{{about|the British-Canadian Booth Brothers|the American vocal trio|The Booth Brothers}} {{Short description|British-Canadian twin musicians and filmmakers (born 1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Christopher and Philip Booth | birth_name = {{br list | Christopher Saint Booth | Philip Adrian Booth}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|2|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | other_names = '''Collectively:'''<br>{{ubl|The Booth Brothers<ref name="rollingstone"/>}} | occupation = {{hlist|Filmmakers|writers|directors|cinematographers|composers|musicians}} | years_active = 1970s–present | known_for = | notable_works = "Ulterior Motives" | website = {{URL|spookedtv.com}} }}
'''Christopher Saint Booth'''{{efn|Sometimes incorrectly referred to as '''Christopher David Booth'''<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Caffrey, Jack Lucas |date=14 May 2024 |title=2024 Interview With 'Ulterior Motives' Songwriters Christopher Saint Booth & Philip Adrian Booth! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1agHXmNMRDM&t=781s |access-date=17 May 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |time=13:01 |publisher=youtube.com |quote=Now first of all, I'm not sure why SOCAN has David in my name, 'cause I'm not David. So I'm going to have to reach out to them and say my name's not Christopher David, 'cause that's what they're doing.}}</ref>}} and '''Philip Adrian Booth''' (born 19 February 1960)<ref>'''Christopher:''' GRO Register of Births MAR 1960 2b 906 HALIFAX – Christopher Booth, mmn=Jackson<br>'''Philip:''' GRO Register of Births MAR 1960 2b 906 HALIFAX – Philip Booth, mmn=Jackson</ref> are British-Canadian<ref name="ComicBook.com">{{cite web |last1=Burlingame |first1=Russ |title='Ulterior Motives' Singers Christopher Saint Booth and Philip Adrian Booth on Viral Fame and Giving Fans What They Want |url=https://comicbook.com/irl/news/ulterior-motives-everyone-knows-that-christopher-saint-booth-philip-adrian-booth-viral-fame/|date=21 May 2024|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref> twin brother musicians and filmmakers best known for the 1986 song "Ulterior Motives". The song became known in the lostwave community, a social media subculture based around obscure songs, as "Everyone Knows That" (EKT); its authorship and title were not known to the online community. The community originally only had a 17-second clip of the song, which was originally posted by user carl92 on the French song identification website WatZatSong. The song was the subject of a search from 2021 to 2024 for the identification of its title and original artist, which was then found in the 1986 pornographic film ''Angels of Passion''. As filmmakers, the brothers have made several documentaries on ghosts, haunted locations, and exorcisms.<ref name="ComicBook.com" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Nathaniel |last=West |date=20 July 2008 |title=Article clipped from Journal Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-gazette/146291515/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429161558/https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-gazette/146291515/ |archive-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=2 May 2024 |work=Journal Gazette |pages=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Blakley |first1=Reid |title=In Search Of Lost Waves|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2291845/lostwave-mysterious-song-on-the-internet/columns/sounding-board/ |website=Stereogum |language=en |date=7 January 2025}}</ref> Together they directed several horror movies in the 2000s, with some notable actors, such as Matthew McGrory.
