Images

L1

An initial sketch of the derelict hallway to be shot from both sides. It was supposed to resemble a kind of American 'New England' look.

L2

The finished hallway prior to filming. We dressed it with old props from around the stage.

M1

The train set room. Fortunately the train only needed to travel on the final bit of the line as many of the track curves were just cast and made in rubber. The little table on the left was made to resemble a full sized version in the studio. That end wall (with the doors) was painted and re used from the medical surgery (pic 07) to conserve cost.

R1

One of the final sketches of the train set shown to the clients. Keith English, the director, wanted to have something really extreme and fanatical.

R2

Working on the real set was relatively straightforward as one could reach nearly everything. The piles of books were real ones cut down to half size. We didn't have a ceiling so I used some old timbers from the hallway to make it look as though it had fallen down.

R3

Someone went a little over the top with the cobweb machine.

R4

A top view of the hospital operation room. As the set was four sided I thought it better to draw from this angle. One of these walls was designed to be re used for the train set room.

R5

Taken from the final film, this shows the exterior of the derelict house shot in Spain. This was perfect as the location was found after the interior designs were finalised.

R6

The real hallway showing a collapsible floor. Holes had to be cut through the walls to enable the camera to access. This whole set was built over the studio water tank so we could get below the collapsing floor. This saved money on building it on rostrums.