School Killer (2001)

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 2001
Running Times: 86 mins
Length: 2513 metres
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Sociedad Audiovisual Dos Orillas S.A.
Executive Producer: Mariví de Villanueva
Associate Producer: José Luis García Berlanga
Production Manager: Beatriz Becerra

SCRIPT
Script: Tino Blanco, Mercedes Holgueras

DIRECTION
Director: Carlos Gil

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Fernando Arribas

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Esperanza Cobos

MUSIC
Music: David San José

SOUND
Sound Mixer: José Antonio Bermúdez
Sound Editor: Raul Lasvignes

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Almudena Fonseca

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Rafael Palmero

CAST
Paul Naschy (el vigilante)
Carlos Fuentes (Ramón)
Zoe Berriatúa (Jordi)
Olivia Molina (María)
Carmen Morales (Sandra)
Antonio Arenas (Alex)
Aitor Beltrán (Marcos)
Elena Candorcio (Pam)
Kwenya Carreira (Larry)
Antonio Hueso (Lucas)
Sergi Mateu (Alex Padre / Old Alex)
Itziar Miranda (Rosa)
Ana Vega (Laura)
Manuela Velasco (Patricia)

PLOT SUMMARY

A group of ex-students from the Monte Alto International High School arrange to spend a night in a former psychiatric hospital, now closed and abandoned. But during the night they are targetted by a serial killer known as el vigilante, who starts to slaughter them one by one.

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: United International Pictures y Cía. S.R.C.
Video Distributor: Paramount Home Video
DVD Distributor: Paramount Home Video

Germany
Rating: 18

Spain
Rating: 13

2002
Fantasporto, Portugal
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film (Carlos Gil) - nominated

2001
June
11: Spain – production ends
29: Spain – theatrical release

Nos van a matar a todos

El vigilante – alternative title

SEE ALSO
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Scream 3 (2000)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Fotogramas no.1893 (July 2001) p.145 (Spain)
illustrated review

gore, serial killers