from the writer or director of the blair witch project daniel myrick and who spin a tale influence by a scandinavian thriller midsummer . solstice be a haunting yarn about a group of high school friend get together for one last blow out before head to college . less than a year after lose her twin sister to suicide and megan ( elisabeth harnois ) join her friend on a trip to the family summer home on the louisiana bayou . thing get real bizarre when megan think she be be contact by her sister from beyond the grave . a local hunk ( tyler hoechlin ) come to dinner and teach the group a creole spell of the summer solstice . they actually try and raise megan sister from the dead . not without casualty . flashback tend to disjoint the whole story and get tiresome quickly . also in the cast represent shawn ashmore and hilarie burton and r. lee ermey and matt oleary .