The death of a child in mysterious circumstances; sparks of a series of events that seem to represent biblical plagues, start occurring in of all places a town called *Haven* located deep in the bowels of bible belt country in the bayous of Louisiana. A former Christian missionary turned religious phenomena debunker and her top open minded student turned personnel assistant is sent to investigate.
Genre(s): Horror, Thriller
Runtime: 99 minutes
Rating: 5.6/10 (17,794 votes)
Release Date: 29 March 2007
Country: USA
Languages: English, Spanish
Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
Sound: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
MPAA: Rated R for violence, disturbing images and some sexuality.
Director(s): Stephen Hopkins
Producer(s):
Bruce Berman – executive producer
Susan Downey – producer
Herb Gains – producer (as Herbert W. Gains)
Kate Garwood – associate producer
Richard Mirisch – co-producer
Erik Olsen – executive producer
Steve Richards – executive producer
Joel Silver – producer
Robert Zemeckis – producer
Writer(s):
Carey Hayes – (screenplay) (as Carey W. Hayes) &
Chad Hayes – (screenplay)
Brian Rousso – (story)
Cast:
Hilary Swank – Katherine
David Morrissey – Doug
Idris Elba – Ben
AnnaSophia Robb – Loren McConnell
Stephen Rea – Father Costigan
William Ragsdale – Sheriff Cade
John McConnell – Mayor Brooks
David Jensen – Jim Wakeman
Yvonne Landry – Brynn Wakeman
Samuel Garland – William Wakeman
Music: John Frizzell
Tagline: Thousands of years ago there was a series of bizarre occurrences that many believed to have been the Ten Biblical Plagues. No one thought they could happen again. Until now.
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I watch an awful lot of films and this is the first time I've ever feltlike I should rate one and comment on it.
I'm afraid I'm not able or inclined to put together in-depth reasonswhy I con't like this film. It's not that the acting or cinematography,or the special effect (as some have suggested) are poor. More that forsome reason this film turned me right off.
I'm watching it now as I compose this comment and it really is verybland.
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Gary
After winning two Oscars, Hilary Swank had either big misfortune or aterrible lapse of judgment, starring in this tragic mess of a movie. Itall starts promising with an interesting plot about biblical plagues ina small Southern town. Before you know it, the script writer used everypossible cliché and lame overused trick from "the bad horror movie"book. Why would someone with a terminal lack of imagination decide towrite a script in a first place is beyond my comprehension. Than thedirector takes over with the same lethal and trite "artistic" vision"inspired" with the above mentioned book. And there it goes. Boring,utterly predictable, and occasionally excruciating. Not my idea ofentertainment, but on a bright side I didn't have to take a sleepingpill that night. Thank God for small favors.