The Return (I) (2006)

Joanna Mills, a traveling business woman, begins having nightmares of a murder that occurred 15 years ago. Soon she is drawn to an old farmhouse, where the murder took place.

Director:

Asif Kapadia

Writer:

Adam Sussman

Stars:

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O'Brien, Adam Scott

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Joanna Mills
Peter O'Brien	...	Terry Stahl
Adam Scott	...	Kurt
Kate Beahan	...	Michelle
Sam Shepard	...	Ed Mills
J.C. MacKenzie	...	Griff / Young Griff
Erinn Allison	...	Annie
Darrian McClanahan	...	Young Joanna Mills
Wally Welch	...	Snack Stand Vendor
Frank Ertl	...	Ambrose Miller
Brad Leland	...	Mr. Marlin
Bonnie Gallup	...	Bella
Brent Smiga	...	Higgins
Robert Wilson	...	Billy

Storyline

The restless sales representative of a transport company Joanna Mills travels from Saint Louis to Texas in a business trip. She is haunted by violent visions and after meeting her client, she visits her lonely father. On the next morning, she decides to visit La Salle, a small town where she has never been before, but she had recollections of many locations. She lodges in a hotel and later she meets and is befriended by the local widower Terry Stahl, who helps her from an aggression. Her daydreams and nightmares increase and she becomes obsessed for disclosing the truth about her visions of a brutal murder of a woman in a barn. Along her investigation, Joanna gets close to the killer and feels that her life is in danger.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | nightmare | texas | hotel | fight | 

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Taglines:

This November, fear comes home.

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, terror and disturbing images

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Revolver

Filming Locations:

Austin Studios - 1901 E. 51st Street, Austin, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,479,621 (USA) (10 November 2006)

Gross:

$7,744,785 (USA) (8 December 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rogue Pictures, Intrepid Pictures, Raygun Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film was originally titled Revolver, but it was later changed when another film titled Revolver came out beforehand.

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Goofs

When Joanna's truck goes off the road near the end of the film, the engine revs as if the drive wheels have left the road, but her pickup is a rear-wheel drive vehicle and the rear wheels were still on the bank.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Young Joanna Mills: There was a man

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Crazy Credits

When the credits first start to roll, everyones name's turn and blur away to the next name which does the same. This represents the characters Joanna and Annie and how they co-existed in the same body.

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Connections

Features Winchester '73 (1950)

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Soundtracks

"The Refuge"
Written and Performed by Cory Sipper
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari / MasterSource

User Reviews

It's Suspense Not Horror!

Read the above title. The thing you need to realize is when you go into the movie is that it is a suspense thriller, not a horror film like Saw or The Grudge. I know this because I went with my best friend to see the film and he hates horror films, but he loved this movie as did I...You need to go into the movie with some things in mind. One, it is a low budget film, it's released through Rogue Pictures, from what I have heard, it is an indie film and therefore its not going to be on the same par as some of the other films that are out there today. Two, think more along the lines of "What Lies Beneath" and not along the lines of "The Grudge". I thought it was very creative, the way it was filmed and the way the story panned out. You may not figure everything out until the last 15 minutes of the movie, but I am sorry, I actually enjoy movies like that and not ones that are going to give everything away to you in the first ten minutes of the movie. Sarah Michelle Gellar does an excellent job in this film. I think it's just good all around. It's a good film to see if you want to be in suspense, but not be grossed out like Saw does.