The Haunting of Pearson Place (2012)

A yuppie couple (in their mid thirties) buy a vacant house in the country in order to convert it to a bed and breakfast. The House, has other plans.

Director:

Michael Merino

Writers:

Gregory Banks (novel), Michael Merino (screenplay)

Stars:

Joe Estevez, Suzi Lorraine, Logan Anderson

Cast

Credited cast:
Joe Estevez	...	Bob Osberg
Suzi Lorraine	...	The Founder
Logan Anderson	...	Kelda
Gabriel Voss	...	Tony
Matthew James Gulbranson	...	Dr. Brasso
Ken Arnold	...	Steven
Regen Wilson	...	Michael
Tracy Teague	...	Gwen
Michael Merino	...	Captain Pearson
Kelley Slagle	...	Carol Cook
Mick McGuire	...	Jim Shoemaker
Nadia Williams	...	Nurse Pearson
Charles R. Young	...	Dr. Tuninn
Casey Wallace	...	Michelle Peju
Finn Ohara	...	Poe

Storyline

THE HAUNTING of PEARSON PLACE, In hopes of rebuilding their once-storybook marriage, Gwen and Steven (a young, attractive and successful couple) purchase a vacant Victorian house in a small town, intent on rebuilding the once beautiful house along with their marriage. The house at Pearson Place was once used as a hospice for returning soldiers from World War I. The now long-dead veterans were expecting kindness upon arrival at Pearson Place only to find that the war was Heaven compared to the house which is truly Hell. Our modern day couple intend to use the house as a B&B but - Pearson Place and its previous tenants have their own ideas.

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Taglines:

The Dead Never Leave

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 December 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Maryland, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

MCMFILMS

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

The Haunting of Pearson Place will leave you thrilled, chilled and your funny bone grilled.

See there's this new species out there. A hybrid. Horror-comedy they call it. You watch the movie, you get scared, you laugh a little here and there. It's catching on. I highly recommend it.

Director Michael Merino's The Haunting of Pearson Place fits the bill. Scary here, funny there. Lot's going on. Hell's a popping'. See it all centers on a yuppie couple who want to buy an old house and turn it into a bed and breakfast (don't they always?). Gwen and Steven (Tracy Teague, as good here as she was in Respire, and always excellent Ken Arnold) have a strained marriage and they figger somehow this will save it.

Seems like these yuppie couples never listen to the locals, for example the likes of store owner Carol (effectively scary Kelly Slagle) who suggests the place has a lot of negative energy, and they just might want to reconsider being proprietors of a bed and breakfast. Seems like the house once served as a hospice for World War I soldiers who did not die there in a pleasant manner. From there it gets really weird. Where's Rod Serling?

Throw in another, more annoying couple, Catherine and Michael (Aussie actress Julie Price and why-isn't-he-famous Regan Wilson), and stir, and you get a recipe that stinks to high heaven when Gwen gets reminded of her husband Steven's questionable history with Catherine. We see Teague, as Gwen, throw her delicious bitchiness around like a hatchet.

If that wasn't bad enough, weirdo real estate agent (Joe Estevez, Charlie Sheen's uncle) pops in and out of thin air every so often to harass Steven, and talks to folks who ain't there. Hmmm. We see a wacked-out chick in a bathtub, mannequins that talk, a hand coming from under the bed and such like. All punctuated by laughs hither and yon. Funniest of all is inspector from the county, Jim Shoemaker (the excellent Mick McGuire), who has a too-close moment with Michael that will have you ROTFL.

The Haunting of Pearson Place will leave you thrilled, chilled and your funny bone grilled.