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Rating: 6 stars

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Seen on: 03/20/2011

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The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)

Directed by Peter Cornwell

Horror

Most recently watched by sensoria

Overview

When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner’s clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.

Rated PG-13 | Length 102 minutes

Actors

Virginia Madsen | Elias Koteas | John B. Lowe | Martin Donovan | Will Woytowich | John Bluethner | Amanda Crew | Kyle Gallner | Ty Wood | Jessica Burleson | Adriana O'Neil | Sophi Knight | Erik J. Berg | D.W. Brown | Blake Taylor | Sarah Constible | Darren Ross | James Durham | Kelly Wolfman

Viewing Notes

I originally skipped this when it came out because I was fed up with modern poltergeist/possession movies. Sorry I did, I think this would have been a good watch at the theater.

While there is some familiar territory here, the story introduces some interesting and unique elements, like the fact that the family’s son, who is the one being haunted, is going through excruciating treatments for cancer.

There are other unique things going on here too that make it worth watching. Hell, just the fact that I got goosebumps watching this should be enough! That doesn’t happen much anymore.

The movie does suffer from trying to fit too much into too short a running time. There are some plot points that were wrapped up too quickly and neatly, and there were some characters that could have benefited from more depth, but to do so would’ve required a longer running time.

I’d be interested in seeing a longer director’s cut of this some time.

The extras on the DVD were laughable, consisting of other Lionsgate trailers! Considering that this was based on a true story, I was expecting a documentary or other extras delving into the real life situation it was based on. Oh well.

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