Discover
The Screwfly Solution is the seventh episode in the second season of Masters of Horror. It is based upon the 1977 science fiction short story of the same name by Alice Sheldon (under the alias Raccoona Sheldon), credited in the film as James Tiptree, Jr. Many of the scenes in Sam Hamm's script are expansions of single lines in this epistolary story. Director Joe Dante read the story in the 1980s and had wanted to make a film version ever since. He presented the story as straight horror, eschewing his usual humor and without using his usual company of stock actors. Jason Priestley and Elliott Gould were the stars. When interviewed while shooting the film in Vancouver, the director summarized it:
Original Release
12/08/2006
US Release
12/08/2006
Cast
Name | Character |
---|
Jason Priestley | Alan |
Kerry Norton | Anne |
Linda Darlow | Bella |
Brenna O'Brien | Amy |
Steve Lawlor | The Private |
Elliott Gould | Barney |
William S. Taylor | The Mayor |
Don House | Storekeeper |
Nels Lennarson | Barekeeper |
Steve Makaj | Mankeeper |
Directors
Writers
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
---|
Jason Priestley | Alan |
Kerry Norton | Anne |
Linda Darlow | Bella |
Brenna O'Brien | Amy |
Steve Lawlor | The Private |
Elliott Gould | Barney |
William S. Taylor | The Mayor |
Don House | Storekeeper |
Nels Lennarson | Barekeeper |
Steve Makaj | Mankeeper |
J. Winston Carroll | General |
Tara Leigh | Sabbath |
Rob Morton | Max |
Nelson Leis | Rodney Bearden |
Bill Mackenzie | Church |
Michelle Jeanpierre | Stripper #1 |
Dalias Blake | Slade |
Dena Fox | Stripper #2 |
Randy Flagler | Male Passenger |
Raugi Yu | Phantom |
Producers
Name | Role |
---|
Keith Addis | Executive Producer |
Morris Berger | Executive Producer |
Stephen R. Brown | Executive Producer |
Andrew Deane | Executive Producer |
Mick Garris | Executive Producer |
John W. Hyde | Executive Producer |
Steve Best | Producer |
Ben Browning | Producer |
Adam Goldworm | Producer |
Lisa Richardson | Producer |
Tom Rowe | Producer |
Pascal Verschooris | Producer |