"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. Now, unspeakable terror awaits when Jonah, the boy who communicated with the dead, returns to unleash a new kind of horror on the innocent and unsuspecting family."Movie type: Thriller Suspense - This is a supernatural horror film based on a true story. While there isn't much in the way of graphic gore, there are numerous intense scare sequence too intense for children. Fans of star Virginia Madsen should be pleased.
Director: Peter Cornwell
Script: Adam Simon, Tim Metcalfe
Starring: Virginia Madsen (Sara Campbell), Kyle Gallner (Matt Campbell), Martin Donovan (Peter Campbell)
Length: 1 hr. 32 min.
Reviews:
Berardinelli, Internet Critic: “Below Average Boring and uninspired, this movie gives ghost stories a bad name. Director Peter Cornwell's film is so bankrupt when it comes to generating atmosphere and scares that an inordinate number of "boo!" moments are needed to keep viewers interested. It's hard to imagine ghost story fans being impressed by this, much less anyone who's not a card-carrying horror movie lover.”
Roger Ebert: “Average "The Haunting in Connecticut" is a technically proficient horror movie and well acted. Every door, window, bedroom, hallway, staircase, basement area, attic and crawlspace is packed with Surprises, so that it's a rare event in the house that takes place normally. A preposterous story...”
USA Today: “Average The movie relies too heavily on sepia-toned, super-fast flashbacks. While some of these images are terrifying at first, the procession of lightning-quick edits is numbing. Over-the-top visuals assault the audience: Ectoplasmic blobs emanate from orifices, ghostly bodies sport scary calligraphy-style carvings and a monstrously charred guy makes repeated appearances. ...reasonably well-acted and offers a few certifiable jolts, feels awfully familiar. It might as well be Amityville.”
Premiere: “Poor A note to the filmmakers: Get to the point. They spend far too much time setting up the little kid’s back-story before we get to anything at all scary. When the hits finally do come, they are really only capable of scaring 13-year-olds making their first trip into the horror genre. If you want a good horror fix then rent The Descent or Dead Silence. At least those are fun. You have been warned.”
Source: cinemareview.com
09.09.2009