==Biography== Originally from Halifax, UK, they moved to Canada in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |last=u/lilhudak |date=3 May 2024 |title=20MIN INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS! |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/everyoneknowsthat/comments/1cjitro/20min_interview_with_chris/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504124649/https://old.reddit.com/r/everyoneknowsthat/comments/1cjitro/20min_interview_with_chris/ |archive-date=4 May 2024 |access-date=3 May 2024 |type=A post on the subreddit r/everyoneknowsthat |via=Reddit}}</ref> Christopher Booth replaced Bryan Adams as a vocalist of the band Sweeney Todd, in which his older brother John was the drummer and his twin Philip played guitar.<ref>{{cite web |last=Booth |first=John |title=Sweeney Band from Victoria BC |url=http://rcmusicproject.com/sweeney |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429162939/https://rcmusicproject.com/sweeney |archive-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=2 May 2024 |website=Royal City Music Project }}</ref><ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine |last=Klee |first=Miles |date=1 May 2024 |title=Their Song Spawned an Internet Mystery. Now They're Ready to Tell Their Story |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/musicians-ulterior-motives-lost-media-track-80s-album-1235012719/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503001453/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/musicians-ulterior-motives-lost-media-track-80s-album-1235012719/ |archive-date=3 May 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> They performed several live shows, but left the band before releasing any music.<ref>{{cite web |last=canbands |date=11 April 2022 |title=Sweeney Todd |url=https://canadianbands.com/sweeney-todd/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315205036/https://canadianbands.com/sweeney-todd/ |archive-date=15 March 2024 |access-date=2 May 2024 |website=CanadianBands }}</ref>
After moving to Los Angeles in the 1980s, the brothers formed the band Who's Who?.<ref name="rollingstone" /> Unable to secure a record deal, however, they began to license their original songs for inclusion in pornographic films, through their connection with a friend who worked as a crew member in the adult film industry. One such song that appeared in ''Angels of Passion'' (1986)<ref name="rollingstone" /> later became a popular example of lostwave after a short snippet of the song was uploaded to WatZatSong by a user named Carl92 in 2021 and the search for it became an Internet phenomenon.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=O'Grady |first=Carrie |date=28 February 2024 |title=Everyone Knows That: can you identify the lost 80s hit baffling the internet? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/28/everyone-knows-that-can-you-identify-the-lost-80s-hit-baffling-the-internet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430130558/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/28/everyone-knows-that-can-you-identify-the-lost-80s-hit-baffling-the-internet |archive-date=30 April 2024 |access-date=30 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In April 2024, the song was identified as "Ulterior Motives".<ref name=":4">{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Ellie |date=29 April 2024 |title=Viral Lost Song 'Ulterior Motives' Found In Obscure '80s Porn Flick |url=https://themusic.com.au/news/viral-lost-song-ulterior-motives-found-in-obscure-80s-porn-flick/UnDoREdGSUg/29-04-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430181409/https://themusic.com.au/news/viral-lost-song-ulterior-motives-found-in-obscure-80s-porn-flick/UnDoREdGSUg/29-04-24 |archive-date=30 April 2024 |access-date=29 April 2024 |work=The Music (Australia) }}</ref><ref name=":1" />
While licensing songs to pornographic films, the brothers also took miscellaneous crew jobs such as production assistants for some of those same projects. Their experiences during these jobs later inspired them to make their own horror films and paranormal documentaries,<ref name="rollingstone" /> produced through their production company Spooked Productions.
