''Rosewood Lane'' is a 2011 American

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written and directed by

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, and stars

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. The film's story revolves around a radio talk show psychiatrist who moves back to her hometown and notices her neighborhood paper boy's unusual behavior. The official trailer of the film was released on the October 14, 2011.

Plot

The story follows Dr. Sonny Blake (McGowan), a radio talk show psychiatrist, when she moves back to her childhood home after her

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father dies. Once back in her old neighborhood, she meets the local paperboy, a cunning, depraved

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who targeted her father and now targets her. When the boy starts calling her show and reciting eerie nursery rhymes, an unnerving game of cat-and-mouse begins. When the game escalates, she suddenly finds herself in an all-out war, one that forces her to redefine her ideas of good and evil, and has her fighting to stay alive.

Cast

as Sonny Blake * Daniel Ross Owens as Derek Barber/Paperboy *

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as Barrett Tanner *

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as Paula Crenshaw *

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as Det. Briggs * Tom Tarantini as Det. Mike Sabatino *

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as Fred Crumb *

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as Glenn Forrester *

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as Dr. Cloey Talbot *

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as Mrs. Hawthorne *

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as Hank Hawthorne *

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as Darren Summers

Release

Home media

The film was released on

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and

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on September 11, 2012. The film was released again on Blu-ray by Mill Creek Entertainment on February 11, 2020 in a double feature with '' White Noise: The Light'' (2007), the latter making its United States Blu-ray debut.

Critical reception

Sean Decker of the

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gave ''Rosewood Lane'' 1 out of 5 stars, saying "the film is rife with baffling plot turns, characters who consistently make the most illogical of decisions, abandoned sub-plots (and players), plot holes a'plenty and a second act sequence that betrays the third reel's reveal (a reveal that ultimately makes little sense anyway)".

References

External links

* * 2011 films 2011 horror films 2011 psychological thriller films American horror thriller films American psychological horror films Films directed by Victor Salva 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language horror thriller films {{2010s-horror-film-stub