Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan
After a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, which turns out to be a former mortuary.
DVD Release Date: July 14, 2009
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November 4, 2009"Some things cannot be explained."
After a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, which turns out to be a former mortuary.REVIEW< ...( read more) -
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October 6, 2009Decent movie but plays on the claims it is a true story when the facts of the case don't add up.
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September 9, 2009Not very scary, but an interesting story with decent performances. The bonus features on the DVD, particularly the one telling the 'true' story and one that was a history of memento mori, were particularly interesting. Virginia Madsen and Elias Koteas are both good.
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November 20, 2009pretty good and original. cool that it is a true story/creepy that it is a true story. I like that casey jones from teenage mutant ninja turtles was the priest. haha. i want to see the documentary about the real thing now.
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November 19, 2009Was actually way better than I thought it would be. The eyelids thing almost killed me lol. I loved Kyle when he was on Smallville too. I find something about him very attractive..
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November 19, 2009scary! of course why would live in a house that was previously a funeral parlor?
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November 18, 2009This was a pretty good ghost movie. I liked the characters and the whole story behind the haunting was compelling and creepy as all get out. The only thing that seemed a little out of place was the back story of the father being a drunk. It seemed thrown in there and not reall...( read more)
Critic Reviews
March 29, 2009
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
March 27, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Haunting in Connecticut operates like someone leaning in behind you and yelling. At first, it makes you jump. The 200th time, it's just annoying. full review
March 26, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
What started out reasonably scary, if derivative, just drags on and becomes silly. full review
March 26, 2009
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Haunting of Connecticut doesn't have to worry about line-straddling, its crummy scares and laughable stabs at a faith-restored narrative granting it permanent residence in the realm of C-grade cheese. full review
March 26, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
If the movie has a flaw, it's too many surprises. full review
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July 28, 2009It had a good story behind and everything but, to be honest it really was not all that great I for one was pretty disappointed. Not at all scary I expected more. They made the preveiws look really good.
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April 6, 2009Watching it on the tv show Hauntings, looks nothing like the previews show. Can't wait to see it.
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March 6, 2009The real person that inspired this movie, Carmen Reed, will be at The ScareFest! (www.TheScareFest.com) Be sure to buy your tickets to meet her there so you can learn more about her experience in this house of horrors.
It all started when Carmen Reed moved into what she and her family considered was their dream house. It didn’t take long until mysterious and bizarre events started to plague the family especially down in the basement. It was later discovered that the basement used to be a morgue at one time.
Not only did the horror increase but her son became severely ill with cancer. It was a total nightmarish experience that no family should have been subjected to.
After Carmen’s story leek out to the public it didn’t take long that they were contacted by the folks of “A Haunting” series that was hosted by the Discovery Channel. They produced a two-hour episode called “A Haunting in Connecticut” that has aired on the Discovery Channel many times. Should be great Patti* -
April 21, 2008The documentary of the true story that this movie is based on aired on the Discovery Channel lots of times. And let me tell you, it was some truly horrifying stuff. I haven’t been that scared watching something for quite some time, but this nail-biting documentary definitely did the trick. Try watching this alone at night, the documentary that is, and tell me what you think!
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