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At the movie's beginning, a frightened woman is [[scared]] with her son, telling him that he has to be strong and that everything is going to be okay. She hears something coming towards the door and makes her son hide under the bed. The door bursts open and an unseen figure throws the woman against the wall. The son, terrified, runs out of the room and into his sister, who is also scared. She grabs him and runs down the stairs. The boy hides under a table, but his sister is caught and pushed over the stair railings, then she crawls to the son and tells him to run, and soon she is dragged |
At the movie's beginning, a frightened woman is [[scared]] with her son, telling him that he has to be strong and that everything is going to be okay. She hears something coming towards the door and makes her son hide under the bed. The door bursts open and an unseen figure throws the woman against the wall. The son, terrified, runs out of the room and into his sister, who is also scared. She grabs him and runs down the stairs. The boy hides under a table, but his sister is caught and pushed over the stair railings, then she crawls to the son and tells him to run, and soon she is dragged to the cellar as her nails scratch on the floor. The boy runs into the kitchen and hides in a cabinet, but he is soon found and pulled out. |
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Five years later, a new family is moving into the house from the city, hoping to start a [[sunflower]] farm. The main character, the daughter in the family, Jess Solomon ([[Kristen Stewart]]), is upset about having to move away from her friends. Prior to the events in movie, she had been driving drunk with her younger brother, Ben, a toddler at the time. In her intoxicated state, she caused an accident and since then Ben has been [[muteness|mute]]. However, her brother sees things the other people cannot see, including the [[ghost]]s of the family killed in the movie's opening scenes. To round out the characters, Jess' father, Roy, hires a man by the name of John Burwell to work on the farm. |
Five years later, a new family is moving into the house from the city, hoping to start a [[sunflower]] farm. The main character, the daughter in the family, Jess Solomon ([[Kristen Stewart]]), is upset about having to move away from her friends. Prior to the events in movie, she had been driving drunk with her younger brother, Ben, a toddler at the time. In her intoxicated state, she caused an accident and since then Ben has been [[muteness|mute]]. However, her brother sees things the other people cannot see, including the [[ghost]]s of the family killed in the movie's opening scenes. To round out the characters, Jess' father, Roy, hires a man by the name of John Burwell to work on the farm. |
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- For the TLC series of the same name, see The Messengers (TV series).
| The Messengers | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film | |
| Directed by | Pang Brothers |
| Written by | Stuart Beattie Todd Farmer Mark Wheaton |
| Produced by | Sam Raimi William Sherak Jason Shuman Robert G. Tapert |
| Starring | Kristen Stewart Dylan McDermott Penelope Ann Miller John Corbett |
| Cinematography | David Geddes |
| Edited by | John Axelrad Armen Minasian Tim Mirkovich |
| Music by | Joseph LoDuca |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
Release date | February 2, 2007 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Template:FilmUS |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16,000,000 |
| Box office | $54,957,265 |
The Messengers is a 2007 horror film, directed by the Pang Brothers, and produced by Sam Raimi. It stars Kristen Stewart, John Corbett, William B. Davis, Dylan McDermott, and Penelope Ann Miller. The film is about an ominous darkness that invades a seemingly serene sunflower farm in North Dakota, and the Solomon family is torn apart by suspicion, mayhem, and murder.
The film was released on February 2, with the DVD released on June 5. Although the setting of the film is in North Dakota, filming actually took place in the Qu'Appelle Valley near the small community of Abernethy, Saskatchewan, Canada. The graphic novel adaptation was published in January 2007 by Dark Horse Comics, written by Jason Hall, and illustrated by Kelley Jones. A prequel, Messengers 2: The Scarecrow was released on June 21, 2009.
Plot
At the movie's beginning, a frightened woman is scared with her son, telling him that he has to be strong and that everything is going to be okay. She hears something coming towards the door and makes her son hide under the bed. The door bursts open and an unseen figure throws the woman against the wall. The son, terrified, runs out of the room and into his sister, who is also scared. She grabs him and runs down the stairs. The boy hides under a table, but his sister is caught and pushed over the stair railings, then she crawls to the son and tells him to run, and soon she is dragged to the cellar as her nails scratch on the floor. The boy runs into the kitchen and hides in a cabinet, but he is soon found and pulled out.
