Movie
"A Killer Upstairs" Filmed in Fallingbrook
A made-for-DVD movie was filmed in Fallingbrook in 2006. “A
Killer Upstairs” stars Bruce Boxleitner and Tracy Nelson.
The movie is about an angry and rebellious young man who is
having an affair with the 32-year-old wife of a wealthy businessman.
When the woman turns up dead, the boyfriend becomes the chief
suspect in her murder. While he tries to convince his mother, played
by Tracy Nelson, of his innocence, Boxleitner’s character uncovers
evidence tying him to the scene of the crime and he’s arrested and
thrown in jail.
Struggling to hold together his fragile emotions, he endures life
behind bars, while waiting for his mother to exonerate him.
Among the first people to rent the DVD were Serge Lauzon and
Catherine Chagnon whose Fallingbrook Ridge home (just off Princess
Louise Drive) was used to film several scenes in the movie last
fall, including two scenes in which Serge plays a city cop who
assists in the arrest of Nelson’s son. The couple sat down to
watch the movie last Sunday night with Serge’s mother.
“It was different, especially seeing myself in the movie. I
looked fatter. It’s true what they about the cameras adding 10
pounds to you,” joked Lauzon after seeing the movie. “But the
funniest part was seeing the house. You can see our kitchen, the
living room. They used our furniture and our dishes, you can even
see some of our plants that have been in the family for years.”
Serge and Catherine had to move out of their house for four days
while the shooting was taking place. During the filming a half dozen
trucks were parked along Princess Louise Drive and Fallingbrook
Ridge was abuzz with activity. According to Lauzon, the
movie’s co-stars were incredibly approachable.
“Tracy and Bruce were wonderful,” says Lauzon who is a member of
the RCMP. “I talked mostly with Bruce. He was a great guy. He asked
a lot of questions about policing. We talked about what was going on
in Hollywood. He was very down to earth. The whole crew was great.
They would joke with the neighbours and talk to them.”
At one point early on in the shoot, one of the neighbours on the
street got stuck in their ice covered driveway. Within minutes
members of the crew came over and de-iced the driveway using their
streamers.
Before they turned the house back over to Catherine and Serge,
the production crew put everything back just they way they found it.
As a special parting gift, the movie’s producers gave everyone on
the street a gift basket.
The DVD is available at ZIP.CA.
(Information by Fred Sherwin)
