Demi Moore learns to believe in the beyond in “Half Light”
- February 7, 2006
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- Rachel Rogers, Arts & Entertainment Editor
- Section: Features
Do you believe in ghosts?
Rachel Carlson (Demi Moore) is a renowned author of mystery novels. She is happy. She has a wonderful son named Thomas, a husband, Brian, who is trying to break into the writing business himself, and is getting a record four million pounds for her books.
But all that changes one day when Thomas, going out to play, accidently drowns. Now, distraught but still trying to finish her novel, Rachel is convinced by her best friend to move out to a remote Scottish village called Ingonish Cove.
It doesn’t take long for Rachel to fit in. She becomes friends with the villagers, who point her in the direction of the lighthouse that sits on an island across from the village. While there to research the lighthouse for her book, she meets the charming and handsome Angus McCulloch (Hans Matheson), the lighthouse keeper. It doesn’t take long for the two of them to begin developing a relationship.
Just as things are going well, Rachel’s world is shattered yet again. After Angus doesn’t show up at a party that he had promised Rachel he would meet her at, she begins to ask the villagers if they know where he might be. When they give her odd looks, she asks again if anyone knows Angus McCulloch. Yes, they answer. We knew him once, but he’s been dead for years.
Rachel doesn’t believe this. After all, how is it that she’s been talking to a dead man for the last month? But the villagers keep telling her that it is true. Angus comitted suicide after finding his wife with another man. Finally, they point her to the village cemetery, where she finds the graves of both Angus and his wife, Kate.
Not too long afterwards, Rachel begins to recieve messages from her dead son through a doll-maker who has psychic abilities. No longer knowing if she’s sane or not, Rachel is suddenly thrust into a world of murder and mystery, where nothing is at it seems.
You may find yourself wondering why you’ve never heard the name of this movie. That’s because it was never released in theatres, but has just recently come to video.
Whether you’re looking for a good ghost movie to frighten you or a romance to snuggle up with, this movie definitely won’t disappoint.
Rachel (Demi Moore) and Angus (Hans Mathenson) gaze at the view from the top of the lighthouse.