooner alive in a freezer. They return to the island where Mayor Tom Malone—Father Malone's father—suspects Spooner of the murders. In the morgue, Sean's corpse briefly rises up and accosts Elizabeth. At the library, Elizabeth researches the scales symbol seen on the watch's hallmark. It represented an old trading colony north of Antonio Island, which was afflicted with leprosy. At the docks, Elizabeth finds the buried journal of Patrick Malone from 1871. She and Nick learn the story of the Elizabeth Dane and realize the founders built the town with the fortune they had stolen from the ship, but kept this secret from their families and the townsfolk.
The ghosts of the Elizabeth Dane seek revenge against Antonio Island's residents for the past crimes of its founding fathers. After killing Dan at the weather station, they pursue Stevie's son Andy and his Aunt Connie at home. Connie is killed but Nick and Elizabeth rescue Andy. In her car, Stevie is also attacked but escapes. They all make their way to the Town Hall where the founders' murderous secrets are exposed. The spirits kill Hank Castle, Kathy Williams and the Malones. The ghost of Blake then seeks Elizabeth. Despite being a descendant of David Williams, Elizabeth is the reincarnation of Blake's wife and was one of her ancestor's victims; hence, her mysterious dreams about the Elizabeth Dane. Blake kisses Elizabeth and she transforms into a spirit and disappears as Nick watches helplessly. The next day, the survivors try to cope with their traumatic experiences and the truth about their ancestors. As Stevie reflects on the night's events with her listeners, Nick throws Patrick Malone's journal into the sea.
Cast[edit]
Tom Welling as Nicholas "Nick" Castle
Maggie Grace as Elizabeth Williams
Selma Blair as Stevie Wayne
DeRay Davis as Spooner
Kenneth Welsh as Mayor Tom Malone
Adrian Hough as Father Robert Malone
Sonja Bennett as Mandi
Sara Botsford as Kathy Williams
Cole Heppell as Andy Wayne
R. Nelson Brown as Machen
 Mary Black as Aunt Connie
Jonathon Young as Dan the weatherman
Meghan Heffern as Jennifer
Alex Bruhanski as Hank Castle
Matthew Currie Holmes as Sean Castle
Rade Sherbedgia as Captain William Blake
Christian Bocher as Patrick Malone
Douglas H. Arthurs as David Williams
Yves Cameron as Richard Wayne
Charles André as Norman Castle

Production[edit]


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The original film's makers, John Carpenter and Debra Hill, expressed interest in remaking the original film on the film's DVD commentary.[2] They are both credited as producers for the remake. The 2005 film was green-lit by Revolution Studios before the script was finished. Tom Welling had three weeks filming on the fourth season of his TV series Smallville when he started work on The Fog. Selma Blair said that they kept two cameras running during Welling's scenes; one for The Fog and one for Smallville. Blair performed almost all of her stunts and spent 12 hours in a water tank with only short surface breaks for two days to shoot her underwater scenes. StudioCanal—which owns the rights to the original film—assisted in the film's production in exchange for French distribution rights.
Although set on an island off the Oregon coast, the location scenes were filmed in Canada. Some scenes were filmed around Cowichan Bay, most of the beach scenes were filmed in Tofino, and those of the town of Antonio Bay were filmed in Fort Langley; all in British Columbia. It was one of Hill's final projects before her death from cancer in 2005.
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
The film was not screened for critics before its release.[3] Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 4% based on 68 reviews, and is the 66th worst reviewed film on the website.[citation needed] The site's critical consensus states, "The Fog is a so-so remake of a so-so movie, lacking scares, suspense or originality."[4] Metacritic gave the film an average score of 27/100, based on 16 reviews.[5]
The Fog was widely considered an unsuccessful remake of the original 1980 movie.[6] The The Hollywood Reporter said the remake "lack[ed] the scares necessary to satisfy its target audience",[7] and Variety said that "interest lags between the grisly deaths, and, worse, none of the characters generates rooting interest."[3] The film was rated D- by Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly.[8]
Box office[edit]
In the US, The Fog grossed $11,752,917 on its opening weekend and secured the number one spot for that weekend due to a general decline in box office revenues at that time. Had the film opened with the same amount a year earlier, it would have only made fifth place.[9] The film had a final domestic gross of $29,550,869, and a total worldwide gross of $46,201,432.[1]
Awards[edit]



Award
Category
Subject
Result
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Worst Film The Fog Won
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards[10] Least Scary Horror Movie The Fog Won
Music[edit]

The Fog: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Film score by Graeme Revell

Released
November 1, 2005
Length
39:20
Label
Varèse Sarabande
All songs written and composed by Graeme Revell.

