The Pact (II) (2012)

As a woman struggles to come to grips with her past in the wake of her mother's death, an unsettling presence emerges in her childhood home.

Director:

Nicholas McCarthy

Writer:

Nicholas McCarthy

Stars:

Caity Lotz, Mark Steger, Agnes Bruckner

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Caity Lotz	...	Annie
Kathleen Rose Perkins	...	Liz
Haley Hudson	...	Stevie
Sam Ball	...	Giles
Mark Steger	...	Charles Barlow
Agnes Bruckner	...	Nichole
Casper Van Dien	...	Creek
Dakota Bright	...	Eva
Petra Wright	...	Jennifer Glick
Sam Zuckerman	...	County Clerk
Anjini Taneja Azhar	...	Hindi Child (as Anjini Azhar)
Rachael Kahne	...	Waitress

Storyline

Nichole Barlow comes to San Pedro with her daughter Eva to attend the funeral of her mother. She calls her estranged sister Annie to help her to resolve pending businesses, but Annie is too traumatized with the bad treatment spent by their mother and does not want to return to their childhood home. Nichole convinces her sister to come and she arrives to the funeral. However, Nichole goes missing and Eva stays with Nichole's cousin Liz. When Liz also disappears, Annie claims that supernatural events happen in the house but she becomes the prime-suspect. The open-minded detective Bill Creek assumes the investigation and realizes that there is something weird in the house. Meanwhile Annie summons the medium Stevie believing that the ghost of her mother is responsible for the vanishing of Nichole and Liz. But the woman warns Annie that there is a great danger in the house. Annie decides to go further in her investigation and discovers dark secrets from the past of her family.

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Plot Keywords:

beheading | stalker | police officer | police officer stabbed | assailant | 

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Taglines:

Some doors should never be opened.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some strong bloody violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Screamworks Records [se]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 June 2012 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

I symfonia

Filming Locations:

San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Preferred Content

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The camera that the officer, played by Casper Van Dien, is using to examine the house is a Canon model 7D - a cropped-frame DSLR popular with sports and bird photographers.

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Goofs

The motorcycle used by Annie in the beginning is a Kawasaki, but later on is a Honda.

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Connections

References Halloween (1978)

User Reviews

Very scary and well put together

This movie has gotten a lot of terrible reviews here, so I feel the need to add another positive one. If you love horror movies and don't confuse "gory" with "scary" - and if everything doesn't have to be spelled out for you in an unrealistic expository scene - don't miss this gem.

Most horror movies either insult the audience a little by over-explaining, or they leave many elements simply unexplained (which can be a plus too.) This one actually gives you all the clues you need to put it together and get the answers. Really, it's all there - if you are observant, you don't need the characters to spell it out for you. I found the characters and dialog very believable (for a horror film, of course.) And a HUGE plus - no fake scares. Plenty of real ones. My boyfriend screamed out loud once, and I don't think I've ever heard him do that. I give it 8/10 because while I'm not likely to put it in my top ten films of all time, it was an immensely entertaining movie.