The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)

A young family moves into a historic home in Georgia, only to learn they are not the house's only inhabitants. Soon they find themselves in the presence of a secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path.

Director:

Tom Elkins

Writer:

David Coggeshall

Stars:

Abigail Spencer, Chad Michael Murray, Katee Sackhoff

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Abigail Spencer	...	Lisa Wyrick
Morgana Shaw	...	Lisa's Mother
Emily Alyn Lind	...	Heidi Wyrick
Chad Michael Murray	...	Andy Wyrick
Grant James	...	Mr. Gordy
Katee Sackhoff	...	Joyce
Mary Louise Coffee	...	Lady Ghost Guide
Lauren Pennington	...	Nell (as Lauren Whitney Pennington)
Sam Polin	...	Burlap Station Master - 1993
Lance E. Nichols	...	Pastor Wells
Jaren Mitchell	...	Levi
Cicely Tyson	...	Mama Kay
Brad James	...	Prentiss
Wayne Pére	...	Station Master - 1858
Hunter Burke	...	Arthur the Conductor

Storyline

Building on the terror of The Haunting in Connecticut, this tale traces a young family's nightmarish descent into a centuries-old Southern hell. When Andy Wyrick moves his wife Lisa and daughter Heidi to a historic home in Georgia, they quickly discover they are not the house's only inhabitants. Joined by Lisa's free-spirited sister, Joyce, the family soon comes face-to-face with a mystery born of a deranged desire ... a haunting secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path.

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Plot Keywords:

georgia | daughter | slave | trailer | mother | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some disturbing horror content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 March 2013 (Singapore)

Also Known As:

The Haunting in Georgia

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$9,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,127,434

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gold Circle Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Story was featured on a episode of "Unsolved Mysteries".

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Goofs

According to the dates on the screen, the moon is full on three nights in July over a period of 20 days.

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Crazy Credits

At the beginning of the credits, the names that appear are turning from white into bloody red.

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Connections

Version of A Haunting in Georgia (2002)

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Soundtracks

Country Kind of Way
Written by Kai Brown, Andrew Bush, Amy Wallace
Performed by Amy Wallace and Kai Brown

User Reviews

My Review Of "Ghosts Of Georgia"

"Ghosts Of Georgia" follows a young family starting out in a new home with not a lot of money but plenty of land and love in a small town in Georgia. It is a place steeped in history as the family soon learns. As part of the Underground Railroad. Soon paranormal events begin to unfold as the family settles in with most of the activity centering around the gifts of the female members of the family. The story is sold as a sequel to the original film of the same title but is a completely stand along event with no correlation. It is one of the most famous haunting cases in the paranormal investigative world and also one my favorite creepy tales. "Ghosts Of Georgia" was the directorial debut of Tom Elkins who worked on several other movies about ghosts.The film stars Abigail Spencer, Chad Michael Murray, Katee Sackhoff and Emily Alyn Lind all of whom give a pretty standard performance except for Emily who played Heidi. Her performance was far exceeding of the standard capabilities and almost showed the young actress to possess talent like such actresses' as Chloe Moretz or Dakota Fanning.

I wasn't expecting much going into this film mostly due to the ridiculous title of the picture but I actually enjoyed the film. There was the basic elements here to be far more scarier but where held back by standard effects tricks that now plague paranormal movies almost to the point of making them boring. Yet at moments I felt actual suspense and eerie tension as more dramatic scenes unfolded into real chilling events. The setting and story was creepy and the film version held a far more haunting presence than what I originally imagined from the actual story. The film veered from the true paranormal case with a more morbid, dark representation of the evil spirit haunting the land as well as the family. The action sequences were produced well creating a relief from the mediocre dramatic moments that tended to case me to drift off. I found "Ghosts Of Georgia" to be a far better ghost flick it's predecessor and think the film could have gained a better reception from audiences had they not gone with the title. This film had a great set up, acceptable acting, plus all the expected moments of creepy chilling paranormal activity. It isn't going to be a movie that really scares the hell out of anyone over the age of ten but it is a great movie about a haunting. The only downside was the very end after the amped up climax that felt way to hallmark-y, coming off completely cheesy and made for TV. I would tell people to see it and expect a better movie than "The Haunting In Connecticut" or "The Apparition" but don't expect the same amount of fright that you get with "The Amityville Horror" or even "Grave Encounters".