Secrets of the Summer House

Original title: Summer House

TV Movie
2008
TV-14
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

424

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Drama Horror Mystery Thriller

A centuries old curse haunts a family summer house. When a young woman's husband inherits the house and is involved in a near-fatal accident, she realizes both he and her unborn son are at g... Read allA centuries old curse haunts a family summer house. When a young woman's husband inherits the house and is involved in a near-fatal accident, she realizes both he and her unborn son are at great risk, unless she can break the curse.A centuries old curse haunts a family summer house. When a young woman's husband inherits the house and is involved in a near-fatal accident, she realizes both he and her unborn son are at great risk, unless she can break the curse.

Director
- Jean-Claude Lord
Writers
- John Benjamin Martin
- Donald David Martin
Stars

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IMDb RATING

4.9/10

424

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jean-Claude Lord
Writers
- John Benjamin Martin
- Donald David Martin
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
This is loosely based on the false legend of the Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana. In that falsehood, Mr. Woodruff, the plantation owner, owned slaves, one who was named Chole. He was supposedly brutal to her, and she took her revenge. None of that story is true, and a good man's name was sullied. But this movie is based on that legend, even fashioning the ghost to look like a supposed ghost photograph of Chloe.

Goofs
Toward the end of the movie there's the sound of heavy rain, but none is seen falling.

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Featured review

5/10

You Get What You Expect

Based on who funded this film (skip to the end and watch the list of logos) you get basically what you expect. It takes an interesting premise, which should be suitable for a horror mystery, and turns it into self-parody. But not intentionally, and that's the problem. The accents weren't believable to me, and seemed to come and go. There were some laugh-out-loud moments, like the various times the local nut tells our heroine to use crystals for answers or protection. That works in many films, but here it was just laughable. Anyway, not to beat a dead horse, but don't waste your time unless you look at it as a MST3K experience.