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Three women are stalked by a killer with a grudge that extends back to the girls' childhoods.

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Cast

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The Laugh
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Tabitha
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Shelby
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Lisa
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Rob (as Tad Hilgenbrinck)
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Dan
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Psychiatrist
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Tryton
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Danny
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Max
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Woman In Truck
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Cat
Eyad Kurd-Misto ...
Child Laugh
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Child Tabitha
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Child Shelby
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Child Lisa
David Steven Waine ...
Puppeteer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ashley Marie Arnold ...
School Girl (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Simpson

Written by

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Jake Wade Wall ... (written by)

Produced by

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Neal Edelstein ... producer
Merideth Finn ... executive producer
Mike Macari ... producer
Udi Nedivi ... co-producer

Music by

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Marco Beltrami

Cinematography by

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Mark Garrett ... director of photography

Editing by

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David Handman
Chris G. Willingham ... (as Chris Willingham)

Editorial Department

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Gary Burritt ... negative cutter
Janó Fekete ... colorist: dailies
Mace Johnson ... colorist: dailies
Christopher Johnston ... first assistant editor
Harry Muller ... color timer
Gyula István Mózes ... assistant editor
Mike Sowa ... digital intermediate colorist

Casting By

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Johanna Ray

Production Design by

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Craig Stearns

Art Direction by

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Bence Erdelyi
Mihály Molnár

Set Decoration by

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Laura Evans ... (additional set decorator, Los Angeles)

Costume Design by

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Andrea Flesch

Makeup Department

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Jake Garber ... special makeup effects artist: additional photography
Hildegard Haide ... key makeup artist
Éva Kozma ... makeup artist
Iván Pohárnok ... special makeup effects artist
K.G. Ramsey ... hair department head
John Rosengrant ... special makeup effects supervisor: Stan Winston Studio

Production Management

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Balázs Harmati ... unit manager
Erik Holmberg ... executive in charge of production
Norbert Kroó ... assistant unit manager
Jody Levin ... executive in charge of post-production
Udi Nedivi ... unit production manager
Darin Read ... post-production supervisor
Frank Salvino ... post-production supervisor
Matthew Spiegel ... production supervisor
Miklós Tóth ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Gábor Gajdos ... first assistant director
Rob King ... second unit director
Kati Magenheim ... second assistant director
Ronan O'Connor ... second assistant director
Judit Soltész ... first assistant director: second unit / second assistant director
Tamás Vass ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Gergely Kajdi ... lead greensman
Zsuzsa Kismarty-Lechner ... draughtsperson
Péter Koronghy ... set dresser
Péter Kovács ... construction coordinator
Zoltan Kvassay ... greensman
Attila Digi Kövári ... on-set dresser
Dim McRemnant ... graphic artist
László Nagyidai Jr. ... construction manager
Szilvia Paros ... art department coordinator
Gábor Posevitz ... property master
Zsolt Sajgó ... construction manager
Lajos E. Szabó ... stand-by painter
Marton Szalay ... set dresser
Jeffry C. Voorhees ... on-set dresser: additional photography
Csaba Vásári ... stand-by carpenter
Balázs M. Kovács ... props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Christopher Alba ... first assistant sound editor / sound effects editor
Anita Cannella ... foley artist
Rob Cunningham ... utility sound technician: Los Angeles
Klair Ethridge ... boom operator: Los Angeles
Steve Finnigan ... adr recordist
Alan Freedman ... adr mixer
Gary Gegan ... re-recording mixer
Jonathan Golodner ... foley editor
Paul Hackner ... dialogue editor
Matthew Iadarola ... supervising re-recording mixer
Amy Kane ... foley artist
János Köporosy ... sound mixer
Mark Larry ... supervising sound editor
Mike Marino ... foley mixer
Michael C. Moore ... sound mixer: Los Angeles
Steve Schatz ... sound mixing recordist
Peter Schulteisz ... assistant sound
Szabolcs Stella ... boom operator
Eric Thompson ... adr mixer
Bryan O. Watkins ... sound effects editor

