Satan's Playground (film)
Encyclopedia
Satan's Playground is a 2005 horror film
directed and written by Dante Tomaselli
, starring Felissa Rose
, Ellen Sandweiss
, and Edwin Neal
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Forest of New Jersey
when their car breaks down. One-by-one, as day turns to night, the family members venture from their automobile and disappear into the ominous forest outside. As they seek help, they find themselves besieged by a strange demonic entity
and a dilapidated home, occupied by a family of psychopath
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Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
directed and written by Dante Tomaselli
Dante Tomaselli
Dante Tomaselli is an Italian-American horror screenwriter, director, and score composer.-Directing career:...
, starring Felissa Rose
Felissa Rose
Felissa Rose is an American actress, known for her role as Angela Baker in the 1983 cult classic, Sleepaway Camp.-Early life:She was born as Felissa Rose Esposito in Greenwich Village and grew up in Woodbury, Long Island....
, Ellen Sandweiss
Ellen Sandweiss
Ellen Sandweiss is an American B-movie actress. She has also performed in musical theatre as a dancer and pop singer, and in a one-woman show of Jewish music....
, and Edwin Neal
Edwin Neal
Edwin Neal is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as the Hitchhiker in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre or his role as Lord Zedd in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. He has been a top voice talent and actor for years appearing on screen and off in such diverse projects as The Lord of the...
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Plot summary
A frustrated family is on a drive through the Pine BarrensPine Barrens (New Jersey)
The Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands, is a heavily forested area of coastal plain stretching across southern New Jersey. The name "pine barrens" refers to the area's sandy, acidic, nutrient-poor soil, to which the crops originally imported by European settlers didn't take well...
Forest of New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
when their car breaks down. One-by-one, as day turns to night, the family members venture from their automobile and disappear into the ominous forest outside. As they seek help, they find themselves besieged by a strange demonic entity
Jersey Devil
The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature or cryptid said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey, United States. The creature is often described as a flying biped with hooves, but there are many variations...
and a dilapidated home, occupied by a family of psychopath
Psychopathy
Psychopathy is a mental disorder characterized primarily by a lack of empathy and remorse, shallow emotions, egocentricity, and deceptiveness. Psychopaths are highly prone to antisocial behavior and abusive treatment of others, and are very disproportionately responsible for violent crime...
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Cast
- Felissa RoseFelissa RoseFelissa Rose is an American actress, known for her role as Angela Baker in the 1983 cult classic, Sleepaway Camp.-Early life:She was born as Felissa Rose Esposito in Greenwich Village and grew up in Woodbury, Long Island....
– Donna Bruno - Ellen SandweissEllen SandweissEllen Sandweiss is an American B-movie actress. She has also performed in musical theatre as a dancer and pop singer, and in a one-woman show of Jewish music....
– Paula - Edwin NealEdwin NealEdwin Neal is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as the Hitchhiker in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre or his role as Lord Zedd in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. He has been a top voice talent and actor for years appearing on screen and off in such diverse projects as The Lord of the...
– Boy - "Irma St. Paule" – Mrs. Leeds
- "Danny LopesDanny LopesDanny Lopes is an actor and model.When he was 15-years-old, Lopes was chosen to play the role of Bobby in Desecration, the first feature length film by Dante Tomaselli...
" – Sean - "Christie Sanford" – Judy
- "Ron Millkie" – Officer Peters
- "Salvatore Paul Piro" – Frank Bruno
- Raine BrownRaine BrownRaine Brown is a New Jersey-based actress. She is best known as a scream queen and indie film star.- Career :She made her first major media appearance in a 2000 episode of the HBO series Sex in the City titled "Where There's Smoke..." and then, in 2002, appeared in Dante Tomaselli's surreal terror...
– Prostitute - "Robert Zappalorti" – Cop
- "Marco Rose" – Baby Anthony
- "Maureen Tomaselli" – Reporter
- "Jessy Hodges" – Lost teen
- "Chris Farabaugh" – Stoner
- "Michael Ryan" – Whipping boy
- "Paul LeRoy" – Burly truck drive
Reception
Reviews on Satan's Playground were mixed to positive reviews, currently holding an approval rating of 67% on Rottentomatoes.comRotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
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