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Christina's House is a 2000 Canadian independent horror-thriller film directed by Gavin Wilding, and starring Allison Lange, Brendan Fehr, Brad Rowe, and John Savage. Its plot follows a teenaged girl who experiences bizarre occurrences in her new home. The film was executive produced by Mark Victor and Michael Grais, the screenwriters of Poltergeist (1982). Plot Christina Tarling is a teenager, who moved from Los Angeles, California to a small town in Avendon, Washington with her father, James and younger brother Bobby to be closer to Joanne, Christina's mother who due to her mental state, was placed into a psychiatric hospital in Avedon. Christina is shown to be a popular student and due to his work commitments, James is most of the time out of the house, giving Christina the opportunity to spend time with her boyfriend Eddy, who James is not fond of. Over the few days that follow, Christina begins to notice bizarre occurrences happening related to her home, particularly the attic to which their Handyman, Howie is constantly inspecting and repairing the faults in the house. Sheriff Mark Sklar is investigating and searching for a missing girl, he then questions Christina, Bobby, and Christina's friend Karen about the girl. Michelle, a classmate of Christina and Eddy's ex-girlfriend, who dislikes Christina, is sent a note allegedly by Eddy that he broke up with Christina and to meet him at outside Christina's house. Outside of Christina's house, Michelle hears a male voice coming from the woods claiming to be Eddy but is unseen. Michelle is then pulled behind a tree by the unseen person, where the sound of her neck snapping is heard. Days after, Christina, Karen, and Bobby discover Michelle's decomposing and dismembered body in a river outside the house. Eddy begins to grow jealousy towards Howie and his bond with Christina which leads Eddy to physically assaulting him. On her 17th birthday, James plans a surprise party with Eddy and all her friends in attendance. During the party Eddy and Christina sneak away into the attic and try to get intimate but not before James catches them. After an argument between James and Christina, James notices a gift, away from all the others, he opens it only to find a dead rat caught on a mousetrap in. Startled, James leaves the party. Karen, upstairs, hears noises coming from the attic and goes to investigate and is then dragged away by an unseen man. After visiting her mother, Christina begins to suspect that James might have had something to do with her mother's condition to which he denies. Christina begins to hear noises around the house including finding a Boombox playing. Christina tries to exit the house with Bobby but realizes they are trapped inside. Eddy arrives at the house and soon after tries to break the windows but fails. Howie emerges from the attic and reveals he's the one behind all the occurrences under Joanne's orders of "protecting" Christina who he met at the psychiatric hospital when he was a patient. Eddy attempts to stand his ground, but Howie overpowers him with one hand and murders him by impaling the side of his head with a maul, then giving chase to Christina. James arrives at the house but falls into a modified trap rigged with circular saw blades, severely wounding him. Howie catches Christina and takes her to the attic where he has the bodies of Karen and the missing girl the sheriff is searching for. James, having escaped the trap, intervenes but is stabbed by Howie. Christina and Bobby set the same trap used on James, then lure Howie out causing him to fall into the trap. Christina then pushes a dresser into the trap, crushing Howie to death. James, having survived, is now in the hospital recovering with Christina and Bobby by his side. After a brief conversation with sheriff Sklar, Christina and Bobby decide to walk home. At psychiatric hospital, a newly released patient notice Joanne sitting in a distance. Joanne starts chanting, using the same method she had used on Howie to control him, she then smiles at him as he leaves the building. Later that evening the lights in the attic at Christina's house turn on, indicating the man has assumed Howie's former role. Cast Allison Lange as Christina Tarling Brendan Fehr as Eddy Duncan Brad Rowe as Howie Rhodes John Savage as James Tarling Lorne Stewart as Bobby Tarling Crystal Bublé as Karen Jerry Wasserman as Sheriff Mark Sklar Chilton Crane as Joanne Tarling Sigrid M. Spade as Michelle References External links Christina's House at IMDb Christina's House at Rotten Tomatoes . Discover the Crystal Tarling popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Crystal Tarling books.
Best Seller Crystal Tarling Books of 2024
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Renovate my Life
Crystal TarlingWhen her husband ups and leaves her bankrupt, Ashleigh decides it is time to renvate her life and start over. This is the ups and downs of this new venture.
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Boot Camp
Crystal TarlingMurder sends her running for her life. The man who helps her also helps her find a new future in Boot Camp.
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6 Short Stories
Crystal TarlingThis is a selection of 6 rather different short stories for you to sample examples of my writing.
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Various Stories
Crystal TarlingA combination of 3 short stories:Escaping past life to do what I always wanted to write! This story is not without its own twists and turns.My car breaks down and I have opt...
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Advertising
Crystal TarlingHaving been cheated and lost out on income at work, she ups and resigns, starting out on her own with her best friend. She is attacked by the woman who stole her work. This is the ...
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My Hero Dog
Crystal TarlingThe dog helps save his owners life and helps him on the path to a new life of love & happiness
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Old Age Home
Crystal TarlingWhen my grandmother passes and leaves her huge property to me, we decide to open an old age home for those fit enough to be on their own, but who need help with remembering their m...
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Life by Design
Crystal TarlingNeeding a changes in their lives, two friends get together and make those changes happen!
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Escaping Terror
Crystal TarlingEscaping her abusive Ex, she is on the run and gets hit upon by another male who thinks he is God's Gift to Women. Then she goes to start her new job and there is another man who r...
