Secrets of the Summer House (TV 2008)

Boston top lawyer George Wickersham returns to his ancestral summer house on a private island in rural Maine, which he dislikes for memories's sake, intending to sell it quickly. However he... See full summary »

Director:

Jean-Claude Lord

Writers:

John Benjamin Martin, Donald David Martin

Stars:

Lindsay Price, David Haydn-Jones, Sadie LeBlanc

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lindsay Price	...	Nikki Wickersham
David Haydn-Jones	...	George Wickersham (as David Jones)
Sadie LeBlanc	...	Margie Mancuso
Niall Matter	...	Peter Hughes
Emma Stevens	...	Virginia Roberts
Susan Bain	...	Celia Calvert
Walter Massey	...	George III Wickersham
James Bradford	...	Mr. Trinkle
Macha Grenon	...	Professor Jill Ambrose
Yvette Harper Pouliotte	...	Dr. Alice Burke
Gordon Masten	...	Professor Shockley
David Gow	...	Sheriff Lindy
Frank Schorpion	...	Jebidiah Wickersham
Ian Finlay	...	Darren Peters
Nicole Jones	...	Princess Kimmika

Storyline

Boston top lawyer George Wickersham returns to his ancestral summer house on a private island in rural Maine, which he dislikes for memories's sake, intending to sell it quickly. However he lets his wife, a petty painter, persuade him to keep it at least one year to try turning it into a sumer home for young artists. She gets her way, but an alleged curse seems to come trough. George's fatal accident there is only the first of many people around her to be hit hard while she develops a theory it all races back to his ancestor Jebidiah Wickersham, who built it from the profits of the slave trade.

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Plot Keywords:

curse | maine | private island | caretaker | fall from ladder | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Summer House

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Incendo Productions, Power, Anne Carlucci Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

You Get What You Expect

Based on who funded this film (skip to the end and watch the list of logos) you get basically what you expect. It takes an interesting premise, which should be suitable for a horror mystery, and turns it into self-parody. But not intentionally, and that's the problem. The accents weren't believable to me, and seemed to come and go. There were some laugh-out-loud moments, like the various times the local nut tells our heroine to use crystals for answers or protection. That works in many films, but here it was just laughable. Anyway, not to beat a dead horse, but don't waste your time unless you look at it as a MST3K experience.