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Songs featured in the motion picture, but not in the commercial release"Sugar, We're Goin Down" – Performed by Fall Out Boy
"Salome's Wish" – Performed by The Booda Velvets
"Vibrate" – Performed by Petey Pablo
"Take Off Your Clothes" – Performed by Morningwood
"Nighttime" – Performed by Petracovich
"Feels Just Like It Should" – Performed by Jamiroquai
"Invincible" – Performed by OK Go
"What Died" – Performed by Nichole Alden
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Box Office Mojo (The Fog)
2.Jump up ^ Carpenter, John & Hill, Debra (2002). The Fog audio commentary (DVD) (in Eng). United States: MGM.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Leydon, Joe (October 14, 2005). "The Fog Movie Review". Variety.
4.Jump up ^ "The Fog (2005)".
5.Jump up ^ "Reviews". Metacritic.
6.Jump up ^ The Fog Trailer, Reviews and Schedule for The Fog | TVGuide.com
7.Jump up ^ "The Fog".[dead link]
8.Jump up ^ "Movie Review: The Fog". Entertainment Weekly.
9.Jump up ^ The Numbers – Thick Fog Foils Box Office
10.Jump up ^ "Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 2006". Emanuellevy.com.
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The Fog
The fog 1980 movie poster.jpg
Original theatrical poster

Directed by
John Carpenter
Produced by
Debra Hill
Written by
John Carpenter
 Debra Hill
Starring
Adrienne Barbeau
Jamie Lee Curtis
Tom Atkins
John Houseman
Janet Leigh
Hal Holbrook
Music by
John Carpenter
Cinematography
Dean Cundey
Editing by
Charles Bornstein
Tommy Lee Wallace
Distributed by
AVCO Embassy Pictures
Release dates
February 8, 1980
Running time
89 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1 million[1]
Box office
$21,378,000 (domestic)[2]
The Fog is a 1980 horror film directed by John Carpenter, who also co-wrote the screenplay and composed the music for the film. It stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh, and Hal Holbrook. It tells the story of a strange, glowing fog that sweeps in over a small coastal town in California, bringing with it the vengeful ghosts of mariners who were killed in a shipwreck there exactly 100 years earlier.
The Fog was Carpenter's first theatrical film after the success of his 1978 horror Halloween, which also starred Jamie Lee Curtis. Though not as big a success as Halloween, the film received some good reviews and was also a commercial success. A remake of the film was made in 2005.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Development
3.2 Casting
3.3 Play on character names and other references
4 Reception
5 Novelization
6 Home media
7 Remake
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]