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Sir Lancelot Saves the Day
Crystal TarlingWalking into my lab and disturbing armed looters, turned into a nightmare. "Where are the drugs?" they scream. I tried to run but they caught me. I fought and they carried me...
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My New Life in Corby
Crystal TarlingThree girls on an adventure, travelled to Corby as one had inherited a house there. This is the story of their lives there and how their lives changed, the men they met...
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A Collection of Short Stories
Crystal Tarling6 Short stories covering a variety of situations:Finding a recent accident and helping her to safety, starts a new beginning for a grieving man.On the road to a new future, she is ...
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Hunter
Crystal TarlingA lead is given to help apprehend a crook drugs, money laundering, human trafficking ... leads to death and mayhem. This story follows her through all the steps to the arrest...
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William
Crystal TarlingFuller Family Series Book 3William is a gifted child who loves plants and learning all about their uses, natural habitat and loves to takes themapart and study them. He follo...
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Abducted
Crystal TarlingA dream makes her realise her mother is in danger and she rushes to her aid. Her mother has already been beaten up and is hopistalised. She helps her mother move far away, bu...
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A Second Chance at Work
Crystal TarlingWhen the boss threatens to fire her, she resigns and walks out, with the boss screaming at her. A man follows her and she whips around with her mace in her hand ...
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Second Time Around
Crystal TarlingA loving husband torn away by a gunshot. A family torn apart. This story takes you on an adventure with them to a second chance.
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4 Stand Alone Stories
Crystal Tarling4 Stand Alone Stories:We wish you a Merry Christmas She hated Christmas and just needed to flee. But he always found her ...Jock She goes travelling with friends and they e...
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Harassed into Change
Crystal TarlingA smarmy boss who preys on women and keeps their work as his own, gets his due. This is what happened ...
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A Short Story Compilation
Crystal Tarling3 Short stories all different!A woman finds her husband in bed with her friend. She kicks them out and then he steals all their money and leaves the country. Follow he...
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A Holiday In Paradise
Crystal TarlingAfter the illness and subsequent death of her soulmate husband, she takes his advice and goes on holiday. Her trip brings lots of new challenges and she meets an amazing man...
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Authors in the Middle of Nowhere
Crystal TarlingHaving killed her abusive exhusband, she decides to move far away and visit a friend who lives in a very remote area and continue her writing. The friend is not there, but a d...
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Vet in Seychelles
Crystal TarlingAn unknown relative leaves her a fortune and property. She flies to Seychelles to check it out and stays, making a new life for herself and starts a free vet clinic.
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Shot at Work for Drugs
Crystal TarlingArmed thugs storm the place, leaving deads bodies behind and make off with drugs. This is the story of the men chasing them, and what happens to all who were there on the day.
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Escape to Live
Crystal TarlingOn the run from an abusive partner who deals in drugs and who knows what else, she finds solace and peace until he finds her again ...
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Rural Hotel
Crystal TarlingNeeding to escape being locked up and abused by a man and his mother, Lucy takes a job in a hotel where her boss and colleagues help her plan her escape. She teams up with the coll...
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Hotel
Crystal TarlingFired from my job, I do the spontaneous (unusual for me) thing and hit the road, checking out my options! I start a new venture in Nature's Valley, a beautiful coastal area i...
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A Change of Scenery
Crystal TarlingAfter causing the death of her abusive husband, she sells up and moves with her 4 year old son to create a new life. This is their story.
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Horseback Escape
Crystal TarlingSaddled and ready, the horse took me over the mountain and far away from my abuser. Travelling for days, I eventually realised I needed help and knocked on a farmhouse door ...
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Layla
Crystal TarlingBook 2 in the Fuller Family Series.This is about Layla and her life as a forensic scientist. She takes us from being a gifted child through her studies and a few cases to the culmi...
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New Beginnings From Inheritance
Crystal TarlingDavid laughed: "Snobs they may have been, but they were wealthy snobs. Shall we get down to why you are here?" I nodded. "You are the sole beneficiary in Millicent Kendrick's estat...
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After Death Comes A New Life
Crystal TarlingDeath brings sadness and change. First I hid from life, then I moved and turned my life around.
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A Holiday to Remember
Crystal TarlingThis story is about friends who travel overseas together and the adventures they have. The people they meet have a profound effect on their lives.They have an adventure and h...
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An Exercise in Strength
Crystal TarlingA young girl is badly injured when thrown off a horse and a few weeks later, her mother dies. Her father needs help for her and his other two children and the horses on the f...
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Farm Hotel
Crystal TarlingGiven an old farm to turn into a hotel/breakaway, Zoey turns to an old crush to help with the planning. Things hot up and the plans take a while to do. But eventually they op...
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A Moving Corpse
Crystal TarlingStumbling along a deserted road in the dark, I stumbled and fell over a corpse. The twists and turns of my life changed drastically fromt hat moment on ...
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Mahe is Magic
Crystal TarlingAfter losing her husband, she travels and discovers a whole new world.
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New Beginnings
Crystal TarlingAfter finding out her husband and their vet's wife were having an affair and were killed in a head on collision, both need a new life. As friends they help one another.They s...
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Escape To Safety
Crystal TarlingEscaping a life of abuse by running away with her children, she finds help and escape but he finds her ...
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A New Life in a Different Place
Crystal TarlingWhen she moves, it is moving far and to a totally different life new work, new home, new life.
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Dad Is Bad
Crystal TarlingBad business decisions meant that he needed to force his daughter into a marriage to save his bacon but she rebelled and ran away. This is her story ...