The Dark House (2009)
"Terug naar de kust" (original title)

A woman tries to escape a stalker by moving with her children to her sister's isolated beach house.

Director:

Will Koopman

Writers:

Saskia Noort (novel), Lex Wertwijn (adaptation),

Stars:

Ingeborg Ansing, Pierre Bokma, Scott Bovelander

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ingeborg Ansing	...	Huisarts
Pierre Bokma	...	Rechercheur Van Wijk
Scott Bovelander	...	Wolf
Koen De Bouw	...	Harry
Linda de Mol	...	Maria
Bess Dekkers	...	Young Maria
Chris Dekkers	...	Merel
Lianne Hultink	...	Verpleegster
Kimberly Klaver	...	Maria (18 jaar)
Roos Netjes	...	Monique
Esther Scheldwacht	...	Nelly de Wijn
Kaspar Schellingerhout	...	Maarten
Ariane Schluter	...	Ans
Daan Schuurmans	...	Geert
Jaap Spijkers	...	Martin

Storyline

Single mother Maria starts to receive anonymous death threats. Together with her children, she flees to her former parental home, where her older sister Ans now lives. During those cold winter days in the secluded seaside house she is confronted with her traumatic childhood memories. But as the people close to her begin to question her state of mind, her assailant closes in.

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

29 October 2009 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

The Dark House

Filming Locations:

Domburg, Zeeland, Netherlands

Company Credits

Production Co:

Column Productions, KeyFilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

DTS (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Linda de Mol plays a popular singer in a band in this movie. In real life, Linda briefly pursued a career as a singer herself.

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Goofs

The flashback scene where young Maria drives off in a Mercedes taxi after saying goodbye to her sister and her father, is supposed to take place 20-30 yrs ago. The type of license plate (incl. the blue EU logo on the left) displayed on the taxi, however, wasn't introduced before the year 2000.

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Quotes

Maria: I don't feel like dying, but if I have to I'd like to know why.

User Reviews

1 Star Is too much

This film is utter crap ! If it would be possible to give negative stars this one would rate about - 8.It's a DUTCH movie.Consisering you'r warned , I now start with my review. Linda de Mol who 'plays 'the main part is 'acting' like a Robot.There is no sense of any Real emotion in her character whatsoever.She is a very popular TV personality here in the Low-Lands,The perfect daughter-in-law so to say...She is a guarantee for a Full-house...but my goldfish does it better !The script is horrifiying poor and predictable...the photography make one shiver...f.i there is the constantly play with dept-of-field..which dulls the total camera work. Even great actors,as we Dutch like to call them , like Pierre Bokma put their career at stake by appearing in this 'monster '...Pierre's part adds nothing what-so-ever to the story... which is soooo baaad.

BTW, the make-up artist who toughed Linda's face should apply for a house painting job !

anyway these kind of movies still give you a great time...because you die laughing the whole piece through.

it's a shame to realize people actually payed money to go to the cinema to see this thing....