FilmRGhosts & Haunting Psychological Gothic

Half Light2006

Name: Half Light
Genre: Ghosts & Haunting, Psychological, Gothic
Released: 2006-01-17
Rating: 5.6

“When the darkness falls the dead will rise.”

Directed by Craig Rosenberg

5.6

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IMDb 6.0Rotten Tomatoes 33%TMDB 6.0

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Year

2006

Runtime

110 min

Box Office

🏆 1 nomination total

The premise

Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus. But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.

Horror Vault's take

Shattered by a personal tragedy she cannot forgive herself for, successful crime novelist Rachel Carson retreats to a remote coastal retreat hoping solitude will rebuild her. She finds unexpected comfort in the arms of a magnetic local man — but the more deeply she falls for him, the more the line between reality and delusion begins to dissolve around her. Set against brooding Scottish landscapes and the mournful silhouette of a lighthouse, Half Light is a slow-burn romantic ghost story that turns tenderness into terror. Demi Moore anchors the film as a woman whose longing for healing may be leading her somewhere far darker.

Content: Death Of A Child, Themes Of Grief And Guilt, Mild Supernatural Peril