{{short description|2003 Canadian thriller film}} {{Infobox film | name = Evil Words | native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Sur le seuil}} | image = | caption = Film poster | director = Éric Tessier | producer = Nicole Robert | writer = Éric Tessier<br>Patrick Senécal | based_on = ''Sur le seuil'' by Patrick Senécal | starring = Michel Côté<br>Patrick Huard | music = Ned Bouhalassa | cinematography = Denis-Noël Mostert | editing = Alain Baril | studio = GO Films | distributor = Alliance Atlantis | released = {{film date|2003|10|3}} | runtime = 100 minutes | country = Canada | language = French | budget = }}
'''''Evil Words''''' ({{langx|fr|Sur le seuil}}, lit. "On the Threshold") is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Éric Tessier and released in 2003.<ref name=fdq>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/sur-le-seuil-eric-tessier/ "Sur le seuil – Film d’Éric Tessier"]. ''Films du Québec'', April 19, 2009.</ref> 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.<ref>Manon Dumais, [https://voir.ca/cinema/2003/10/01/sur-le-seuil-le-quebec-dans-le-sang-3/ "Sur le seuil : Le Québec dans le sang"]. ''Voir'', October 1, 2003.</ref>
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.<ref name=fdq/>
The film opened in theatres on October 3, 2003.<ref name=fdq/>
==Attempted remakes== Within a couple of weeks of the film's release, Miramax acquired rights to produce an American remake,<ref>[https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2003/10/23/le-film-quebecois-sur-le-seuil-deviendra-un-remake-americain "Le film québécois Sur le seuil deviendra un remake américain"]. TVA Nouvelles, October 23, 2003.</ref> 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,<ref>André Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201504/14/01-4861059-la-version-anglaise-de-sur-le-seuil-se-deroulera-a-boston.php "La version anglaise de Sur le seuil se déroulera à Boston"]. ''La Presse'', April 14, 2015.</ref> 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.<ref>Luc Perreault, "Les Jutra 2003: Grand saison, grand gala". ''La Presse'', January 22, 2004.</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0380732}}
Category:2003 films Category:2003 thriller films Category:French-language Canadian films Category:Canadian thriller films Category:2003 Canadian films Category:Films shot in Quebec Category:Films set in Quebec Category:Films based on Canadian novels Category:Films directed by Éric Tessier Category:2003 directorial debut films