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Michael Stokes (written by)
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2010 (USA)
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If you think you're alone ... Think again
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While trying to get their lives back on track after the loss of their four year old son, Bryn and Paul Shaw move to the charming old Beacon Apartments...
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The Beacon sneaks onto Texas big screens; new photos
(From Fangoria. 7 October 2009, 2:40 PM, PDT)
Release News for Michael Stokes' Beacon
(From shocktillyoudrop. 7 October 2009)
(From Fangoria. 7 October 2009, 2:40 PM, PDT)
Release News for Michael Stokes' Beacon
(From shocktillyoudrop. 7 October 2009)
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(Credited cast) | Teri Polo | ... | Bryn Shaw |
 | David Rees Snell | ... | Paul Shaw |
 | Elaine Hendrix | ... | Vanessa Carver |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Jonny Cruz | ... | Simon Valencia |
 | Jason Hammond | ... | Street Sweeper Driver |
| Bridgette Hammonds | ... | Goalie |
 | Kelli Dawn Hancock | ... | Officer Kit Karasic |
| Ken Howard | ... | Officer Ford |
 | Michael Ironside | ... | Officer Ned Hutton |
| Kevin Scott Keating | ... | James Nash |
 | Austin Lux | ... | Ronnie Nash |
 | Ben Lux | ... | Danny Shaw |
| Rick Morrow | ... | Moving Man #1 |
 | Marnette Patterson | ... | Christina Wade |
| Marin Rose | ... | Lead Ballerina |
| Everett Sifuentes | ... | Mr. Butters |
| Julia Smathers | ... | Hospital Clerk |
 | Nick Sowell | ... | Will Tyler |
| Tom Sowell | ... | Chairman of Department |
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Rated R for some violent and disturbing content.
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The photographer Bryn (Teri Polo) and the astronomer Paul Shaw (David Rees Snell) moves to a small, but cozy one bedroom apartment in the Beacon Apartments in Texas to rebuild their lives. Three years ago, in Halloween, Bryn neglected attention to their son Danny that disappeared, apparently drown in a lake nearby a carnival. Bryn tried to commit suicide and Paul sacrificed his career to support her. In the relocation, the couple is helped by Bryn's sister Christina Wade (Marnette Patterson) that befriends the next door neighbor Will "Ty" Tyler (Nick Sowell). Paul finds a job in the local university and shares his office with the eccentric anthropologist Simon Valencia (Jonny Cruz). Along the days, Bryn has visions and nightmares with a ghostly boy and she decides to investigate how he died and seeks out his father James Nash (Kevin Scott Keating). Meanwhile Paul helps the decadent actress Vanessa Carver (Elaine Hendrix) but does not tell details to his wife. When Bryn discovers that James is also dead, she realizes that she had contacted ghosts in the building and tells Professor Simon, trying to find how to communicate with her diseased son. However, after his research, Simon finds the truth about the Beacon Apartments.
"The Beacon" is a well-constructed horror movie with a great story that recalled me the scary "The Sentinel" (1977). The excellent Teri Polo shines in the dramatic role of a grieving suicidal mother with guilty complex. This is the type of feature based on good direction, screenplay and performances, and the make-up and special effects are effective and used only when necessary. The plot point is totally unexpected, the story is very well resolved and the melancholic music score is wonderful. In the end, the refreshing "The Beacon" was a great surprise that startles and one of the best horror movies that I have seen this year. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Visões" ("Visions")