Our Beloved Brittany Murphy, Happy 34th Birthday!!! I bought some of your DVD,s to honor your birthday, including “Deadline” Did you know that New Orleans offers a haunted plantations tour? I like to think this was why an old Victorian mansion in Louisiana was chosen for you to showcase your talent in the horror genre. The house and you make “Deadline” highly suspenseful.

I was delighted to see your friend and costar from “The Ramen Girl”, Tammy Blanchard. Will there be more collaborations? Tammy and you exhibit a close and warm friendship during the time she drives you to the Victorian house and leaves you there alone after a tour of the house.

You convincingly convey you are a screenwriter named Alice. You are glad a producer friend has given you use of the house. You want to spend time alone working on your script We learn you have to deal with some emotional trauma from a past boyfriend named Ben. We find out on your first night alone that you also have to deal with a haunted house.

Even though you are alone you manage to keep us glued to the screen. Scary things and noises convince us you are not alone in the house. You convey vulnerability and we become more and more concerned something is going to happen to you. It seems the ghost character played by Thora Birch keeps trying to communicate with you. On a phonecall with Tammym Your decision to remain in the creepy house to work and figure out what is going on is believable.

You continue to rivet us to the screen. Your acting is gentle and contemplative. Right up to the end we are concerned for Thora’s life and your life.

This is a creative and original look at relationships and dealing with emotional stress. I am proud of you for starring in this role in “Deadline“.