Descendant Index
Name: Descendant  
Genre: Thriller  
Release Date: 17 June 2003

Production: Del Mar Productions
  Mainline Releasing
Directed By: Kermit Christman
Writing Credits: Del Tenney
MPAA: Rated R
Cast: Katherine Heigl - Ann Hedgerow / Emily Hedgerow
  Jeremy London - Ethan Poe / Frederick Usher
  Nick Stabile - John Burns
  Arie Verveen - Edgar Allan Poe
  William Katt - Dr. Tom Murray
  Matt Farnsworth - Keifer Hedgerow
  Cheryl Dent - Camille Lane
  Whitney Dylan - Lisa
  Margot Hartman Tenney - Margaret Usher
  Lissa Pallo - Susan Smith

The film, a psychological thriller, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," concerns a young novelist (Jeremy London) tormented by his family's history and haunted by the spectre of his long-dead, more famous ancestor.

The novelist meets and falls in love with a woman (Katherine), a distant relative of his ancestor, whose friends and family begin to disappear mysteriously...

Del Mar partners Kermit Christman and Del Tenney directed the film, which was produced by Joyce North and Christman, and executive produced by Tenney.