The Haunting in Connecticut

The Haunting in Connecticut

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The Haunting in Connecticut

Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas, Adriana O'Neil, Amanda Crew, D.W. Brown, John B. Lowe, Matt Kippen, Sarah Constible, Ty Wood

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.

Id: 11003308

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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.

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    The main stylistic homages in "The Haunting in Connecticut" (a tale loosely based on actual events) are pulled from Christophe Gans' "Silent Hill" and just about every American remake of a Japanese horror film over the last 5 years (which, to be fair, are pretty much all the same anyway). We have surreal, yellow-tinged hallucinations revolving around undead, zombie-like corpses, plus a mass of demonic ectoplasm being ejected from a boy's mouth; and, subsequently, we have the to-be-expected, played-out jolts where spectral entities make seizure-like movements as strings screech over split-second edits. For good measure, there is a watered-down nod to "The Exorcist" in the form of a cancer-stricken Holy Man played by a woefully underused Elias Koteas ("Crash"; "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"). The main thematic homages in "Connecticut" are pulled from the treacly depths of a Lifetime original movie: a teenage boy's (Kyle Gallner) bout with cancer prompts his mother (Virginia Madsen) and recovering-alcoholic father (Martin Donovan) to rent a disturbed country home that just happened to be the site of bizarre psychic rituals years before. Not contented to tell a straightforward ghost story, the screenwriters have included (in addition to some particularly heavy-handed dialog and flatly melodramatic scenes) vain attempts to draw parallels between the son's cancer and spiritual possession. While I would usually find this ambition admirable, director Peter Cornwell's adherence to pulp storytelling and jump-scares betrays its reach. The result is simply awkward, and the audience-pleasing ending ultimately keeps "Connecticut" from attaining status as a Great Haunt.
  • October 20, 2009
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  • October 6, 2009
    Decent movie but plays on the claims it is a true story when the facts of the case don't add up.
  • September 9, 2009
    Not 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.
  • August 27, 2009
    Watchable and I admit I was creeped out a bit, but nothing special.
  • December 5, 2009
    The trailer already set you up for a big let down. I thought it would be a scary, gory movie but it was more spirtitual type which wasn't my thing. Some of the effects (like the electricity and the crabs) were stupid but the ending and the hand written dead was good, so I guess i...( read more)t was okay.
  • December 2, 2009
    I hate scary movies and this is 1 of them...
  • November 30, 2009
    pretty 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.
  • November 28, 2009
    After awhile I really got into this movie. It wasn't that scary, but I did jump once ot twice. I liked the story and the acting was well done.
  • November 28, 2009
    Even if you haven't seen it, you've most likely seen it.

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