A Taste:

AFI, Pantera, Brand New

In The Haunting In Connecticut, Kyle Gallner gives a dark and chilling performance as Matt Campbell, a cancer-stricken boy tormented by supernatural demons in his family’s new Connecticut home. Gallner imbues Matt with a tangible fear and shakiness that heightens the film’s overall terror. It was strange for sure, but luckily Kyle had some great tunes on his iPod while filming.

About his playlist, he laughs, “It was so hard to pick and choose!” Kyle’s musical tastes run the gamut, and he’s got favorites in pretty much every genre. He opened up his iTunes for us in this exclusive feature and gave us a peek inside.

Check out Kyle’s playlist below and don’t forget to see The Haunting In Connecticut this Friday. It’s one damn good bad dream!

Kyle Gallner’s Playlist:

1. AFI
2. Cloud Cult – Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornados)
3. Alanis Morissette
4. Goodbye Elliott
5. Alkaline Trio
6. At the Drive-In
7. Bleed the Dream
8. Blue October
9. Brand New
10. Say Anything
11. Bushwalla
12. The Clash
13. Cold War Kids
14. Collective Soul
15. The Decemberists
16. Dirty Heads
17. The Dresden Dolls — “Sex Changes,” “Backstabber,” “Two-headed Boy”
18. Elevators
19. Green Day — Dookie
20. Harvey Danger
21. (hed)P.E.
22. Houston Calls
23. Everyone Everywhere
24. Incubus
25. Intercept
26. Jack’s Mannequin
27. Jimmy Eat World
28. Johnny Cash
29. The Juliana Theory
30. The Kills
31. Killswitch Engage
32. Just Surrender
33. Like Lions
34. Maria Mena
35. Marilyn Manson
36. Mike Doughty
37. Motion City Soundtrack
38. Mute Math
39. N.W.A.
40. New Found Glory
41. Nickel Creek
42. Nine Inch Nails
43. Pantera
44. Placebo
45. The Postal Service
46. The Promise Ring
47. Queen
48. Rage Against the Machine
49. Saves the Day
50. Shiny Toy Guns
51. Simple Kid
52. Smashing Pumpkins
53. Sublime
54. T.I.
55. Taking Back Sunday
56. Underoath
57. The Used
58. Weezer
59. Zao
60. The White Stripes

—Rick Florino
03.25.09

A Taste:

Fiona Apple, Patti Smith, Alanis Morissette

Elias Koteas breathes life into each character he portrays, and that’s especially true for Reverend Popescu in The Haunting In Connecticut. “You want to be able to move people and give them an experience,” he says with a big smile. “If you can help someone see their experience through your art, your work is done. We go through life comparing notes about how we’re surviving our lives and what we’re doing. We’re all in the same boat.”

From Crash, Fallen and The Prophecy to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Thin Red Line and Ararat, Elias has done some diverse flicks. His musical taste is just as diverse.

“Sometimes, I go through periods where there is no music,” he explains. “Right now, I’m in a Fiona Apple and Leonard Cohen mode. For some reason, that’s all I’ve been listening to for the past month. I like Sam Cooke a lot. I love a lot of rockabilly stuff. Right now though, Fiona Apple is on my mind [Laughs].”

In addition to Miss Apple, he’s got a lot of other favorites that he was psyched to share with us in this exclusive feature.

Check out Elias Koteas’ Playlist below and don’t forget to see Haunting in theaters Friday.

Elias Koteas’ Playlist:

1. Fiona Apple

“She’s so lovely! I love her voice and her lyrics. It’s tremendous music. I saw her sitting at a table a few years ago. We stared at each other for two seconds and both went on our merry way [Laughs]. I don’t think she’d remember!”

2. Alanis Morissette

3. Patti Smith

“My tastes are very eclectic. I really like Patti Smith”

4. Otis Redding

“He comes right up on my iTunes. I love his voice!”

5. Chet Baker

6. Sam Cooke

“I go all over the place. I listen to a lot of jazz.”

7. U2

“Sometimes when preparing for a part, it’s about choosing the right music. I was at a party, and this U2 song called “Numb” came on. It was 1996, and I was working on Fallen. I had been trying to find this character and I hadn’t yet. Right when “Numb” on, I found the character in the high notes of that song.”

8. Exorcist — Soundtrack

“I have a funny story about Max Von Sydow and The Exorcist from when I was working on Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island. One day, I was in the trailer putting on this makeup and Max Von Sydow walked in. He has a very lovely energy—very reserved and quiet. He sat next to me to put on his makeup. The ringer on my cell phone is ‘Tubular Bells.’ So I’m sitting there putting on the makeup and saying to myself, ‘Please, somebody call me, so my phone rings!’ The trailer was so quiet out of respect. I thought it would create a laugh. Nobody rang me. I didn’t think enough to call up my girlfriend and say, ‘Could you call me?’ That way, the phone would’ve rung and we could’ve shared a laugh. That was a moment that could’ve been funny. I was only on Shutter Island for a week, but I felt like I was on a week long love affair with a beautiful woman and suddenly she was out of my life [Laughs]. I’m left with the most incredible experience and memories. I felt like I was home working with Martin Scorsese. It was a gorgeous set, a great environment and the quietest setting I’ve ever worked in. I didn’t feel nervous, but I played a very strange part. Marty was just generous, and it was an experience that I’ll never forget. It was short-lived but tremendous.”

—Rick Florino
03.22.09

A Taste:

MGMT, Lil Wayne, Lykke Li

Amanda Crew confronts true evil in The Haunting In Connecticut. The Lions Gate creep show is easily the scariest film to hit theaters this year, and none of that terror was lost on the actress. However, she had the perfect cure for on-set jitters—her iPod.

“This is my feel good playlist,” she laughs. “It’s my mix for when you’re freaked out because you’re filming a scary movie and you have to be crying and screaming all day!”

So what tunes got Amanda through her trip to Hell?

She cooked up quite an eclectic sonic platter to say the least. The girl’s got taste! Check out her playlist below and don’t forget to catch this year’s most fantastic nightmare, The Haunting In Connecticut due in theaters next Friday.

Amanda Crew’s Playlist:

1. MGMT — “Electric Feel”

“This song makes me want to put on a pair of roller skates for some reason.”

2. Shiny Toy Guns — “Don’t Cry Out”

“[Co-star] Kyle Gallner introduced me to this band. They were playing a show in Winnipeg when we were filming, and I became addicted to them.”

3. Postal Service — “Such Great Heights”

“Greatest lyrics ever!”

4. Kings of Leon

“I can’t choose just one song; so check out their entire album Only By the Night. It makes me want to be a rock star.”

5. Lykke Li — “I’m Good, I’m Gone”

“You can’t listen to this song and not get up and dance.”

6. Stars — “Soft Revolution”

“All of their songs are amazing, but this makes my heart smile.”

7. TV Heart Attack — “Hypnotic Eyes”

“They’re a Vancouver band that can always make you get up and dance.”

8. Daniel Wesley — “Sing + Dance”

“We filmed The Haunting in Winnipeg where it was freezing cold. This song made me feel like I was on the beach.”

9. The Dance Party — “Ultra Radical”

“This song will blow your mind on the dance floor.”

10. Lil Wayne — Tha Carter III

“Anyone who knows me might be surprised to see this on my playlist, but a great friend of mine who worked on The Haunting introduced me to Weezy’s latest album, and I’ve been forever changed.”

11. Metric — “Empty”

“Awesome song…Eerie opening which turns into a fiery rock song.”

12. Bright Eyes — “Poison Oak”

“This track doesn’t make you happy, but it will definitely make you feel.”

—Rick Florino
03.20.09