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The Marsh (2006)

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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

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Claire Holloway
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Noah Pitney (as Justin Louis)
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Geoffrey Hunt
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Philip Manville
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Little Claire / Rose
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Brendan Manville
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Mercy
Kenner Ames ...
Ernie
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Teen Mercy
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Teen Ernie
Jonathan Payne ...
Teen Pitney
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Dr. Wells
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The successful children's writer Claire Holloway 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 but after a sequence of disturbing visions, she decides to contact the paranormal consultant Geoffry Hunt. Together, they investigate the mystery and disclose a tragedy that happened in the farm about twenty years ago. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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

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Rated R for violence, disturbing images and some language | See all certifications »

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1 March 2007 (Russia)  »

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$9,000,000 (estimated)
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When Noah was talking to Claire and Hunt on the marsh before he saw the ghost, Claire had her neck clean or little dirty, but in the scene when Mr Meanville gave them the little blanket, Claire's neck was too dirty, then, inside the house, her neck was a little dirty again. See more »

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Geoffry Hunt: People 're weird. They die... they get weirder.
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References The Shining (1980) See more »

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"Lost In Time"
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Could have been better. Could have been much, much worse.
4 February 2008 | by See all my reviews

I rented The Marsh because I enjoy a good Gabrielle Anwar film. Actually, those are few and far between -- the truth is I'll watch anything she's in. I must say this is better than most of the movies she's done (likely thanks to the absence of Craig Sheffer).

Her character was well defined and complex, but she seemed more curious than frightened. It made sense when she spoke about how fairy tales are supposed to give kids the willies, and that's what kids like - I had a copy of Der Struwwelpeter when I was a kid - but this film wasn't really scary or anything much more than creepy.

I had braced myself for the worst, and was waiting for one of the two clichéd scenes, you know the wizened old man who says "you don't know what you're dealing with here'" or the abrasive and skeptical sheriff / authority figure who knows more than he lets on. So it was refreshing when Whittaker's character moved the plot along as quickly as it did.

The opening scene was marvelous, and the scene with her therapist could have been great with some smoother editing, but the flashlight in the dark videography is worthless. The death scenes are waaay cheesy. In the end, I'd say the director pulled it off, but it was touch and go there for a while.

All in all, this was a (bad) B movie, but with just enough sunk into the production to make it halfway decent.


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