Hangman's Curse (2003)
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A family of paranormalists investigates the strange goings-on at a high school still reeling over a student's very public suicide in this teen thriller. Hangman's Curse concerns the further exploits of the Veritas Group, a loose collective of people committed to researching supernatural… More A family of paranormalists investigates the strange goings-on at a high school still reeling over a student's very public suicide in this teen thriller. Hangman's Curse concerns the further exploits of the Veritas Group, a loose collective of people committed to researching supernatural mysteries. The group's members include the Springfield family -- parents Nate (David Keith) and Sarah (Mel Harris) and Elisha (Leighton Meester) and Elijah (Douglas Smith) -- whose current assignment takes them to the aforementioned high school. There, they find that Abel, the teen who took his life, had been long ostracized by various cliques in the school -- jocks, popular kids, and the like -- all of whom are falling prey to mysterious ailments. As Nate and Sarah watch from the sidelines, it's up to Elisha and Elijah to pose as students to get inside the mystery. Hangman's Curse was based on the novel by Christian author Frank Peretti. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Directed By
- Rafal Zielinski
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Sep 12, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Matt Weitz, Dallas Morning News
Glacial pacing and a series of highly unlikely plot contrivances manage to obscure positive attributes and leave you feeling like you've just seen a rather mediocre TV movie-of- the-week.
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Lou Carlozo, Chicago Tribune
We definitely could use more wholesome teenage flicks, but Hangman's Curse is just plain hokum -- not so much for the values it tries to convey, but the slipshod way it conveys them.
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Jeffrey Overstreet, Christianity Today
... [these] are Christian filmmakers stooping to use the same manipulative storytelling tactics that anti-Christian filmmakers often use to express their own bias.
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Todd Hertz, Christianity Today
The film does keep viewers' attention, and has some shining scenes. But it might also leave readers wondering how a pretty good book ended up as a not-so-great movie.
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Blake French, Filmcritic.com
Unless you suspend all rationality, The Hangman's Curse makes little sense
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Cast
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David Keith
as Nate Springfield
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Mel Harris
as Sarah Springfield
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Leighton Meester
as Elisha Springfield
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Douglas Smith
as Elijah Springfield
- William R. Moses
- Tom Wright
- Jake Richardson
- Margaret Travolta
- Edwin Hodge
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Frank Peretti
as Professor Algernon
- Bobby Brewer
- Daniel Farber
- Andrea Morris
- Kristin Cowan
- Stephanie Brush
