Heebie Jeebies (film)

{{short description|2013 film by Thomas L. Callaway}}

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| writer = Trent Haaga

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| director = Thomas L. Callaway

| starring = Robert Belushi
Cathy Shim
Evie Thompson
Olivia Ku
Lucille Soong
Michael Badalucco
Carl Savering

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| music = Andrew Morgan Smith

| country = United States

| language = English

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| producer = H. Daniel Gross
Brad Krevoy

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| runtime = 85 minutes

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| network = Syfy Channel

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Heebie Jeebies is a 2013 American science fiction horror film directed by Thomas L. Callaway and written by Trent Haaga. The film stars Robert Belushi, Cathy Shim, Evie Thompson, Olivia Ku, Lucille Soong, Michael Badalucco and Carl Savering.

Plot

In the town of Golderton, crooked businessman Billy Butler (Michael Badalucco), reopens an abandoned gold mine. It was closed after five miners were trapped in the mine sometime in the 1800s. Centuries later, Butler, a descendant of the mine's owner, reopens it, unaware of the curse that was cast upon the site. A creature, a monstrosity composed of the bodies of five deceased miners, awakens with the desire to kill anyone who takes its gold. Two local policemen (Carl Savering and Robert Belushi) and a coroner (Cathy Shim), whose family has ties to the mine, team up to try to defeat the creature before Golderton becomes a ghost town full of lifeless bodies.

Cast

Release

Heebie Jeebies premiered on the SyFy Channel on September 9, 2013.{{cite web |last1=Drehr |first1=Dave |title=SyFy Channel Is Gonna Give Us HEEBIE JEEBIES |url=http://horrornews.net/65493/syfy-channel-is-gonna-give-us-heebie-jeebies/ |website=HorrorNews.net |date=28 January 2013 |publisher=Dave Dreher |accessdate=27 August 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Debi |title=Heebie Jeebies Gets an Airdate on Syfy; New Stills Released - Dread Central |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/40954/heebie-jeebies-gets-an-airdate-on-syfy-new-stills-released/ |website=Dread Central.com |date=30 January 2013 |publisher=Debi Moore |accessdate=27 August 2018}}

=Home media=

The film was released on DVD by Sony Pictures on June 25, 2013.{{cite web |title=Heebie Jeebies (2013) - Thomas L. Callaway |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/heebie-jeebies-v580725/releases |website=Allmovie.com |publisher=Allmovie |accessdate=27 August 2018}}

Reception

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Debi Moore from Dread Central gave the film a score of 1.5 out of 5, criticizing the film's script, and lack of likable characters.{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Debi |title=Heebie Jeebies (DVD) - Dread Central |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/3993/heebie-jeebies-dvd/ |website=Dread Central.com |date=7 December 2005 |publisher=Debi Moore |accessdate=27 August 2018}} Christopher Armstead from Film Critics United gave the film a mixed review, writing, "It’s not art, not that we know art anyway, and the title is stupid, but Heebie Jeebies was more than functional, low brow, SyFy style entertainment."{{cite web |last1=Armstead |first1=Christopher |title=Heebie Jeebies |url=http://filmcriticsunited.com/heebiejeebies.html |website=Film Critics United.com |publisher=Christopher Armstead |accessdate=27 August 2018}}

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