 This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (April 2013)
As the Californian coastal town of Antonio Bay is about to celebrate its centennial, strange phenomena occurs. Objects move by themselves, machines turn themselves on, and all the public payphones ring simultaneously. Priest Father Malone is in his church when a piece of stone falls from the wall revealing a cavity. Inside is an old journal, his grandfather's diary from a century ago. Malone removes the journal which reveals that, in 1880, six of the founders of Antonio Bay (including Malone's grandfather) deliberately sank and plundered a clipper ship named the Elizabeth Dane. The ship was owned by Blake, a wealthy man with leprosy who wanted to establish a colony near Antonio Bay. One foggy night, the six conspirators lit a fire on the beach near treacherous rocks. The ship's crew, deceived by the false beacon, crashed into the rocks and perished. The conspirators were motivated by both greed and disgust at the notion of having a leper colony nearby. Antonio Bay and its church were then founded with the gold plundered from the ship.
A supernaturally glowing fog appears over the sea, moving against the wind. Three local fishermen are out at sea when the fog envelops their trawler. An old clipper ship pulls alongside their trawler. It is the Elizabeth Dane carrying the vengeful ghosts of Blake and his crew, who have come back on the hundredth anniversary of the shipwreck and the founding of the town. The three fishermen are slaughtered. At the same time, town resident Nick Castle is driving home and picks up a young hitchhiker named Elizabeth Solley. As they drive towards town, all the truck's windows inexplicably shatter.
The following morning, local radio DJ Stevie Wayne is given a piece of driftwood inscribed with the word "DANE" that was found on the beach by her young son Andy. Intrigued, Stevie takes it with her to the lighthouse where she broadcasts her radio show from. She sets the wood down next to a tape player that is playing, but the wood inexplicably begins to seep water causing the tape player to short out. A mysterious man's voice emerges from the tape player swearing revenge, and the words "6 Must Die" appear on the wood before it bursts into flames. Stevie quickly extinguishes the fire, but then sees that the wood once again reads "DANE" and the tape player begins working normally again.
After locating the missing trawler, Nick and Elizabeth find the corpse of Dick Baxter with his eyes gouged out. The other two fishermen are nowhere to be found. The town coroner, Dr. Phibes, is perplexed by the body's advanced state of decomposition considering Baxter died only hours earlier. While Elizabeth is alone in the autopsy room, Baxter's corpse rises from the autopsy table and approaches her. As Elizabeth screams, Nick and Phibes rush back into the room where they see the corpse lifeless again on the floor, appearing to have scratched the number "3" onto the floor with a scalpel. Baxter was the third victim to die. Meanwhile, Kathy Williams, the organizer of the town's centennial, visits Father Malone. He reads the journal to her, revealing how the town was founded and that their celebration is honoring murderers.
That evening, the town's celebrations begin. Local weatherman Dan calls Stevie at the radio station to tell her that another fog bank has appeared and is moving towards town. As they are talking, the fog gathers outside the weather station and Dan hears a knock at the door. He answers it and is killed by the ghosts as Stevie listens in horror. As Stevie continues her radio broadcast, the fog begins moving inland and neutralizes the town's phone and electricity lines. Using a back-up generator, Stevie begs her listeners to go to her house and save her son when she sees the fog closing in from her lighthouse vantage point. At Stevie's home, her son's babysitter, Mrs. Kobritz, is killed by the ghosts as the fog envelops the house. The ghosts then pursue Andy, but Nick arrives just in time to rescue him.
As the town's celebration comes to an end, Kathy and her assistant Sandy are driving home when they turn on the car radio and hear Stevie warning people about the dangerous fog sweeping through town. Stevie advises everyone to go to the church, which appears to be the only safe place. Nick, Elizabeth, and Andy hear the same message and the group gather there. Once inside, they and Father Malone take refuge in a small back room as the fog begins to appear outside. Inside the room, they find a large gold cross buried in the walls, made of the gold that was stolen from Blake a century earlier. As the ghosts begin their attack, Malone takes the gold cross out into the chapel. Knowing he is a descendent of one of the conspirators, Malone confronts Blake and offers himself to save everyone else. Back at the lighthouse, more ghosts attack Stevie, trapping her on the roof. Inside the church, Blake seizes the gold cross which begins to glow. Nick pulls Malone away from the cross only seconds before it disappears in a blinding flash of light, along with Blake and his crew. The ghosts attacking Stevie at the lighthouse also disappear, and the fog vanishes. Later that night, Malone is alone in the church pondering why Blake didn't kill him and thus take six lives. The fog then reappears inside the church along with the ghosts, and Blake decapitates him.
Cast[edit]
Adrienne Barbeau as Stevie Wayne
Jamie Lee Curtis as Elizabeth Solley
Janet Leigh as Kathy Williams
John Houseman as Mr. Machen
Tom Atkins as Nick Castle
James Canning as Dick Baxter
Charles Cyphers as Dan O'Bannon
Nancy Loomis as Sandy Fadel
Ty Mitchell as Andy Wayne
Hal Holbrook as Father Malone
John F. Goff as Al Williams
George 'Buck' Flower as Tommy Wallace
Darwin Joston as Dr. Phibes
Rob Bottin as Blake
John Carpenter as Bennett
Production[edit]
Development[edit]