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Veronika Dobos ... special effects assistant
Damian Fisher ... special effects technician
István Gittinger ... pyrotechnician
Gyula Krasnyánszky ... pyrotechnic effects supervisor
Lindsay MacGowan ... effects coordinator: Stan Winston Studio
Norbert Orosz ... pyrotechnician
László Pintér ... pyrotechnician
Lino Stavole ... special effects technician: KNB Effects Group
David Waine ... special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by

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Mandy Arnold ... digital effects artist
Ronald Arredondo ... visual effects gaffer: Cinema Production Services, Inc.
Greg Baxter ... visual effects producer
Daniel Birnbaum ... digital compositor
Chris Dawson ... motion control camera operator
Giovanni Dulay ... visual effects: Cinema Production Services, Inc.
Tim Fescoe ... compositor
Scott Hankel ... digital effects artist
Balázs Harmati ... motion control operator
Matt Hennessy ... visual effects
Bob Hurrie ... visual effects producer: Cinema Production Services, Inc.
Christopher Johnson ... visual effects: Cinema Production Services Inc
John Joyce ... visual effects coordinator: Cinema Production Services, Inc.
Michael Joyce ... visual effects supervisor: Cinema Production Services, Inc.
Morgan McDermott ... visual effects
Dennis McHugh ... visual effects director of photography: Cinema Production Services, Inc.
Daniel Molina ... digital compositor
Csaba Nemesházi ... visual effects
Corinne Pooler ... visual effects producer: Digital Dream
Jerry Pooler ... visual effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Marco Recuay ... digital effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Ariel Velasco-Shaw ... visual effects supervisor (as Ariel Velasco Shaw)

Stunts

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Andrea Barat ... stunt driver
Endre Botka ... stunts
Krisztián Botka ... stunts
Erika Cziráky ... stunts
Shauna Duggins ... stunts
Balázs Farkas ... stunts
Kinga Gavalda ... stunt double: Katheryn Winnick / stunt double: Tabitha
Zoltán Gulyás Kiss ... stunt coordinator: Hungary / stunt double: Rob
Gergö Horpácsi ... stunts (as Gergely Horpácsi)
Craig Jensen ... stunts
Chris J. King ... stunts
Rob King ... stunt coordinator
Norbert Kovács ... stunts
László Kósa ... stunt double: Keir O'Donnel
György Kökényesi ... stunt driver / stunts
Zsolt Viktor Magyari ... stunt driver
Gábor Pesta ... stunts
Tamás Pintér ... stunts (as Tamás 'Oroszlán' Pintér)
Kristóf Párdányi ... stunt driver / stunts
Peter Rode ... stunt double
Dennis Scott ... stunts (as Dennis Ray Scott)
Kinga Trimmel ... assistant stunt coordinator
László Ujvári ... stunts
Tyler Vogt ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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László Bille ... camera operator
Péter Bognár ... best boy
Attila Bogyai ... electrician
Ryan Bradley ... grip
Zsolt Büti ... rigging gaffer
Craig Cooper ... dolly grip
Zoltán Dzsupin ... second assistant camera: "d" camera
Riley Garrett ... camera trainee
Doane Gregory ... still photographer
György Horváth ... first assistant camera: daily
Tamás Hámori ... remote head operator
János Kiss ... key grip
Christopher TJ McGuire ... MK-V AR operator
'Kis Gromek' László Molnár ... electrician
Zsolt Big Nagy ... epk: cameraman
Attila Pfeffer ... steadicam assistant
Michael Pinkey ... camera operator: additional unit
András Pozsár ... rigging electrician / rigging
Péter Rácz Tiger ... video assist operator
István Török ... grip
Chris Updegrave ... grip
György Vesztergombi ... focus puller
Balázs Várszegi ... video assist operator: second unit
Ádám Wallner ... assistant camera

Casting Department

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Jenny Jue ... casting associate
Tamás Kertész ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Mari Csáki ... dresser / set supervisor
Izabell Janositz ... costume supervisor
Mónika Matyi ... assistant costume designer

Location Management

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Jeremy Alter ... location manager: additional photography
Barnabas Kiraly ... location scout
Gábor Ujházy ... location manager
Anita Wittmann ... location assistant

