Anna's Eve (2004)

A social worker struggles to uncover the mystery of why she is being haunted by ghosts.

Director:

Kantz

Writer:

Grayce Wey

Stars:

Chris Eckles, Mae Hi, Jacqueline Jin

Cast

Credited cast:
Chris Eckles	...	Jake Freeman
Mae Hi	...	Vivian Kuo
Jacqueline Jin	...	Peaches Yu
Clint Jung	...	Dr. Patrick Lam
Lou Klein	...	Reggie Evans (as Louie Klein)
Lemar Knight	...	Marty Ross
Angela Landis	...	Josephine Taylor (as Angie Landis)
Cevin Middleton	...	Frank Richards
D. Ann Nadeau	...	Mrs. Roberts
Lorielle New	...	Eve Duncan / Ghost
Grayce Wey	...	Anna Liu
Wu Yan	...	Jenny Yu

Storyline

When the dedicated social worker Anna Liu finds the boy Michael Duncan dreadfully murdered in the kitchen of his house and his mother Eve Duncan missing, she has a nervous breakdown. Eight months later, she is still recovering using pills and living with her friend Josie. Meanwhile detectives Jake Freeman and Frank Richards are investigating the murder using the psychic Vivian Kuo to find new evidences. Out of the blue, Anna is haunted by the ghost of a scary woman and frequently listens to laughs of a child, and Michael's Ted bear and a knife insist to be on her way in Josie's apartment. Anna gets close to Jake when her friends and acquaintances begin to die, and she recollects painful lost memories from her past.

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Plot Keywords:

ghost | murder | detective | knife | topless female nudity | 

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Taglines:

Your past can come back to haunt you

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language, some sexuality and nudity

Details

Official Sites:

homepage - downloadable poster image and teaser

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 July 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Skoteini apeili

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Desert Lotus Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Anna sees bloody feet in the next stall in the bathroom at the hospital, she runs out of the restroom without her purse. In the next shot, she bumps into Detective Freeman, and is carrying her purse on her shoulder.

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Connections

References The Exorcist (1973)

User Reviews

Awful and Messy Collection of Inconsistencies

When the dedicated social worker Anna Liu (Grace Wey) finds the boy Michael Duncan dreadfully murdered in the kitchen of his house and his mother Eve Duncan (Lonelle New) missing, she has a nervous breakdown. Eight months later, she is still recovering using pills and living with her friend Josie (Angie Landis). Meanwhile detectives Jake Freeman (Chris Eckles) and Frank Richards (Cevin Middleton) are investigating the murder using the psychic Vivian Kuo (Mae Hi) to find new evidences. Out of the blue, Anna is haunted by the ghost of a scary woman and frequently listens to laughs of a child, and Michael's Ted bear and a knife insist to be on her way in Josie's apartment. Anna gets close to Jake when her friends and acquaintances begin to die, and she recollects painful lost memories from her past.

"Anna's Eve" is an awful and messy collection of inconsistencies. The lame camera, lighting and edition are very poor not only due to the budget constraint, but mostly because of technical limitation of the crew. The messy plot is a collection of inconsistencies, and I could list some of them: (1) Why the ghost of Eve kills so many people if her issue was with Patrick and Anna? (2) The jealous Anna kills Eve because she was in love with Patrick, but divorces him when he has an affair with his secretary. (3) Patrick loves Anna so much that covers her crime, but betrays her with his secretary. (4) Why Anna is haunted only eight months after the death of Eve? Why she, and not Patrick? Was the ghost still in love with him? (5) The conclusion is confused and I did not understand what actually happened with the ghost of Michael. Is he going to reborn? (6) Did the ghost of Eve "die"? If she was seeking revenge against Patrick, why haunting Anna? If she was seeking revenge against Anna, why she spares her in the end? (7) Which father would bring an evidence of a hideous crime as a gift to his pregnant wife? This 2004 movie has been released on DVD in Brazil last 16 December 2010, but the Brazilian distributor Imagem could have spared the Brazilian viewers from this mediocrity. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "Espírito Assassino" ("Assassin Spirit")