:''Stag night is the UK, Canadian, Irish, Australian and New Zealand term for a

Bachelor party A bachelor party (in the United States and sometimes in Canada), also known as a stag weekend, stag do or stag party (in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth countries, and Ireland), or a buck's night (in Australia), is a party held/arranged by th ...

.'' ''Stag Night'' is a 2008 American

horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, ap ...

written and directed by

Peter A. Dowling Peter Anthony Dowling is a British screenwriter and film director. He was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, Salford, England, in 1969 and started his career in children's animation in both the UK and Germany, working on cartoons such as ''The ...

and starring

Kip Pardue Kevin Ian "Kip" Pardue (born September 23, 1975) is an American actor and model, who became known for his roles in the films ''Remember the Titans'', '' But I'm a Cheerleader'', '' The Rules of Attraction'' and ''Thirteen''. Early life and educ ...

Vinessa Shaw Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw (born July 19, 1976) is an American film actress and model. She began her career as a child actor, and had her breakout role in Disney's 1993 Halloween comedy-fantasy film '' Hocus Pocus''. Shaw also appeared in '' Ladyb ...

, and

Breckin Meyer Breckin Erin Meyer (born May 7, 1974) is an American actor, musician, writer and producer, known for his roles in films such as ''Clueless'' (1995), ''Road Trip'' (2000), ''Rat Race'' (2001), and '' Garfield: The Movie'' (2004), he's also known f ...

. The plot follows four men from a bachelor party along with two strippers who become trapped in an abandoned platform in the

New York City Subway The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October ...

, where they witness a murder.

Plot

Four men on a bachelor party in New York ride the subway and, along with two strippers from the club, accidentally get off at a station that closed down in the 1970s. Trapped in the tunnels beneath New York, they witness the murder of a transit cop by three transients and find themselves on the run for their lives.

Cast

as Mike *

as Brita *

as Tony *

Scott Adkins Scott Edward Adkins (born 17 June 1976) is a British actor, film producer, screenwriter, gymnast, and martial artist. He is best known for his role as the Russian prison fighter Yuri Boyka in the ''Undisputed franchise''. He has played Yuri Boy ...

as Carl * Karl Geary as Joe *

Sarah Barrand Sarah Barrand (born 2 November 1985) is an English actress known for her role as Shannon Donnelly-Lawson in '' Footballers Wives'' and its ITV2 spin-off, '' Footballers' Wives: Extra Time''. Barrand grew up in Southport, Merseyside. She has pla ...

as Michele * Rachel Oliva as Claire *

Luca Bercovici Luca Bercovici (born February 22, 1957) is an American filmmaker, writer, producer and actor. In 1979, as part Bercovici's earliest involvements in filmmaking he spent six months in Japan as a dialogue director for the miniseries, ''Shogun'' (198 ...

as Tunnel Rat #1 * Genadii Gancheva as Tunnel Rat #2 * Radoslav Parvanov as Tunnel Rat #3 * Suzanna Urszuly as Woman * Itai Diakov as Kid Tunnel Rat * Nikolai Sotirov as Old Man * Phil Jackson as Rain Driver * Vencislav Stojanov as Cop * Jo Marr as Young Man * Amy Mihailova as Young Woman * Yordan Zahariev as Bouncer #1 * Gabriel Balanica as Bouncer #2 * Maya Andreeva as Old Woman * Dennis Andreev as Child * Lyubomir Yonchev as Shanty Town Bo

Production

Produced by Arnold Rifkin and Chris Eberts, under their Rifkin/Eberts label, and Michael Philip and Jo Marr of Film Tiger. The movie was shot in 2007 in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

and in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

. The post-production took place at "The Post Group", Hollywood, Los Angeles in 2008. Chris Ouwinga and Darryn Welch financed the film via their production company, Instinctive Film. Starring

, Karl Geary,

, Rachel Oliva and Luca Bercovici. Closing Credits Song, "Don't Hide Away From the Sun" by Alphanaut.

Inspiration

Running in almost real time, ''Stag Night'' is a throwback to the early film of

John Carpenter John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, actor, and composer. Although he worked in various film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s. He ...

and 1970s thrillers such as ''

Deliverance ''Deliverance'' is a 1972 American survival thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. The screenplay was adapt ...

'' while the plot bears a certain resemblance to that of the classic British horror film ''

Death Line ''Death Line'' is a 1972 horror film written and directed by Gary Sherman and starring Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd, Sharon Gurney, Hugh Armstrong, and Christopher Lee. Its plot follows two university students who find them ...

'' (1972).

Release

The film was first time released as Direct-to-DVD on 26 June 2008 in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

as Fuga Sobre Trilhos. It was part of the

Screamfest Horror Film Festival Screamfest Horror Film Festival is a horror film festival founded by film producers Rachel Belofsky and Ross Martin in August 2001. It runs over ten days during the month of October and is hosted at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Los Angeles, ...

on 8 February 2010. Ghost House Pictures released the DVD in the United States on 15 February 2011.Ghost House Underground to Bring Peter A. Dowling's Stag Night to DVD and Blu-Ray February 15th
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Notes

External links

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