Point Reyes Lighthouse, where many of Adrienne Barbeau's scenes were shot.
John Carpenter has stated that the inspiration for the story was partly drawn from the British film The Trollenberg Terror (1958), which dealt with monsters hiding in the clouds. He has also said that he was inspired by a visit to Stonehenge with his co-writer/producer (and then-girlfriend), Debra Hill. While in England promoting Assault on Precinct 13, Carpenter and Hill visited the site in the late afternoon one day and saw an eerie fog in the distance. In the DVD audio commentary for the film, Carpenter noted that the story of the deliberate wreckage of a ship and its subsequent plundering was based on an actual event that took place in the 19th century near Goleta, California[3] (this event was portrayed more directly in the 1975 Tom Laughlin film, The Master Gunfighter). The premise also bears strong resemblances to the John Greenleaf Whittier poem The Wreck of the Palatine which appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in 1867, about the wreck of the ship Princess Augusta in 1738, at Block Island, within Rhode Island.
The Fog was part of a two-picture deal with AVCO-Embassy, along with Escape from New York (1981), and was shot on a reported budget of $1 million.[1] Although this was essentially a low-budget independent film, Carpenter chose to shoot in the anamorphic 2.35:1 format, which gave the film a grander look so it did not seem like a low budget horror film. Filming took place from April 1979 to May 1979 at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California (interior scenes) and on location at Point Reyes, California, Bolinas, California, Inverness, California, and the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Sierra Madre, California.
After viewing a rough cut of the film, Carpenter was dissatisfied with the results. Recalling the experience, Carpenter commented "It was terrible. I had a movie that didn't work, and I knew it in my heart".[4] Carpenter subsequently added the prologue with Mr. Machen (John Houseman) telling ghost stories to fascinated children by a campfire (Houseman played a similar role in the opening of the 1981 film Ghost Story). Carpenter added several other new scenes and re-shot others in order to make the film more comprehensible, more frightening, and gorier. Carpenter and Debra Hill have said the necessity of a re-shoot became especially clear to them after they realized that The Fog would have to compete with horror films that had high gore content.[5] Approximately one-third of the finished film is the newer footage.
Casting[edit]
Cast as the female lead was Adrienne Barbeau, Carpenter's then-wife, who had appeared in Carpenter's TV movie Someone's Watching Me! in 1978. Barbeau would subsequently appear in Carpenter's next film, Escape From New York (1981).
Tom Atkins, a friend of Barbeau's, was cast as Nick Castle. The Fog was Atkins' first appearance in a Carpenter film, though he would also go on to appear in Carpenter's next film, Escape from New York, and Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), which was produced and scored by Carpenter.[6]
Jamie Lee Curtis, who was the main star of Carpenter's 1978 hit Halloween, appeared as Elizabeth. Commenting on the role and on appearing in another of Carpenter's films, she said "That's what I love about John. He's letting me explore different aspects of myself. I'm spoiled rotten now. My next director is going to be almost a letdown".[7]
Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, and Tom Atkins all appeared in Creepshow shortly thereafter.
Play on character names and other references[edit]
Besides the fact that many of the actors in The Fog also appeared in Halloween (and other later Carpenter films), several characters in The Fog are named after people that Carpenter had collaborated with on previous films.
Dan O'Bannon is a screenwriter who worked with Carpenter on Dark Star (1974).
Nick Castle is the actor who played Michael Myers in Halloween (1978).
Tommy Wallace has worked with Carpenter as an editor, art designer, and sound designer on several of his films in the 1970s and 1980s.
Richard Kobritz, the producer of Carpenter's 1978 TV film Someone's Watching Me! inspired the name of the character Mrs. Kobritz.
Other in-jokes and references that are interwoven into the film include the name of the John Houseman character "Mr. Machen" (a reference to British horror fantasist Arthur Machen); a radio report that mentions Arkham Reef; and the town's coroner Dr. Phibes was named after the titular character of the horror films starring Vincent Price from the early 1970s.
Reception[edit]
