Memory

2006 Horror

A man with the ability to see into the past sets out to solve a dark mystery that has haunted his family bloodline for three decades in director Bennett Davlin's time-shifting thriller. Dr. Taylor Biggs (Billy Zane) has accidentally ingested a hallucinogenic powder that allows him to experience his ancestor's most vivid memories, and now he is seeing images of a nightmarish predator who abducts and murders young girls. As Dr. Biggs begins to realize that these memories come from a time before he was even born, his suspicions that the killer may in fact be the father he never knew continue to grow stronger with each passing day. Though his mother is still alive, her fading memory has grown increasingly foggy and clouded with the passing of time. With the horrifying final moments in each victim's life consuming his every waking thought, Dr. Biggs sets out to unravel the secrets of his past and unmask a killer who appeared to have, in life, gotten away with murder. more..

Director: Bennett Davlin

Starring: Billy Zane, Ann-Margret,Dennis Hopper, Tricia Helfer, Terry Chen

Reviews

  • Oddly enjoyable at its most implausible.

    - Los Angeles Times

    26 April 2013

  • Stylish and twisty, but not clever enough to support its more outrageous plot machinations.

    Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide

    26 April 2013

  • It's actually considerably better -- and far more intriguing -- than most entry-level horror pics, marrying a retro B-movie setup with the ghostly obsessions of recent Asian extreme cinema.

    - Variety

    26 April 2013

  • While the mystery doesn't engage, Davlin keeps you off guard with his film's weird rhythms, bouncing from family drama to romance to macabre mood piece without much warning. How he and Zane manage to make such dreck almost tolerable is the real mystery here.

    - Village Voice

    26 April 2013

  • Memory is an inane, sluggish mess.

    Jeannette Catsoulis - The New York Times

    26 April 2013

Awards

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