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The Haunting in Connecticut

  • 20092009
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 32m
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5.8/10
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The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
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After a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, and uncover a sinister history.After a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, and uncover a sinister history.After a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, and uncover a sinister history.
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    • Peter Cornwell
    • Adam Simon
    • Tim Metcalfe
  • Stars
    • Virginia Madsen
    • Martin Donovan
    • Elias Koteas
    • Peter Cornwell
    • Adam Simon
    • Tim Metcalfe
  • Stars
    • Virginia Madsen
    • Martin Donovan
    • Elias Koteas
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    • 228User reviews
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    • 33Metascore
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    Virginia Madsen in The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
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    Virginia Madsen
    Virginia Madsen
    • Sara Campbell
    Martin Donovan
    Martin Donovan
    • Peter Campbell
    Elias Koteas
    Elias Koteas
    • Reverend Popescu
    Kyle Gallner
    Kyle Gallner
    • Matt Campbell
    Amanda Crew
    Amanda Crew
    • Wendy
    Sophi Knight
    Sophi Knight
    • Mary
    Ty Wood
    Ty Wood
    • Billy Campbell
    Erik Berg
    • Jonah
    John Bluethner
    • Ramsey Aickman
    D.W. Brown
    D.W. Brown
    • Dr. Brooks
    John B. Lowe
    John B. Lowe
    • Mr. Sinclair
    Adriana O'Neil
    Adriana O'Neil
    • Chemo Nurse
    Will Woytowich
    Will Woytowich
    • Cop
    James Durham
    • Matt's Cell Mate
    Darren Ross
    Darren Ross
    • Paramedic #1
    Sarah Constible
    Sarah Constible
    • Paramedic #2
    Blake Taylor
    • 1920's Séance Attendee #1
    Keith James
    • 1920's Séance Attendee #2
      • Peter Cornwell
      • Adam Simon
      • Tim Metcalfe
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    • Trivia
      Ed Warren and Lorraine Warren, who are known for involvement in The Amityville Horror case, were investigators for this case.
    • Goofs
      Corpses' eyes dessicate noticeably and morticians as a matter of routine fill out eye sockets with cotton wadding for open-casket funerals. As a result, corpses that have had their eyelids cut off would not have the natural looking eyes portrayed here.
    • Quotes

      [reciting a poem]

      Matt Campbell: One bright day in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise and came and killed those two dead boys.

    • Alternate versions
      An unrated version has been released on DVD which runs 10 minutes longer than the PG-13 Theatrical Version (92mins) and also runs the same length as the version approved in the UK by the BBFC at 102mins. 98% of the changes relate on different color schemes of individual takes - partly only frame-short - as well as alternative material. The supernatural appearances are mainly in monochrome but colored in the unrated version. Many things can only be recognized in single frame mode or while watching entirely close.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Monsters vs Aliens/The Haunting in Connecticut/12 Rounds (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Kiddie Tune
      Written by Tom Elkins

      Performed by Tom Elkins

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    5/10
    As if slowly dying from cancer isn't bad enough yet
    I made a deal with myself a long time ago that, whenever I would watch a horror movie of which I know from beforehand that I probably end up hating it, I would try to keep an open mind and avidly search for at least one positive aspect! This can be almost anything, except for gratuitous boobs on display (too easy), but I'm primarily hoping for at least one innovative plot aspect or surprising story twist. My expectations for "The Haunting in Connecticut" were set very low, because this production clearly features a number of clichéd elements that I dislike the most: paranormal entities in an abandoned house, supposedly based on a true story (yeah, right…), probably copious amounts fake scares and predictable "boo!"-moments and an overload of irritating PG-13 approved digital effects. Yes, the film does feature all the above mentioned stuff, but to my surprise it was still relatively easy to find the innovative plot aspect! To my knowledge and unless if I'm overlooking a certain title – which is always possible with more than 3.500 reviewed horror movies - "The Haunting in Connecticut" is the first movie I've seen that makes a connection between terminal illness and being a paranormal medium. The protagonist, teenager Matt Campbell, suffers from a deadly form of metastatic cancer, and the fact that he continuously balances on the edge of life and death apparently makes him more receptive for paranormal activities. It's definitely not a world- shocking new twist to the ghost-movie sub-genre, but at least I found it acceptable. Since Matt can't physically handle the long car trips between their house and the specialized cancer clinic, his devoted mother Sara rents an extra house in Connecticut. The family can hardly finance this, but they stumble upon a large house that is very cheap due to its past as a funeral home with a macabre history. Matt immediately begins to see nightmarish things, like corpses with strange carvings all over and their eyelids cut off. Together with his older sister and a local priest, also a cancer patient, they dig up the house's history and discover that the original mortician – Mr. Aickman – also used the basement to organize séances. His young assistant Jonah was an exceptional medium who even produced ectoplasm, but one of the séances went horribly wrong and killed all participants including Aickman. Jonah's restless soul, as well as those of hundred others, are still inside the house and now manifest themselves through Matt. Poor kid… As if dying from cancer and struggling through sickening special treatments isn't miserable enough already, he also has to face malevolent Connecticut ghosts! I didn't make any efforts to find out elements of the script are truthful and what others are fictionalized (the latter probably counts for 99%), but at least I can honestly state that this was one of the least annoying haunted-houses/paranormal entities movies that I watched since the new Millennium. I admit I'm a sucker for spooky old photographs and atmospheric black/white flashbacks set in the 1920s/1930s period, so "The Haunting in Connecticut" gains a couple of extra points for featuring this, and the special effects were adequate too. The film has a more than decent cast, with the lovely Virginia Madsen ("Candyman") as the concerned mother and Elias Koteas as the helpful priest. There's a sequel already, set in Georgia this time, and another one upcoming set in New York. After that I assume there will be 47 more of these movies, one for each state.
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    • Release date
      • March 27, 2009 (United States)
      • United States
      • Canada
      • Official site (Japan)
      • English
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      • Teulon, Manitoba, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Lionsgate
      • Gold Circle Films
      • Integrated Films & Management
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes
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