 The film was greeted with mixed reviews when it was initially released, but was a commercial success. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a rating of 68% based on 38 reviews compiled retrospectively.[8] It later became considered to be, as Carpenter once called it, "a minor horror classic". Carpenter himself stated that this is not his overall favorite film due to re-shoots and low production values. This is one of the reasons he agreed to the 2005 remake.[citation needed]
Roger Ebert commented in his review that "This isn't a great movie but it does show great promise from Carpenter".[9]
In the early 2010s, Time Out conducted a poll with several authors, directors, actors and critics who have worked within the horror genre to vote for their top horror films.[10] The Fog placed at number 91 on their top 100 list.[11]
[icon] This section requires expansion. (October 2013)
Novelization[edit]
In the same year as the movie was released, a novelization was published written by Dennis Etchison. The novel clarifies the implication in the film that the six who must die were not random but in fact descendants of the six original conspirators.
Home media[edit]
The film has been released on various home video formats since the early 1980s, including video cassette and laserdisc. It was released on DVD in 2002 complete with extra features including two documentaries and an audio commentary by John Carpenter and Debra Hill as well as trailers and galleries. Shout! Factory released the film on Blu-ray in 2013, which included the previous extra features as well as a new audio commentary by actors Adrienne Barbeau and Tom Atkins and Production Designer Tommy Lee Wallace, a new interview with Jamie Lee Curtis, and an episode of Horror’s Hallowed Grounds which revisits the film's locations.
Remake[edit]
Main article: The Fog (2005 film)
In 2005, the film was remade under the direction of Rupert Wainwright with a screenplay by Cooper Layne and starring Tom Welling and Maggie Grace. Though based on Carpenter and Hill's original screenplay, the remake was made more in the vein of a "teen horror film" and given a PG13 rating (the original film was rated R). Green-lit by Revolution Studios with just eighteen pages of script written, the film was almost universally panned for its poor script and acting and has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 4%.
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Boulenger, pp. 115
2.Jump up ^ "The Fog (1980)". Box Office Mojo.
3.Jump up ^ Gilles Boulenger, John Carpenter Prince of Darkness, (Los Angeles, Silman-James Press, 2003), pp.116, ISBN 1-879505-67-3
4.Jump up ^ Boulenger, pp. 118
5.Jump up ^ Audio commentary by John Carpenter and Debra Hill in The Fog, 2002 special edition DVD.
6.Jump up ^ "MattFini's Halloween Top 10 Lists: Ghost Stories!". DreadCentral.
7.Jump up ^ Paul Scanlon, 'THE FOG': A SPOOK RIDE ON FILM [1]; last accessed November 17, 2007
8.Jump up ^ "The Fog (1980)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
9.Jump up ^ Roger Ebert, review of The Fog [2]; last accessed November 17, 2007
10.Jump up ^ "The 100 best horror films". Time Out. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
11.Jump up ^ DA. "The 100 best horror films: the list". Time Out. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
External links[edit]
The Fog at the Internet Movie Database
The Fog at the TCM Movie Database
The Fog at AllMovie
The Fog at John Carpenter's website
"The Wreck of the Palatine" poem by John Greenleaf Whittier of 1867


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John Carpenter filmography


Directed
Dark Star (1974) ·
 Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) ·
 Halloween (1978) ·
 Someone's Watching Me! (1978) ·
 Elvis (1979) ·
 The Fog (1980) ·
 Escape from New York (1981) ·
 The Thing (1982) ·
 Christine (1983) ·
 Starman (1984) ·
 Big Trouble in Little China (1986) ·
 Prince of Darkness (1987) ·
 They Live (1988) ·
 Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) ·
 Body Bags (1993) ·
 In the Mouth of Madness (1995) ·
 Village of the Damned (1995) ·
 Escape from L.A. (1996) ·
 Vampires (1998) ·
 Ghosts of Mars (2001) ·
 The Ward (2010)
 

Written and produced
Halloween II (1981) ·
 Black Moon Rising (1986)
 

Written only
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970) ·
 Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
 

Produced only
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) ·
 The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) ·
 Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) ·
 The Fog (2005)
 

 


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