Half Light (2006)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Craig Rosenberg

Writer (WGA):

Craig Rosenberg (written by)

Release Date:

17 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Believe in the beyond.

Plot:

Rachel Carlson, a successful novelist moves to a small Scottish village to move on with her life after the death of her son. Strange things start to happen when she is haunted by ghosts and real life terror.

Plot Keywords:

Lighthouse | Birthday | Drowning | Writer | Lighthouse Keeper

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Demi Moore	...	Rachel Carlson
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Brian
Beans El-Balawi	...	Thomas Carlson (as Beans Balawi)
Kate Isitt	...	Sharon Winton
Nicholas Gleaves	...	Dr. Robert Freedman
James Cosmo	...	Finlay Murray
Joanna Hole	...	Mary Murray
Therese Bradley	...	Morag McPherson
Hans Matheson	...	Angus McCulloch
Mickey Wilson	...	Reverend James McMahon (as Michael Wilson)
Polly Frame	...	Librarian
Ceit Kearney	...	Gaelic Speaking Woman
Nichola Bee	...	Kate McCulloch (as Nichola B)
Jamie Edgell	...	Gordon McCloud
Anne Smith	...	Bingo Announcer

Also Known As:

Half Light - Gefangen zwischen Licht und Schatten (Germany) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some images of violence.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Germany | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

USA:R | UK:15 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13 | Malaysia:18SG (uncut) | Malaysia:U (cut) | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Greece:K-13

Filming Locations:

Cornwall, England, UK

Company:

Lakeshore Entertainment

Trivia:

After wrapping filming at Porthdinllaen, Demi Moore paid for fish and chips for all the cast and crew.

Goofs:

Continuity: When walking on the boat bridge towards her son, on the close-ups, her hair falls backwards, like the wind is getting in her face. When the shot is changed to her right side, her hair is calm, and hanging down.

Movie Connections:

Features Dead of Night (1945)

Soundtrack:

Happy Birthday To You

More spooky than horror

Writer Rachel Carlson played by Demi Moore is left unable to write after the tragic death of her son.

In a hope to remove her writers block she moves to a remote island off Scotland. A local psychic startles her with a comment about her son and after befriending a local lighthouse keeper things begin to get creepy. Is she imagining strange things happening because of the isolation and the fact she has recently stopped taking medication for depression, or are they real? There is an unfortunate plot stopper 3/4 of the way in the film where a conversation opens out the plot to a point you may think why continue watching, but there is still a twist in the end.

R17 rating but no profanity or nudity (but did have short above the shoulders tasteful sex scene). I think the rating came from one violent scene in particular involving a child. A little bit of gore toward the end but not too graphic.