''Awakened'' is a 2013

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film by Joycelyn Engle and Arno Malarone. The film stars

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as Samantha, a woman who returns to her hometown believing that her father murdered her mother years ago. In her exhausting search for the truth about her young mother's untimely death 14 years earlier, Samantha receives help from beyond the grave.

Plot

Samantha Winston (

), a 22-year-old woman, returns to her home town after 14 years in search of answers to her mother's untimely death. She is convinced that her father, Jack Winston ( John Savage), murdered her mother (Kiva Dawson). In a quest for vengeance, Samantha uncovers an evil and devastating truth. Samantha tried to escape tragedy much of her life. After her young mother's sudden passing, when Samantha was only 8 yrs old, she went to live with her aunt in Minnesota. Within one year her world was shattered again when her aunt was killed in a car crash. Young Samantha was then sent to live with abusive foster families, and finally she ran off to live on her own at age 16. Returning to her childhood home as a young adult conjures up loving memories of her life as a child. However, harsh reminders of her father's drunken rampages and the sudden death of her 32-year-old mother dominate her thoughts. She is convinced that her father, 20 years her mother's senior, a jealous and verbally abusive alcoholic, committed this unthinkable crime. In the exhaustive search for evidence Samantha seeks answers from Lucas Drake (

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), her mother's best friend and a successful funeral director and mortuary owner, and her Uncle Thomas (

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), among others. As the deep dark secrets of evil plots and schemes in this town unfold, the mystery thickens.

Cast

as Samantha Winston *

as Lucas Drake * John Savage as Jack Winston *

as Thomas Burton *

Stelio Savante Stelio Savante is a South African American actor, filmmaker and producer best known for his roles as a South African journalist and undercover Mossad agent opposite Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan in the political thriller ''Infidel'', a Portu ...

as Benny Dawson *

Sally Kirkland Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1941) is an American film, television and stage actress and producer. A former member of Andy Warhol's The Factory and an active member in 1960s New York avant-garde theater, she has appeared in more than 250 fi ...

as Harriet Bendi *

Bryan Dechart Bryan Patrick Dechart (born March 17, 1987) is an American actor and Twitch streamer. He is known for his role as Connor in the video game '' Detroit: Become Human''. He also played Eli Chandler on '' Jane by Design'' and has made appearances on ...

as Liam Dawson *

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as Man in Fedora Hat * Joycelyn Engle as Dr. Rockwell *

Kiva Dawson A kiva is a space used by Puebloans for rites and political meetings, many of them associated with the kachina belief system. Among the modern Hopi and most other Pueblo peoples, "kiva" means a large room that is circular and underground ...

as Jennifer Winston *

Erin Gerasimovich Erin is a Hiberno-English word for Ireland originating from the Irish word ''"Éirinn"''. "Éirinn" is the dative case of the Irish word for Ireland, "Éire", genitive "Éireann", the dative being used in prepositional phrases such as ''"go h� ...

as Young Samantha *

Andrea Kubala Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ref ...

as Aunt Patricia

Production

Reception

Accolades

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* * {{IMDb title, tt1669268 2013 films 2013 horror films Films shot in New York (state) 2013 thriller films 2013 drama films 2010s English-language films American horror thriller films