While on a summer trip with her friends, Megan begins to feel the presence of Sophie, her twin sister who recently committed suicide.
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| Elisabeth Harnois | ... | Megan / Sophie | |
| Shawn Ashmore | ... | Christian | |
| Hilarie Burton | ... | Alicia | |
| Amanda Seyfried | ... | Zoe | |
| Tyler Hoechlin | ... | Nick | |
| Matt O'Leary | ... | Mark | |
| R. Lee Ermey | ... | Leonard | |
| Lisa Arnold | ... | Mrs. Thomas | |
| Lyle Brocato | ... | Partier | |
| David Dahlgren | ... | Mr. Thomas | |
| Jenna Hildebrand | ... | Malin (as Jenna Lynn Hildebrand) | |
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Mark Krasnoff | ... | Cop |
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Six months after the suicide of her twin sister Sofie, Megan still grieves her death and misses her beloved sister. In the Saint John's Eve, Megan travels with her friends Christian, Zoe, Mark and Alicia to her family's house in Nowell Lake, Louisiana, to celebrate the summer solstice. While shopping supplies in a local store, Megan befriends the seller Nick and buys a magazine with an article about communication with the dead in the summer solstice, the time of year when there is the greatest length of daylight. While in her house, Megan is haunted by a spirit that she believes is Sofie trying to communicate with her. In her investigation, she suspects of the weird hick Leonard and while snooping in his house, she finds the picture of the missing girl Malin and unravels a dark secret about the suicide of her sister. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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1 January 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The scene with Megan burying the key chain in the backyard was filmed in only one hour. See more »Goofs
Megan reads a Fortean Times magazine article on the summer solstice, which states "For scientists, this simply means that the sun will be at its closest point to the Earth..." This is not the definition of the summer solstice, and is not true. Perihelion is the point in Earth's orbit at which it is closest to the sun, and occurs in January. The sun is actually farthest from the Earth in July. Scientists would know this. See more »Contribute to This Page
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Well, Solstice gets a high-five for good casting, visuals, sound and overall atmosphere.
Only problem is the story. It's the same type of ghost story a proper horror fan has seen a gazillion times. And it's a remake! Why? Also, at 87 minutes, this felt like hours. Bo-ring. There are red herrings, scary shadows, MTV-style flashbacks from the dead, and while it's all well done, it's all been done before. Thank you, but no.
Myrick had a mediocre movie (Believers, also (V)) and a good one ruined by a terribly miscast main actor and a "gotcha-sucker!" ending (The Objective). At least here, justice was served and this went straight to DVD where it belongs.
Eduardo Sanchez' "Altered", although more of a sci-fi horror hybrid on a low budget, is superior to all of the above mentioned films in my opinion. Here's hoping that Myrick (who has loads of talent) will make a proper great movie in the future.
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