The Skeptic

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5.6/10

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Tom Arnold, Tim Daly, and Zoe Saldana in The Skeptic (2008)

Following his aunt's mysterious death, a power lawyer (Daly) moves into the elderly womanÂ’s supposedly haunted mansion. There, he dismisses one incident after another, until the haunting turns so personal and vicious, his veneer begins to unravel.

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A lawyer who does not believe in ghosts inherits a house that may be haunted.A lawyer who does not believe in ghosts inherits a house that may be haunted.A lawyer who does not believe in ghosts inherits a house that may be haunted.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

4.6K

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Trivia
Dr. Warren Koven's name derives from two words related to witchcraft: a coven is an assembly of usually 13 witches, and a warren is a maze of small rooms where they might gather.

Goofs
When Bryan (Daly) goes down to the wine cellar and gets a bottle of wine (at about 45 min. mark), it appears to be a brown bottle with a white label. It looks the same when the scene shifts to him trying to open the trunk. But a few moments later, when the scene shifts to him sitting at the table eating, with the bottle of wine quite obvious, talking about "what's in the trunk"...the wine bottle is green with an obviously colorful label.

Quotes
[first lines]
[Deputy Lura looks around the dark house with his flashlight]
Deputy Lura: Miss Deaver? It's Deputy Lura, ma'am. Got a phone call from this house. Somebody hung up. Everything all right? Miss Deaver?
[He hears a sound]
Deputy Lura: Is somebody in there? I can hear you, you know. Miss Deaver, is that you?
[His flashlight finds Dead Miss Deaver, who appears to have died of fright]
Deputy Lura: Jesus!

Connections
References The Changeling (1980)

Soundtracks
Brand New Me, Same Old Blues
Written and performed by Joe Whiting
Published by MinkMan Music ASCAP

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Featured review

7/10

Clever and scary

I really liked this film. Like my title says it was clever and scary, maybe even a little too much in places. At one point, I must admit, I had my hands in front of my eyes.

A 30 something lawyer moves into his aunts large house after her death. He soon experiences signs that the house may be haunted, but is it haunted or is it all in his head? Either way it makes for a scary movie, and that is what's clever about this film. It leaves you with questions. Good questions, not holes in the script, but intelligent thought provoking stuff. OK maybe that's going a bit far, it's not Freud or anything but it is good solid cinema. Good acting and an evenly paced well executed script. Nice to see Tom Arnold too.