Trance (1998)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Michael Almereyda

Writer (WGA):

Michael Almereyda (written by)

Release Date:

24 July 1999 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Evil sleeps, but never dies.

Plot:

An alcoholic American couple travel to Scotland with their son so he can meet his grandmother but they walk in on their crazed uncle who is in the midst of reviving a centuries-old Druid witch.

Plot Keywords:

Druid | Supernatural | Automobile Accident | Person On Fire | Haunting

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Rachel O'Rourke	...	Alice
Lois Smith	...	Mrs. Ferriter
Alison Elliott	...	Nora / Niamh
Jared Harris	...	Jim
Sinead Dolan	...	Nora's Mother
Raina Feig	...	Young Nora
Jason Miller	...	The Doctor
Jeffrey Goldschrafe	...	Jim, Jr.
Paula Malcomson	...	Bartender
Paul Ferriter	...	Joe / Niamh's Iron Age Lover
Christopher Walken	...	Uncle Bill Ferriter
Niamh Dolan	...	Iron Age Niamh
David Geary	...	Nora's Father
Karl Geary	...	Sean
Mark Geary	...	Anlo

Also Known As:

Michael Almereyda's The Mummy (USA) (working title)
The Eternal (USA) (video title)
The Eternal: Kiss of the Mummy (USA) (video box title)
The Mummy (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality/nudity, language and vampire violence.

Runtime:

95 min | Canada:91 min | Germany:91 min | Japan:91 min | UK:91 min | Argentina:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R | Spain:18 | Argentina:13

Company:

Trimark Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the girl cuts her throat near the end, the wound is clearly already there before she slices it. Additionally, she does not slice it directly where the wound is.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Alice: In the beginning of the world, the earth and the sky were one creature, and it was the hardest thing to tear them apart. They loved each other so much. And that's why it rains. Because the earth and the sky are always trying to get back together. Mrs. Ferriter told me that, after my mother died, a long time ago, before I met Nora and Jim.

Movie Connections:

References "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974)

Soundtrack:

Rockets

ethereal...

A very interesting story. I think this film could have been so much more with a bigger budget. In my opinion, this was a very marketable movie idea with not enough financial backing. I would have liked to have seen more of Christopher Walken and even more chilling special effects throughout. The dialogue was a little dry, but was saved by the great cast. This movie is worth seeing at least once. It would have been better to see on the big screen but was only released direct-to-video in the U.S.