Solstice 死霊の棲む森 （５）

死霊の棲む森

PLOT 3

Megan realizes that the ghost is not that of Sophie, but Malin's, and she takes Nick to the ruins she encountered earlier, when she fell over. The other friends all follow, including Christian with a gun. Nick and Megan get split up, and Christian almost shoots Nick.

Megan then digs up Malin's body, and finds that the key on the key chain is for Malin's bicycle, which was buried with her. They then call the police. Christian then admits that the year before, when they all came to the lake house, including Sophie, he and Sophie were going for a drive and hit Malin.

Solstice 死霊の棲む森 （４）

死霊の棲む森

PLOT 2

Megan goes running, but she trips over a hole in the ground, and cracks her nail(which she had foreseen in several nightmares). As she limps back to the road, she meets Leonard again. Inside his van, she sees a hat identical to Sophie's. The next day, the day of the solstice, after recovering from her fall, she walks down to Leonard's house.

She finds several large knives, and farming equipment. Inside the house, she looks around, and finds a young girl's bedroom. On the cabinet, Megan notices a cutting from a newspaper regarding Malin's disappearance. Leonard arrives home, and Megan has to jump out of the girl's window to escape. Back at the lake house,

Solstice 死霊の棲む森 （３）

死霊の棲む森

PLOT 1

Megan (Harnois) has been distraught since her twin sister Sophie (Harnois) committed suicide a few months ago. When it comes time for their annual summer solstice trip to a lake house in the bayous of Louisiana with her friends, Megan reluctantly decides to go.

Once the five friends arrive, Megan soon begins to suspect that her dead sister is trying to communicate with her as the solstice—the time when our world and the next are closest—approaches. she sees numerous shadow-like figures, mud runs from all the taps, and Megan is "followed" by Sophie's key chain that she keeps getting rid of.

Solstice 死霊の棲む森 （２）

死霊の棲む森

PRODUCTION AND RELEASE

While working on The Strand in 2005, Myrick announced the imminent shooting of Solstice, and his hope that it would "hark back to elemental horror films like Rosemary's Baby and The Shining."

The film met with problems due to Hurricane Katrina and production was postponed. Filming commenced in New Orleans in April, 2006, shooting in the Garden District and in bayous around Louisiana.

Solstice 死霊の棲む森 （１）

死霊の棲む森

夏のホラーシリーズ、１３日の金曜日をPART4までお伝えしてきたけど、今週は別の作品、『死霊の棲む森』(原題 Solstice）。

アマンダ・セイフライドが出ているんで観たんだけど、アマンダは主役じゃなくて別の女優が主役だった。でも、「どっかで見たことあるなあ、この女優・・・」と思っていたら、過去にテレビドラマで観ていた『ポイントプレザントの悪夢』の主演女優、エリザベス・ハーノイスだった。

今となってはアマンダの方がメジャーになっているんだけど、エリザベスは確かに美人だ。アマンダと言えば、この作品ではちょっと太っていて、確かにこの作品においては主役はエリザベスって感じだよ。