The Moose Jaw Forestry and Animal Park – takes on an eerie atmosphere!

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Location: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

Film Production: 13 EERIE (Feature Film) Six ambitious forensic undergrads are marooned on a remote island during a university field project. Unbeknownst to the group, the site was formerly used as an illegal biological testing ground for life-term criminals left for dead. But they aren’t. They’re undead.

Challenge: Find a location that feels like a forest on a small isolated island in the rolling hills in south-west part of Saskatchewan.

Solution: Moose Jaw Forestry Park (Moose Jaw’s old zoo), located in a small valley this production friendly location has parking for the entire production unit (production trucks, offices, honey wagons and more). This location is less than 5 minutes out of the City of Moose Jaw.

“Finding a location that works creatively is a challenge, and then you have to decide if the location is feasible.  Everyone knows location moves cost time and money. This location is like a movie studio! It’s like being in a city, but the location actually feels like an island,” said executive producer Roger Christian (an Academy Award recipient for his work on the original Star Wars and Oscar-nominated for his work on Alien).

Production Companies: The film is an Ontario/Saskatchewan Interprovincial co-production produced by Don Carmody Productions and Minds Eye Entertainment. Kevin Dewalt (The Tall Man, Faces in the Crowd), Don Carmody (Chicago, Silent Hill, Resident Evil) and Mark Montague (The Tall Man, Faces in the Crowd) are producing. Roger Christian (Bandido, Underworld) is an executive producer.

The living cast includes Katharine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps) in the role of Megan, Michael Shanks (Stargate, Burn Notice, Smallville) in the role of Professor Tomkins, Brendan Fletcher (The Pacific, Freddy vs Jason) cast as Josh and Nick Moran (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) plays Larry. Brendan Fehr (Bones, CSI: Miami) puts his CSI forensic skills to use as Daniel ­ an undergraduate criminal sciences student.

Photographer: Tobi Lampard