Miss Mystic

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Miss Mystic (2004) is a 95-minute movie created by Christopher P. Jacobs.

Jared Kinney and Nicole Nelson in Miss Mystic

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A teenage girl is surprised to learn the truth about her real parents, but is in for a bigger shock when her eccentric fortune-teller grandmother decides to swap bodies with her -- permanently! She then has to convince her skeptical younger brother what happened and find a way to switch back.

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Miss Mystic was shot in Grand Forks, Lakota, Devils Lake, and on US Highway 2 west of Larimore North Dakota. Locations included the North Dakota Museum of Art coffee shop and Altru Hospital, among others.

The movie won "Best Feature" at the 2004 Forx Film Fest, received an Honorable Mention at the 2005 Sub Rosa Studios B-Movie Festival in Syracuse NY, and screened at the 2006 "It Came from Lake Michigan" horror/sci-fi/fantasy film festival in Racine WI.

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Lee Barnum.... Katrina Davenport/Switched Alyssa
Nicole Nelson.... Alyssa/Switched Katrina/Kitty/Jenny
Dave Nash.... Rodric Davenport
Jared Kinney.... Freddie
Sharon Reinowski.... Heather
Lee S. Barnum.... Man with Dog
Sheba.... Dog

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Written, Produced, and Directed by Christopher Jacobs

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[edit] Film Festivals

2006 It Came from Lake Michigan Festival.... Official Selection
2005 Sub Rosa Studios B-Movie Festival.... Honorable Mention
2004 Forx Film Fest.... Winner Best Feature

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During the time Miss Mystic was in production, Jacobs' previous movie Dark Highways, which also featured Sharon Reinowski and Nicole Nelson, played at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. While taking time off from shooting to attend the festival, Jacobs shot location and aerial footage ultimately used in the opening sequence of Dangers from Within.

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Nicole Nelson as Jenny in a flashback	Nicole Nelson as Katrina in a dream flashback	Katrina (Lee Barnum) explains her body-switching scheme to Rodric (Dave Nash).	Alyssa (Nicole Nelson) is not amused when Heather (Sharon Reinowski) teases Rodric (Dave Nash) that his date seems a little young.
Katrina (Lee Barnum) and Alyssa (Nicole Nelson) start to feel a mystical transformation as Rodric (Dave Nash) looks on.	Nicole Nelson as Katrina after the body-switch	The hospital scene is one of the few in Miss Mystic where all five main characters are together at the same time.