Gothika

“Gothika” is a 2003 horror movie starring Halle Berry, Charles S Dutton, and Robert Downey Jr. (during the time period when he wasn’t very high on the top of a directors list). This was another in a long list of movies that was produced by Joel Silver during this time period and as such it shares many of the same traits as the other ghost movies he helped create such as great visuals but few scares and sub-par storylines. “Gothika” isn’t a fun movie like “Ghost Ship” or “Thir13en Ghosts” were; this film tries to take the serious content of the story but never quite delivers the emotional impact that it was going for. The movie is most notable for an accident that occurred during filming when Robert Downey Jr. broke Halle Berry’s arm, forcing her to wear a cast throughout most of the film. Yes, the most exciting part of the movie happened off screen…

Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works with her husband at a women’s mental hospital. One night while driving home, Miranda has a car accident and becomes possessed by a ghost and loses her memory. When she wakes up, she finds that she is being held in the hospital and that she is the primary suspect in her husband’s brutal murder. While she tries to regain her memory, she bonds with her former patient and finds out that her claims about being raped at night are true. Miranda eventually escapes from the hospital (she worked there, she knows how) and goes to the farmhouse that she shared with her husband, hoping to find clues as to why she killed him. Like most Hollywood ghost stories, the ghost leads the way to the truth and Miranda does what she can to set everything right.

Favorite moment - it's not a moment at all, but I have to say that I like the title.