Evil Words (, lit. "On the Threshold") is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Éric Tessier and released in 2003.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Sur le seuil – Film d’Éric Tessier". Films du Québec, April 19, 2009. Adapted from the novel Sur le seuil by Patrick Senécal, the film stars Michel Côté as Paul Lacasse, a doctor who is treating famous horror novelist Thomas Roy (Patrick Huard) following a suicide attempt, and begins to find evidence that Roy was in close proximity to every one of the last several dozen tragedies to occur anywhere in Canada.Manon Dumais, "Sur le seuil : Le Québec dans le sang". Voir, October 1, 2003.
The cast also includes Catherine Florent, Albert Millaire, Jean L'Italien, Jacques Lavallée, Jean-Pierre Bergeron, Normand D'Amour, Nicolas Canuel, Frédérique Collin, Annette Garant, Christine Foley, Alexis Belec, Paul Doucet, Guy Boutet, Anne-Marie Labelle, Frédéric Gilles, Richard Fréchette, Martin Dubreuil, Geneviève Laroche, Patrick Senécal, Lise Roy, Patrice Bélanger, Stéphane Blanchette and Éric Cabana in supporting roles.
The film opened in theatres on October 3, 2003.
Attempted remakes Within a couple of weeks of the film's release, Miramax acquired rights to produce an American remake,"Le film québécois Sur le seuil deviendra un remake américain". TVA Nouvelles, October 23, 2003. but this never materialized.
In 2015, GO Films, the original film's studio, announced plans to produce its own English-language remake of the film, to be titled Threshold and directed by Érik Canuel with the setting transferred to Boston,André Duchesne, "La version anglaise de Sur le seuil se déroulera à Boston". La Presse, April 14, 2015. but this project was also never completed.
Awards Louis Hone received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Sound at the 6th Jutra Awards in 2004.Luc Perreault, "Les Jutra 2003: Grand saison, grand gala". La Presse, January 22, 2004.
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