Christopher's first book, titled ''Paranoia'', was released in 2015. It is a memoir of his experiences with the paranormal, for which he also made an audiobook version.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.darkestgoth.com/2015/12/exp_int_chrisstbooth/|title= Exposing Skeletons: Getting "Spooked" with Christopher Saint Booth (ARTICLE/INTERVIEW)|publisher=Darkest Goth|date=30 December 2015}}</ref>
==Filmography== {|class="wikitable sortable" |+Films with contributions from '''Christopher Saint Booth''' !Year !Film !Role !Notes !{{Ref.}} |- |1984 |''Taboo III'' |Band Performer |He performed his songs "Till the End of Time" and "Animal in Me" in the movie | |- |1986 |''Angels of Passion'' |Bomber |Additional credit as composer and production assistant | |- |1986 |Dirty Dreams |Spy No. 3 & Man in glasses |Additional credit as production assistant | |- |1988 |Droid |Robot Rawchester |Additionally credited as a writer, producer, and composer in the movie | |- |2005 |''Death Tunnel'' |{{n/a}} |Composer, producer, writer | |- |2005 |''ShadowBox'' |{{n/a}} |Composer, producer, writer | |- |2006 |''Spooked: The Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium'' |Himself |Additional credits as composer, director, editor, writer | |- |2007 |''DarkPlace'' |{{n/a}} |Composer, producer, writer | |- |2007 |''Children of the Grave'' |Himself |Additional credits as composer, director, editor, producer, writer |<ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=20 July 2008 |title=SundayDrive |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-gazette/146291687/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429161603/https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-gazette/146291687/ |archive-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=3 May 2024 |work=Journal Gazette |publisher=Ancestry |pages=2 |type=Clipped article}}</ref> |- |2008 |''Ghouls Gone Wild'' |{{n/a}} |Composer, editor, producer, writer | |- |2009 |''The Possessed'' |Himself |Additional credits as cinematographer, composer, director, editor, producer, writer | |- |2010 |''The Haunted Boy: The Secret Diary of the Exorcist'' |Himself |Additional credits as composer, director, editor, producer, writer | |- |2011 |''Immortal Island'' |{{n/a}} |Composer | |- |2011 |''Soul Catcher'' |Himself |Additional credits as cinematographer, composer, director, editor, producer, writer | |- |2012 |''Children of the Grave 2'' |Himself |Additional credits as composer, director, editor, producer, writer | |- |2014 |''The Exorcist File'' |Himself |Additional credits as composer, director, editor, producer, writer | |- |2014 |''Dead Still'' |{{n/a}} |Composer, producer | |- |2023 |''The Attached'' |Himself |Additional credits as cinematographer, composer, director, editor, producer, writer |<ref>{{cite web |last=Andujar |first=Samantha |date=4 August 2023 |title=The Attached |url=https://www.horrordna.com/movies/the-attached-christopher-saint-booth-philip-adrian-movie-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429164458/https://www.horrordna.com/movies/the-attached-christopher-saint-booth-philip-adrian-movie-review |archive-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=29 April 2024 |website=Horror DNA }}</ref> |- |2026 |''Ulterior Motives: The Search Is Over, The Story Begins!'' |Himself |{{n/a}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=HAPPY ANNIVERSARY-PRE-ORDER ULTERIOR MOTIVES DOCUMENTARY 2 DISC SET - THE HOLY GRAIL FOR FANS? Includes the original 1985 studio recording of Ulterior Motives. |url=https://spookedproductions.blogspot.com/2026/04/pre-order-ulterior-motives-documentary.html |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=Spooked Productions Blogspot site.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rBhyGcLPwM |title=The Holy Grail of Lost Media Found: Original 1985 Studio Master of “Ulterior Motives” Recovered |date=2026-04-27 |last=Christopher Saint (Who's Who) |access-date=2026-04-29 |via=YouTube}}</ref> |}
