The Messengers (film)
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| Directed by | Pang Brothers |
| Produced by |
Sam Raimi William Sherak Jason Shuman Robert G. Tapert |
| Written by |
Stuart Beattie Todd Farmer Mark Wheaton |
| Starring |
Kristen Stewart Dylan McDermott Penelope Ann Miller John Corbett |
| Music by | Joseph LoDuca |
| Cinematography | David Geddes |
| Edited by | John Axelrad Armen Minasian Tim Mirkovich |
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Columbia Pictures Screen Gems |
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90 minutes |
| Country | Canada United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16 million |
| Box office | $55,010,659 |
The Messengers is a 2007 Canadian-American supernatural 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—the owners of the farm—who are torn apart by suspicion, mayhem, and murder.
The film was released on February 2, with the DVD released on June 5. Filming 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. The prequel, Messengers 2: The Scarecrow, was released on June 21, 2009.
The film starts with a terrified mother and her young son. As she packs a suitcase, she hears something coming towards the door and makes her son hide under the bed. The door bursts open and an unseen force throws the mother against the wall, killing her. The son flees and runs into his terrified sister. The boy hides under a table, but his sister is caught and pushed over the banister of the stairs, then dragged down to the cellar. The boy hides but is eventually found by the attacker.
Five years later, the Solomon family from Chicago moves into the house, near a small town in North Dakota. The father, Roy (Dylan McDermott), is hoping to start a sunflower farm. The teenage daughter, Jessica, called Jess, (Kristen Stewart), is upset about moving away from her friends. Some time ago, Jess had driven drunk with her younger brother, Ben, a toddler at the time. She crashed the car, seriously injuring Ben. He recovered from his injuries, but does not speak. Jess's mistake has caused a rift in the family, as her father and her mother, Denise (Penelope Ann Miller), have a hard time trusting her and they are broke now as they spent all their money for Ben's treatment.
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