Evil Words (2003)

Original title

Sur le seuil

Directed by

Éric Tessier

Genre

horror, mystery, thriller

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor treats a famous horror novelist who tried to kill himself. He starts to find clues that the writer was present at many tragic events across Canada.

tensesuspensefulmysteriousdisturbingdarkslow-burnpsychologicalbrooding

What happens

Evil Words (French: Sur le seuil, lit. "On the Threshold") is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Éric Tessier and released in 2003. Adapted from the novel Sur le seuil by Patrick Senécal, the film stars Michel Côté as Paul Lacasse, a doctor who is treating famous horror novelist Thomas Roy (Patrick Huard) following a suicide attempt, and begins to find evidence that Roy was in close proximity to every one of the last several dozen tragedies to occur anywhere in Canada. The cast also includes Catherine Florent, Albert Millaire, Jean L'Italien, Jacques Lavallée, Jean-Pierre Bergeron, Normand D'Amour, Nicolas Canuel, Frédérique Collin, Annette Garant, Christine Foley, Alexis Belec, Paul Doucet, Guy Boutet, Anne-Marie Labelle, Frédéric Gilles, Richard Fréchette, Martin Dubreuil, Geneviève Laroche, Patrick Senécal, Lise Roy, Patrice Bélanger, Stéphane Blanchette and Éric Cabana in supporting roles. The film opened in theatres on October 3, 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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