The Legend of Lucy Keyes (2006)

Director:

John Stimpson

Writer:

John Stimpson (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

250 years ago a child disappeared. Tonight, she returns.

Plot:

An urban family leaves city life behind for the confines of rural New England. Little do they know that their new home once belonged to the Keyes family, a clan who experienced the tragic loss of their daughter some 250 years ago.

Plot Keywords:

Mother Looking For Missing Daughter | Insanity | Missing Daughter | Dream | Ghost

Cast

Julie Delpy	...	Jeanne Cooley
Justin Theroux	...	Guy Cooley
Brooke Adams	...	Samantha Porter
Mark Boone Junior	...	Jonas Dodd
Cassidy Hinkle	...	Lucy Cooley
Kathleen Regan	...	Molly Cooley
Ken Cheeseman	...	Bud Travers
Michele Greene	...	Sheila Travers
Jamie Donnelly	...	Gretchen Caswell
Tom Kemp	...	Chief Kemper
Bates Wilder	...	Deputy Officer
Charley Broderick	...	Bob Greenwood (as Charlie Broderick)
Frank T. Wells	...	Gus Jasper
Rachel Harker	...	Martha Keyes
Anna Friedman	...	Lucy Keyes

MPAA:

Rated R for some violent content and disturbing images.

Runtime:

USA:93 min (Santa Barbara Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Princeton, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Moody Street Pictures

Entertaining....

What a blast! I was born and raised in this small town and as a child, Lucy Keyes was the subject of many a Camp Fire horror story that left us certain we heard Martha lurking in the woods surrounding our camp sites.... shivering in our sleeping bags, we frightened campers would be begging for Martha to stop the never-ending calling for "luuuuuucy" ....

I saw the film through a different view. One of nostalgia. I knew the story, am intimate with the setting, and knew many of the "extra's" in the film. So for me it was a hoot! My 17 and 12 year old girlfriends thought it was "awesome" ... with just the right amount of scary spooky thrill to keep them on the edge of their seat. They didn't get the political references to "key parties", "the pig farm" and "windmills" which has become part of the towns lore...but some information is only retrieved by the "insiders".

My friend Jen, thought it was pokey. And I agree...there were some shots that lingered too long, some acting that was difficult to sit through and lost credibility. There are scenes that could use "tightening" up and may have bettered served the film on the editors floor.

As for the ending...interesting theory. Being a writer and performer myself I applaud the writers risk and imagination with the ending.

I am in awe of the time, creativity and courage the Writer/Director has taken with a time warn tale, in a small New England town where judgment and critics run rampant but few get off their duff and put themselves out there for review.

Hey, if we are lucky, this is not the last we will see of John Stimpson, nice guy or not, John Stimpson has a future in Film.