{| class="wikitable" |+Films with contributions from '''Philip Adrian Booth''' !Year !Film !Role !Ref |- |1986 |''Angels of Passion'' |Production assistant and composer | |- |1988 |''Droid'' |Director | |- |2005 |''Death Tunnel'' |Cinematographer, director, editor, writer | |- |2005 |''ShadowBox'' | | |- |2006 |''Spooked: The Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium'' | | |- |2007 |''Children of the Grave'' | |<ref>{{cite news |last=West |first=Nathaniel |date=20 July 2008 |title=Going after ghosts: TV team uses technology to root out spirits at Ashmore Estates (cont'd) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-gazette/146291687/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429161603/https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-gazette/146291687/ |archive-date=29 April 2024 |work=The Journal Gazette |page=2 |format=clipped article |access-date=29 April 2024 }}</ref> |- |2007 |''Dark Place'' | | |- |2008 |''Ghouls Gone Wild'' | | |- |2009 |''The Possessed'' | | |- |2009 |''Immortal Island'' | | |- |2010 |''The Haunted Boy: Secret Diary of the Exorcist'' | | |- |2014 |''Dead Still'' |Director, screenplay writer |<ref>{{cite web |last=Harley |first=Joel |title=DEAD STILL |url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/dead-still-vod/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429164457/https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/dead-still-vod/ |archive-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=29 April 2024 |website=Starburst Magazine }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=DeFellipo |first=Michael |date=8 October 2014 |title=Review: Dead Still |url=https://www.horrorsociety.com/2014/10/08/review-dead-still/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429164456/https://www.horrorsociety.com/2014/10/08/review-dead-still/ |archive-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=29 April 2024 |website=Horror Society }}</ref> |- |2023 |''The Attached'' |Director, writer |<ref>{{cite web |last=Andujar |first=Samantha |date=4 August 2023 |title=The Attached |url=https://www.horrordna.com/movies/the-attached-christopher-saint-booth-philip-adrian-movie-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429164456/https://www.horrordna.com/movies/the-attached-christopher-saint-booth-philip-adrian-movie-review |archive-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=29 April 2024 |website=Horror DNA |publisher=Spooked Television Releasing }}</ref> |}
==Discography==
===As Who's Who? and Christopher Saint===
====Studio albums====
* ''Ulterior Motives (The Lost Album)''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christophersaintb |date=8 June 2024 |title=We are excited to announce Ulterior Motives – The Lost Album! Limited Edition CD with Autographed picture. |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/everyoneknowsthat/comments/1dazlj3/we_are_excited_to_announce_ulterior_motives_the/ |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=r/everyoneknowsthat}}</ref> (recorded 1980s and 2024, remastered) (2024) * ''Animal in Me (The Lost Album Vol. 2)'' (recorded 1980s and 2024, remastered) (2024) * ''The Lost '80s Soundtracks'' (recorded 1980s – 1990s, remastered) (2025) * ''Modern Heroes (The Lost Album Vol. 3)'' (recorded 1970s – 1990s, remastered) (2025) * ''Jump, Scream 'n' Shout'' (released digitally as EP; CD includes ''The Lost Album Vol. 4'') (recorded 2025 and 1980s – 1990s, remastered) (2025) * ''Curious Hearts (The Lost Album Vol. 4)'' (digital release) (recorded 2025 and 1980s – 1990s, remastered) (2026) * ''The Lost '90s Soundtracks, Vol. 2'' (recorded 1990s, remastered) (2026)
====Singles==== * "Chemistry" (recorded 1985, remastered) (2024) * "Ulterior Motives (Fan Tribute Remix)" (recorded 1985 and 2024, remastered) (2024) * "Just My Imagination" (recorded 1980s, remastered) (2024) * "Love Letters" (recorded 1980s, remastered) (2024) * "Vampyre Bat" (recorded 1990s, remastered) (2025) * "Live and Let Love (Lost Basement Tapes)" (recorded 1970s, remastered) (2025) * "Like Father, Like Son" (recorded 1990s, remastered) (2025) * "War" (recorded 1990s, remastered) (2026) * "Ulterior Motives (1985 AOP Mix)" (recorded 1985, remastered) (2026)
===As Christopher Saint===
====Studio albums==== * ''Elysium'' (2020) * ''SkyPolar'' (2024)
====Soundtrack albums==== * ''Spooked: The Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium'' (2006) * ''Children of the Grave'' (2010) * ''The Possessed'' (2010) * ''DarkPlace'' (2010) * ''The Haunted Boy: The Secret Diary of the Exorcist'' (2010) * ''Soul Catcher'' (2011) * ''Children of the Grave 2'' (2012) * ''Dead Still'' (2016) * ''The Attached'' <small>(with Philip Adrian Booth)</small> (2021) * ''Never Blink'' (2025)
===As Christopher Saint Booth=== * ''Paranoia Audio Experience'' (2016)
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|nm0756612}} * {{tcmdb name|id=12741263%7C0|name=Christopher Saint Booth}} * [https://spookedtv.com/ Spooked Productions]
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