The Bone Snatcher

The Bone Snatcher
File:The-Bone-Snatcher.jpg Official teaser poster
Directed by	Jason Wulfsohn
Produced by	Izidore Codron Koa Padolsky Chris Roland Malcolm Kohll
Written by	Malcolm Kohll Gordon Render
Starring	Scott Bairstow Rachel Shelley Adrienne Pierce
Music by	Paul Heard Mike Pickering
Cinematography	Andreas Poulsson
Edited by	Richard Benwick
Production company	The Imaginarium Focus Films Persistence Pictures Inc.
Distributed by	Overseas FilmGroup First Look International
Release dates	23 December 2003 (2003-12-23)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	England Canada South Africa
Language	English
Budget	$6 million

The Bone Snatcher is a British-Canadian horror film based on a screenplay from Malcolm Kohll and Gordon Render, the film was directed by South African filmmaker Jason Wolfsohn and stars Scott Bairstow, Rachel Shelley and Adrienne Pierce.

Plot

Again and again, people disappear from a diamond mine. Dr. Straker and a search team are sent into the desert to find out why the geologists of a diamond expedition have lost radio contact. They arrive at camp of the scientists in the desert, but soon find the neatly gnawed bones of their colleagues and a trail that leads them to a strange rock formation. Once at camp they find only the cleanly gnawed bones of the workers. Soon it becomes clear that there is a murderous beast on the loose.

The researchers decided to investigate the structure, but in the gathering darkness, sheer hell breaks loose as the creature, composed of a swarm of ant-like insects wrapped around the bones of its victims, hunts them for their bones. A game of cat and mouse continues through the desert, with the team being slowly picked off and the bug and bone monster eventually being chased down in a derelict mine building.

Zack finds it hard to decide to kill the yellow "brain bug" that controls the swarm that has killed dozens of people, but he eventually does so. Suddenly, the derelict building starts to fall down, leaving Zack and Mikki to run back to the truck - where they find they are now the only survivors of the team. The film ends with Mikki driving into the distance apparently oblivious to the contents of the box in the trunk of her car.

Cast

• Scott Bairstow as Dr. Zack Straker
• Rachel Shelley as Mikki
• Warrick Grier as Karl
• Patrick Shai as Titus
• Andre Weideman as Kurt
• Adrienne Pierce as Magda
• Patrick Lyster as Johan
• Brian Claxton Payne as The Creature
• Sean Higgs as Clive
• Jan Ellis as Harvey
• Langley Kirkwood as Paul
• Lulama J. Nombiba as Old Man
• Yusuf Hendrics as Taxi Driver
• Andre Jacobs as Dr. Muller
• Nikki Jackman as Mel
• Chris April as Muti Man
• Bo Petersen as Arctic Scientist 1
• Wayne Harrison as Arctic Scientist 2
• Rob van Vuuren as Arctic Scientist 3

Production

The film was shot in the year 2002 in the South African city Cape Town and in the desert from Namibia.

Release

The film was released as Direct to Video on 23 December 2003 in the United States.

External links

• The Bone Snatcher at IMDb
• The Bone Snatcher – Rotten Tomatoes