Crazy Old Woman

Crazy Old Woman
Directed by	Zhou “Joe” Fang
Produced by	Kathrin Krückeberg
Written by	H. Scott Hughes
Starring	Dan Richardson Nicki Burke Jacqlyn Atkins
Release date(s)	2007 (Canada) 2008 (United States)
Running time	10 min.
Country	Canada
Language	English

Crazy Old Woman is a 2007 Canadian short form paranormal thriller, written by H. Scott Hughes and directed by Joe Fang.^[1] It plays in the classic vein of shows such as The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and films such as The Sixth Sense.

Plot

The film stars British actor Dan Richardson as Stewart Hanson, an attorney annoyed by the presence of his wife's grandmother, Crystal Colburn, who has moved in—and seems determined to deliberately disrupt his life and marriage. Crystal begins driving Stewart insane as she speaks to dead people on an unconnected rotary phone. As Stewart is pushed over the edge from forces beyond, his paranoia could lead to murder.^[2]

Reception

Crazy Old Woman won the Audience Favorite Drama Award at the Route 66 Film Festival in 2008.^[3] It had premiered the year before at the Vancouver International Film Centre.^[4][5]

Cast

Dan Richardson as Stewart Hanson
Nicki Burke as Terri Hanson
Jacqlyn Atkins as Crystal Colburn
Sean Gilchrist as Mover #1
Marlon Hopeton as Mover #2

Continuity with Food for the Gods

The Hanson Family. "Crazy Old Woman"

This film takes place in the same fictional universe as H. Scott Hughes's science fiction film Food for the Gods, set fifty years in the future. In that film, Dr. Denise Hanson is presumed to be granddaughter of Stewart and Terri Hanson, the characters featured in Crazy Old Woman. Denise Hanson, in Food for the Gods, also meets a fate somewhat similar to her phone dialing ancestor, Crystal. Writer, H. Scott Hughes has referred to this as the Hanson Family Curse. The plots are, otherwise, unrelated.^[6][7]

References

1. ^ IMDb page
2. ^ as observed in the film.
3. ^ Route 66 Film Festival archives
4. ^ Moviesplanet.com
5. ^ FFTG Crew Bios
6. ^ Movie Connections for "Crazy Old Woman" - IMDb
7. ^ Movie Connections for "Food for the Gods" - IMDb