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Strange Aeons: The Thing on the Doorstep
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Strange Aeons: The Thing on the Doorstep

2005-10-08 · 78 min · ★ 5.1

Horror

Precociously talented poet and scholar Edward Derby (Erick Robertson) begins exhibiting violent mood swings and changes in behaviour and personality not long after his marriage. When he confides in his friend and graduate advisor Professor Dan Upton (J.D. Lloyd) that his wife Asenath Waite (Angela Gillo)is using him for her own purposes and that her late father Ephraim Waite may not be dead Upton is unsure of what his friend means. However, when Derby is found wandering in a deranged state in rural Maine he tells Upton an incredible story of his wife's powers, her intentions and who 'she' really is and begs him for his help.

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Directors
Eric Morgret
Production companies
Maelstrom Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Grayson F. KellmerRichard Upton
Angela M. GrilloAsenath Waite
Erick RobertsonEdward Derby

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