Music Department

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Pete Anthony ... conductor / orchestrator
Tom Brown ... music preparation
Johnny Caruso ... music editor
Matt Franko ... music preparation
Rossano Galante ... orchestrator
Jim Hoffman ... music preparation
Jim Honeyman ... orchestrator
John Kurlander ... music recording engineer / score mixer
Michael Mollo ... orchestration assistant (as Michael John Mollo)
Dana Niu ... music arranger
Victor Pesavento ... music preparation
Peter Rotter ... music contractor
Buck Sanders ... musical sound designer
Josh Sarles ... music engineer / score pro tools recordist
Naomi Sato ... music preparation
Dennis Smith ... composer: additional music
James Thatcher ... musician: French horn
Ceiri Torjussen ... composer: additional music
Marcus Trumpp ... composer: additional music

Script and Continuity Department

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Gabriella Winkler ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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L. Chip Crosby Jr. ... transportation captain: second unit, Los Angeles
István Ivanov ... driver
James Lowder ... transportation coordinator
Eniko Orosz ... transportation assistant
Enikö Orosz ... transportation coordinator assistant
Zsolt Somogyi ... transport coordinator
Sandor Tabanyi ... picture car coordinator
Kristen Wadsworth ... driver

Additional Crew

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Kavita Amar ... production attorney
Cassandra Barbour ... rights and clearances
Katherine E. Beyda ... production executive
Theron Cook ... production assistant
Gabriella Csoma ... production coordinator
Daniel Dallos ... production assistant
Julio Ferrario ... creative director: main titles
Larry Garrison ... unit publicist
Emily Glatter ... supervising production coordinator
Tom Goodrich ... studio teacher
Pamela B. Green ... main title producer
Tamás Gál ... assistant to producers
Carlyle King ... additional voices
Cody Klop ... loop group
Róbert Koroknyai ... production assistant
Tomi Kosynus ... stand-in
Kinga Kovacs ... production accountant: Hungary
Barnabás Kovács ... accounts trainee
Jonathan Lipow ... voice artist: post synching
Hiromi Marder ... payroll accountant: re-shoots
Michael Mehlmann ... dialogue coach
Péter Mészáros ... unit assistant
Jason Pace ... additional voices
János Papp ... health and safety advisor
Wendy Price ... production accountant
Paul Prokop ... executive in charge of finance
Sean Richter ... production assistant
John Sanchez ... production coordinator: addditional photography
Romy Schneider ... contract administrator
Laura Sevier ... rights & clearances
Michael Swafford ... first assistant accountant
Richard Szabó ... security HOD
Enikö Szakács ... cashier
Dóra Szanka ... production secretary
Erika Tamás ... second assistant accountant
Kolos Trimmel ... production accountant: Hungary
Marcsi Tóth ... assistant production coordinator
Jarik Van Sluijs ... creative director: main titles
Andreana Weiner ... additional voices
Gábor Xantus ... medic: supervisor / medical coordinator
Abby Craden ... adr loop group (uncredited)
Oliver Simor ... stand-in (uncredited)

Thanks

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D.L. Smith ... very special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

As retribution a psychopathic stalker known only as The Laugh attacks the now adult girls who picked on his sick childhood tendencies. Tabitha, Shelby and Lisa become the target of a madman with a serious adolescent grudge. Written by kwedgwood@hotmail.com

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Taglines It's Funny... Right? See more »
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Also Known As
  • Gyilkos tréfa (Hungary)
  • Amusement: El juego del mal (Spain)
  • Diversión Mortal (Argentina)
  • Diversão Macabra (Brazil)
  • Śmierć się śmieje (Poland)
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Runtime
  • 85 min
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Budget $10,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Filmed from November 2006 to January 2007, given a limited release in Thailand in October 2008, but not given a wide release until early 2009. Its release stateside was in January 2009. See more »
Goofs The speedometer reads as KM/H (filmed in Australia), Yet they reference "Miles" and travelling too Connecticut. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Top 10 Scariest Clowns in Movies and TV (2014). See more »
Soundtracks Rafe See more »
Quotes Danny: What's wrong, Tabby?
Max: Don't be scared.
Tabitha: Boys, listen to me, we have to hide. There's a bad man, a very bad man in the house.
Max: He just wants to play. Like earlier at the door.
Tabitha: That was him?
Danny: [Chuckles] Owen.
Tabitha: No, don't.
Danny: But, Tabby, he said he just wanted to have some fun.
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