Lonely Joe
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{{Infobox film
| name = Lonely Joe
| image = Lonely Joe VideoCover.jpeg
| caption =
| director = Michael Coonce
| producer = Jeremy Colbert
Michael Coonce
John Craddock
Dan Nicol
Jody Pucello
Qutayba Salem
| writer = Michael Coonce
| starring = Erica Leerhsen
Matthew S. Harrison
Peter Speach
David Fine
Michael Cauchon
| music =
| cinematography = Alan McIntyre Smith
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2009|03|06|Lake County Film Festival|2009|04|20|United States}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| runtime = 95 minutes
| budget =
}}
Lonely Joe is a 2009 horror film which stars Erica Leerhsen. The film has been said to be a Supernatural Horror/Thriller "in the veins of Saw and The Sixth Sense".{{cite web|title=Fangoria: 1st news on Supernatural Lonely Joe|url=http://fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=5197}} The film is inspired by real events that took place in South Texas in the 1980s.{{cite web|title=IMDB Note|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1125351/trivia}}
Plot
Lonely Joe revolves around Michele Connelly (Erica Leerhsen), a New York City reporter who returns to her hometown 10 years after the mysterious murder of her younger brother to investigate and find out what actually happened several years ago. However, soon after Michele discovers a trail of bodies dating back more than fifty years, she finds herself feeling as if she is part of the story she is investigating.{{cite web|title=Indie thriller 'Lonely Joe' uses local city as backdrop for horror ,blood and death myth|url=http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2007/10/16/Feature/Small.Town.Horror-3033775.shtml}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Erica Leerhsen as Michele Connelly
- Peter Speach as Sheriff Pete Scoggins
- David Fine as Lonely Joe Gainard
- Michael Cauchon as Jimmy Connelly
- Jaclyn Walsh as Lisa Calero
- Robert Krigbaum as John Butler
- Mary Smith as Woman in White
- James Zahn as Steve Ford
- Andrea Fragassi as Michele's CoWorker
- Carl Kazmirski as Young Joe Gainard
- Laurence (Larry) Handy as Soldier
}}
Production
Lonely Joe began production in October 2007, in the towns of Solvay, Syracuse, Elbridge, and Geddes, New York.{{cite web|title=WSYR 9: Horror Film being shot in CNY|url=http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=a1abe117-17b2-4216-8970-83fe1d8026de}} The film wrapped principal photography on November 6, 2007.{{cite web|title=Lonely Joe Wraps|url=http://fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=5407}} A "post-production teaser" was cut from dailies, and placed on-line on November 7, 2007.{{cite web|title=Lonely Joe Wraps, Teaser Footage|url=http://horror-movies.ca/horror_9803.html}}
Doing her own stunts for the film, Erica Leerhsen was nearly hit by the train used in the dream sequence when she lost her balance and lunged forward. Her scene was shot with her only 12 inches from the side of the train as it passed by at 30 miles per hour. Unshaken, she insisted on shooting the scene again.{{cite web|title=IMDB Trivia|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1125351/trivia}}
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