''Descendant'' is a 2003 film starring
Katherine Heigl and
Jeremy London based on the 1839 short story "
The Fall of the House of Usher" by
Edgar Allan Poe.
Plot
Ethan Poe, a writer living in the shadow of his infamous ancestor, is under deadline to finish his next book. He moves to a small town to concentrate on his novel and meets Anne who falls for the troubled writer. When the shadow of Poe's ghost falls over the two lovers women turn up murdered in Poe-etic fashion. Ethan is the Police's prime suspect. Is Anne next to be murdered? Can she save herself from the dark curse on the Poe family?
[Descendant, dir. Kermit Christman and Del Tenney, perf. Katherine Heigl and Jeremy London, DVD, York Horror, 2003.]
Cast
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Jeremy London as Ethan Poe / Frederick Usher
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Katherine Heigl as Ann Hedgerow / Emily Hedgerow
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Nick Stabile
Nick Stabile (born March 4, 1971) is an American television and film actor. He is known for playing Richard in ''Pinocchio's Revenge'', Jesse Miller in ''Bride of Chucky'' and Private Murphy in ''28 Days Later''
Career
Stabile played Gabe Caps ...
as Deputy John Burns
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Arie Verveen
Arie Verveen (born 28 September 1966) is an Irish actor. He has received an Independent Spirit Award Nomination (1997)and two Satellite Awards from the International Press Academy for his roles in the feature films ''Caught (1996 film), Caught'' ...
as Edgar Allan Poe
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William Katt as Dr. Tom Murray
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Whitney Dylan
Whitney Dylan (born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 16, 1976) is an American actress.
Life and career
Whitney Dylan was born on August 16, 1976, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Her first on-screen appearance was a role as Lysette in the episode "The Z ...
as Lisa
* Matt Farnsworth as Keifer Hedgerow
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Margot Hartman
Margot Sari Hartman Tenney (August 15, 1933 – April 11, 2020) was an American actress and the chairman of the board of the First Stamford Corporation, one of the largest privately held commercial real estate companies in the State of Connecti ...
as Margaret Usher (credited as Margot Hartman Tenney)
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Cheryl Dent
Cheryl is a female given name common in English speaking countries.
There are several prevailing theories about its etymology. The most common is that it has Italo-Celtic roots and is an Anglicised version of either the French name Cherie (from ...
as Camille Lane
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Lissa Pallo __NOTOC__
Lissa may refer to:
Places
* the old Venetian name for the Adriatic island of Vis
* the German name for the town of Leszno in Poland
* the German name for the town of Lysá nad Labem in the Czech Republic
* a little town in Germany, in ea ...
as Susan Smith
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Marilyn Burns as Dr. White
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Jodi Stevens
Jodi is a feminine given name which may refer to:
People
* Jodi Albert (born 1983), English actress
* Jodi Anasta (born 1985), Australian actress and model
* Jodi Anderson (born 1957), American heptathlete
* Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer (born 1956), ...
as Rebecca Dodd
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Jenna Bodnar
Jenna is a female given name. In the English-speaking world it is a variation of Jenny, which is itself a diminutive of Jane, Janet, Jennifer and is often used as a name in its own right.Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of Baby Names'', Worth Pr ...
as Kate
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Craig Patton __NOTOC__
Craig may refer to:
Geology
*Craig (landform), a rocky hill or mountain often having large casims or sharp intentations.
People (and fictional characters)
*Craig (surname)
*Craig (given name)
Places
Scotland
*Craig, Angus, aka Barony of ...
as Bartender
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Diane Foster
Patricia Diane Foster (3 March 1928 – 4 January 1999) was a Canadian track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres. Foster was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She competed for Canada at the 1948 Summer Olympics held ...
as Vicki
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Amy Lindsay
Amy Lindsay is an American actress and former softcore pornographic film performer.
Lindsay has had guest television appearances as Lana in the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' episode "Endgame (Star Trek: Voyager), Endgame", in ''Silk Stalkings'', and a ...
as Dee
References
External links
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2003 drama films
2003 films
Films based on The Fall of the House of Usher
2000s English-language films
Films directed by Del Tenney
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