Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sally Kirkland | ... | Janet Smurl | |
Jeffrey DeMunn | ... | Jack Smurl | |
Louise Latham | ... | Mary | |
George Wallace | ... | John (as George D. Wallace) | |
Joyce Van Patten | ... | Cora Miller | |
William O'Connell | ... | Father Kearney | |
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Stephen Markle | ... | Ed Warren |
Diane Baker | ... | Lorraine Warren | |
Cassie Yates | ... | Dorie | |
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Allison Barron | ... | Katie |
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Krista Murphy | ... | Colleen |
Ashley Bank | ... | Shawn | |
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Michelle Collins | ... | Erin |
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John O'Leary | ... | Father Larson |
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Jake Jacobs | ... | Father Kent |
The Smurl family move into their new home on Chase Street only to find that it is plagued with three spirits and a demon. The demon wants to destroy their family and they are constantly desperate until they find the Warren family to get rid of them. Written by Khelben Arunsun Blackstaff <frontier@mailhost.net>
I loved the movie. It was scary, not overdone in terms of special effects, and had what I believe to be a strong element of truth. The actors who portrayed the family were believable and likable, which added to the possibility that hauntings may actually occur, and that they might actually occur to nice, normal people. This possibility actually increases the "creep-factor," because if it can happen to that nice, all-American devoutly Catholic family, it can happen to anyone! On the negative side, though, I don't put as much stock in the self-proclaimed demonologist duo, the Warrens, as some (what with all that unfortunate Amityville-being-a-hoax business). Their involvement in the case makes me think "hoax." But the film itself was worthwhile and good for a nice scare--regardless of whether or not it was a hoax.