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A Passion For Horror
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The Messengers (2007)Directed by the Pang Brothers Roy
Solomon's big dream is to be a sunflower farmer. And why the hell not?
Dreams are good. Everyone needs a dream. Roy decides to make his dream
a reality and moves his family out to one of the most old and rundown
farmhouses imaginable. The dream starts to turn into a nightmare
though, for his daughter, Jess, when strange entities start to manifest
themselves in and around the house. To make matters worse only Jess and
her little brother, Ben, can see these rather scary looking house
guests. In fact it's Ben who sees them first, but Ben is unable to talk
and so cannot back up his sister's claims when she tries to tell her
doubting parents that all in not well in the old homestead. All Ben can
do is point his little pinkies at the apparitions but, if there's a
problem, mum and dad just can't seem to see it. Perhaps they are just
too busy. Dad has his sunflower seeds to plant and has an ongoing
battle with the flocks of rather aggressive crows that are always
hanging around the farm. His wife, Denise, has problems of her own.
There is a stain on the bedroom wall. She just keeps on washing it off,
and it just keeps on coming back (don't you just hate it when that
happens?) If you decide to watch The Messengers keep an eye open for William B. Davis (the Cancer Man from The X-Files). He turns up a couple of times, early on in the movie, as an estate agent who has a client that wants to buy the Solomon's new home from them for considerably more than they paid for it. Of course, that's' not going to happen. Dad has a dream and he intends to follow it all the way to harvest. CASTDylan McDermott ... Roy Solomon Penelope Ann Miller ... Denise Solomon John Corbett ... Burwell Rollins Evan Turner/Theodore Turner ... Ben Solomon William B. Davis ... Colby Price Brent Briscoe ... Plume Dustin Milligan ... Bobby Jodelle Ferland ... Michael Rollins Michael Daingerfield ... Police Officer Tatiana Maslany ... Lindsay Rollins Shirley McQueen ... Mary Rollins Anna Hagan ... Doctor Blaine Hart ... Charlie Graham Bell ... Jim Kaitlyn McMillan ... Nurse Peter Scoular ... Deputy
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