Five years later, a new family is moving into the house from the city, hoping to start a sunflower farm. The main character, the daughter in the family, Jess Solomon (Kristen Stewart), is upset about having to move away from her friends. Prior to the events in movie, she had been driving drunk with her younger brother, Ben, a toddler at the time. In her intoxicated state, she caused an accident and since then Ben has been mute. However, her brother sees things the other people cannot see, including the ghosts of the family killed in the movie's opening scenes. To round out the characters, Jess' father, Roy, hires a man by the name of John Burwell to work on the farm.
Ominous events gradually build: First, the house always seems to have crows flying around it; some crows even attack Roy. Then, Jess has an encounter with one of the ghosts, the sister, in the cellar. She calls 9-1-1 and the authorities come, only to find a terrified Jess. The police dismiss it as a false alarm and Jess' parents do not believe her either. While Ben saw what happened, being very young and mute he cannot confirm her story. Only Bobby, a teenage boy from town whom Jess befriends, supports her.
Jess and Ben have more encounters with the ghosts haunting the house and Jess acquires some scars and bruises caused by one of the ghosts — an attack within one of the family's sheds out behind the old home. She is rushed to the hospital. Her parents think that her wounds are self-inflicted because she wants to leave the house, her life there being so much different from her old one, and will not believe her that ghosts are haunting it. Because her parents don't believe her, tensions rise and Jess becomes determined to fix things.
Jess later finds out more details about the Rollins family. According to the locals, the family had lived in the house, but left suddenly. However, at a local store Jess sees a picture of the family, with John in it. It turns out the man who killed the past owners of the house in a fit of madness is actually John, who was the head of the Rollins family. Jess takes Bobby to the house to tell her family before it is too late.
Back at home, Jess's mother, Denise, is putting Ben to sleep when she notices the blood spot on the wall is coming back even though she has already cleaned it. Turns out, this is the spot where the mother was thrown against the wall, and suddenly Denise sees the spirit of the mother coming out of the wall, right where the blood spot is. She then packs suitcases and starts putting them on the porch. This upsets John, who is having flashbacks of his wife Mary trying to leave him in the same way after he is attacked by a huge swarm of crows. He somehow had managed to forget about this prior life. He runs to the house to attack Denise, believing that she is Mary. Denise grabs Ben and runs into the cellar to hide from their attacker.
Bobby and Jess arrive and Jess calls for her mother and father. Then they are attacked by pitchforks. John surprises them from behind and knocks out Bobby. Jess runs into the cellar and bolts the door. While John is looking for something to get into the cellar, Jess runs down to her mother to try and help her. She further barricades the door and blocks all the windows and breaks the light bulbs so they can stay hidden in darkness. John gets into the cellar and looks around for Jess and Denise and Ben.
At this point Roy comes home and, following the noise, makes his way into the cellar. Jess calls out to him in warning, but John surprises him and stabs him in the back. Denise hides Ben in a box and then attempts to attack John, but he knocks Denise out with a shovel. He then nearly stabs Jess with a pitchfork, but she rolls away just in time. The three spirits then appear, dragging John into the muddy cellar floor. Just when it appears that John is dead, he suddenly reaches out of the floor and grabs Jess' ankle, trying to pull her into the floor, but she is saved by her family who pull her away. John is pulled into the murky slush upon the cellar floor and the last heard from him was the scream of pain and terror that the ghosts of his family has inflicted upon him. He, at last, has died.
At the end of the film, things return to normal. The crows stop attacking people, the ghosts stop appearing and Ben starts talking. The family appears to be in a more normal state once more and the house and land look better than ever.
Cast
- Kristen Stewart as Jess Solomon
- Theodore Turner as Ben Solomon
- Dylan McDermott as Roy Solomon
- Penelope Ann Miller as Denise Solomon
- John Corbett as John Burwell/John Rollins
- William B. Davis as Colby Price
- Brent Briscoe as Plume
- Dustin Milligan as Bobby
- Jodelle Ferland as Michael Rollins
- Shirley Mcqueen as Mary Rollins
- Tatiana Maslany as Linsday Rollins
Box office
The Messengers placed first in box office receipts for the weekend of February 2-4, 2007. In its first weekend of release, the film grossed $14,713,321.[1] As of February 23, 2008, the film had grossed $54,957,265.[2]
Prequel
A prequel titled Messengers 2: The Scarecrow was released on July 21 2009. The Rollins Family are the films main Characters. The Rollins survive the events of the film. It stars Norman Reedus and Australian actress Claire Holt.
Book
On January 2007, a comic version of the film was published by Dark Horse Comics.
References
- ^ "THE MESSENGERS". Box Office Mojo.
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