We Are Still Here
Short description
After losing their college-age son, Anne and Paul Sacchetti move to Aylesbury, a small New England town blanketed in snow, hoping for a fresh start. Their new home soon proves unsettling: strange noises and disturbing sensations convince Anne that their son's spirit may be present. The couple turn to an eccentric pair of New Age believers for help, only to learn that the town itself conceals something far older and more dangerous than they imagined.
We Are Still Here is a horror and mystery film directed and written by Ted Geoghegan, marking his first feature behind the camera. The cast is led by Barbara Crampton as Anne Sacchetti and Andrew Sensenig as Paul, with Lisa Marie and Larry Fessenden as May and Jacob Lewis, and Monte Markham and Susan Gibney in supporting roles. Travis Stevens produced for Snowfort Pictures and Dark Sky Films, and the film runs eighty-three minutes.
Released in June 2015, the film received a modest response. On IMDb it holds a rating of 5.7 from roughly twenty-one thousand votes, while on TMDB it sits at 5.6 from about five hundred votes. Those figures point to a small but engaged audience giving the film middling marks. It remains the first of two features Geoghegan has directed, followed by Brooklyn 45 in 2023.
What's left behind the scenes
- Filming took place in mid-February.
- There are shots in the film that clearly indicate filming took place near the Canadian border. Molson Canadian beer advertisements are visible on the awnings by the bar.
- Paul Barress, who played Billy Dee, is actually a pastor in the church of the town where the location filming took place. His daughter, Zora, played the ghost girl, Fiona Dagmar.
- In the séance scene, Larry Fessenden performed all the stunts himself.
- The smoke in the bar was added during digital post-production.
- It took the makeup artists two hours to apply the makeup to the actors playing the ghosts of the Dagmar family, and another hour to remove it.
- During the conversation about the Dagmar family, Dave, played by Monte Markham, mentions that the first owner of the house sold corpses to a 'university in Essex County.' This is a reference to Miskatonic University, a fictional educational institution from the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
- The film is set in the 1970s, but in the scene where Harry and Daniella are driving to Sacchetti, a pickup truck model released only in the 2000s can be seen on the road.
- The weather during filming was extremely cold.
- The role of Annie was written specifically for Barbara Crampton.
- The photograph of Sacchetti's deceased son, Bobby, features production designer Sean Hughes. Hughes was chosen to portray Bobby in the photo because of his wild hair.
- The role of Jacob Lewis was written specifically for Larry Fessenden.
- The actresses who played the film's protagonist and her enemy both appeared in the "Star Trek" television series. Susan Gibney played Dr. Leah Brahms in the episodes "The Game" and "Child of Armageddon" ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") and Erika Buntin in the episodes "Homefront" and "Paradise Lost" ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"). Monte Markham played Pascal Fullerton in the episode "Who Among Us is Without Sin..." ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine").
- Period-accurate cars were rented from the residents of Shortsville, New York.
- The 1970s clothing for the actors was purchased from second-hand stores.
- In the Japanese release, the film was titled "The Diner." The back cover of the discs even features the caption "Yum-yum."
- Many of the film's characters are named after characters from the 1981 movie "The House by the Cemetery" directed by Lucio Fulci, which served as a source of inspiration for the creators.
- In shots showing the rear of the house, three gas meters are visible. This suggests that it is not a detached single-family home, but a complex designed for three families. This is also evident from the building's facade, which has three separate entrances.
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