Solstice (film)
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| Directed by | Daniel Myrick |
| Produced by | Adam Del Deo Mikkel Bondesen Garrick Dion David Grace Jeffrey Graup Douglas Hansen Mason Novick Eleanor Nett James D. Stern |
| Written by | Daniel Myrick Martin Musatov Ethan Erwin |
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Elisabeth Harnois Shawn Ashmore Tyler Hoechlin Amanda Seyfried Matt O'Leary Hilarie Burton R. Lee Ermey |
| Music by | Jane Antonia Cornish |
| Cinematography | M. David Mullen |
| Edited by | Mathilde Bonnefoy |
| Distributed by | Weinstein Company |
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Release date
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January 1, 2008 |
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Running time
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91 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Solstice is a 2008 American horror film directed by Daniel Myrick and co-written by Myrick, Ethan Erwin and Martin Musatov. The film is a remake of the 2003 Swedish-Danish thriller Midsommer. It stars Elisabeth Harnois, Shawn Ashmore, Hilarie Burton, Amanda Seyfried, Tyler Hoechlin, and Matt O'Leary.
Megan (Harnois) has been distraught since her twin sister Sophie (Harnois) committed suicide a few months ago. When it comes time for the 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. Whenever the shadow figure appears, or Megan has a nightmare, the key chain appears.
Megan, on advice from Nick, goes outside, wraps a white cloth around the key chain and buries it, which should expel the spirit. She goes for a bath, but mud runs from the tap and the spirit appears. After it disappears again, the key chain is lying on the floor.
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 farming equipment and several large knives.
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, a young girl who disappeared the year before. Leonard arrives home, and Megan has to jump out of the girl's window to escape.
Back at the lake house, Nick comes for dinner on the night before the solstice. Megan tells him about the chain and what she believes is Sophie's ghost. All six of the friends go into the lake in their underwear and Nick calls forth the spirit with wine, which then drags Megan under the water. As her friends try to get her out, she sees more visions. They all get out of the lake afterwards.
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