The Cottage (2012)

Director
Christopher Jaymes

Main cast
David Arquette; Kristen Dalton; Victor Browne; Morissa O'Mara; Alana O'Mara

Genres
Thriller

Description
A romance novelist (David Arquette) moves into a "cottage" behind the home of a composer and his family. He seems sweet, but what do they really know about him?


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