The Marsh (2006)

Director:

Jordan Barker

Writer:

Michael Stokes (writer)

Release Date:

1 March 2007 (Russia)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

You can bury the past... but sometimes the past won't stay buried.

Plot:

A young beautiful but stressed out children's writer seeks out a holiday in the country but becomes the lead character in a supernatural mystery she must solve to save her life

Cast

Gabrielle Anwar	...	Claire Holloway
Justin Louis	...	Noah Pitney
Forest Whitaker	...	Geoffrey Hunt
Peter MacNeill	...	Philip Manville
Niamh Wilson	...	Little Claire / Rose
Joe Dinicol	...	Brendan Manville
Brooke Johnson	...	Mercy
Kenner Ames	...	Ernie
Jessica Greco	...	Teen Mercy
Ryan Giesen	...	Teen Ernie
Jonathan Payne	...	Teen Pitney
Bill MacDonald	...	Dr. Wells

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, disturbing images and some language.

Runtime:

Canada:92 min | Greece:90 min | Argentina:92 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | USA:R | Argentina:16 | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Marshville Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When Claire saw the door covered with a sheet in the basement, she walked towards it, she was holding the cell with her right hand, but in the next shot, when she removed the sheet, the cell had disappeared from her hand.

Quotes:

Geoffry Hunt: People 're weird. They die... they get weirder.

Movie Connections:

References The Shining (1980)

Soundtrack:

Lost In Time

Flawed but Entertaining Chiller

The successful children's writer Claire Holloway (Gabrielle Anwar) is troubled by scary nightmares and is under psychological treatment. While working out watching television, she sees the landscape of the Rose Marsh Farm in the Westmoreland County, and she notes that the farmhouse is linked to her nightmares. She decides to spend her vacation in the farm, which is located nearby a swamp, and she is haunted by the ghosts of a little girl and a teenage boy inside the house. She is befriended by the local publisher and historian Noah Pitney (Justin Louis) but after a sequence of disturbing visions, she decides to contact the paranormal consultant Geoffry Hunt (Forest Whitaker). Together, they investigate the mystery and disclose a tragedy that happened in the farm about twenty years ago.

"The Marsh" is a flawed but entertaining chiller quite underrated in IMDb. The eerie story has a bad screenplay that leaves many unanswered questions and never explains what happened with Claire's parents (I believe they died in an accident based in one dialog); or her relationship with the little girl (was she her friend or sister?); how the little girl was murdered (I believe the boy tried to rape her, there are many evidences); why Mercy was taking care of the girls; did Claire live in the farmhouse?; how could she completely suppress her childhood from her memory?; what kind of portal was opened in the room? last but not the least, the incident in the beginning of the Twentieth Century has nothing to do with the plot, is just presented to confuse the viewer. Anyway, disregarding these flaws, this film is above average in the genre. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Not Available"