Jessabelle (2014)

Returning to her childhood home in Louisiana to recuperate from a horrific car accident, Jessabelle comes face to face with a long-tormented spirit that has been seeking her return -- and has no intention of letting her escape.

Director:

Kevin Greutert

Writer:

Robert Ben Garant

Stars:

Sarah Snook, Mark Webber, Joelle Carter

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sarah Snook	...	Jessie
Joelle Carter	...	Kate
Mark Webber	...	Preston
David Andrews	...	Leon
Ana de la Reguera	...	Rosaura
Amber Stevens West	...	Dead Girl (as Amber Stevens)
Chris Ellis	...	Sheriff Pruitt
Brian Hallisay	...	Mark
Vaughn Wilson	...	Moses
Larisa Oleynik	...	Sam
Fran Bennett	...	Mrs. Davis
Paul Garrett	...	Christophe
Barbara Weetman	...	Nurse
Jason Davis	...	Surgeon
Lucius Baston	...	Mr. Woods

Storyline

Jessabelle "Jessie" Laurent is pregnant and accepts to move to the house of her boyfriend to raise a family of their own. However they have a car accident where her boyfriend and her baby die. Jessie is seriously wounded and trapped to a wheelchair, and the direction of the hospital asks her to contact her estranged father to help her. Leon Laurent brings his daughter to his house in Louisiana and lodges her in her mother's room. Jessie snoops around the room and finds a videotape where her mother Kate Laurent is pregnant and reads tarot cards to her. She tells that Jessie would never left Louisiana; she is attracted by water; and another woman wants her out of the house. However Leon arrives and destroys the tape. On the next morning, Jessie watches another videotape when her father is out of the house, and her mother talks about the man that had taught her to read cards, Moses. Jessie is haunted by the ghost of a woman and her father discovers the two other videotapes she has hidden...

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Plot Keywords:

southern gothic | wheelchair | baby coffin | voodoo cult | woman in a wheelchair | 

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Taglines:

in 1996, Fear is ghosts.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of horror violence and terror

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 November 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ghosts

Filming Locations:

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate, Blumhouse Productions, Artists First

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jacob Sullivan did uncredited rewrites.

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Goofs

About ten minutes in, Jessabelle is lying in a four poster bed with curtains and she thinks she something through the curtain and pulls it back, but in the next camera shot it is shown as closed.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Sheriff Pruitt: Miss Laurent, are you all right? Miss Laurent!
Jessie: It's Jessabelle.

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Crazy Credits

We will cast a shadow over you that can't be distinguished from Fate. - "Legends of Haiti"

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Connections

Referenced in On Cinema: 'The November Man' and 'Jessabelle' (2014)

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Soundtracks

All the Pretty Little Horses
(uncredited)
Traditional lullaby
Performed by Joelle Carter

User Reviews

Better than expected

I found out about this movie through IMDb and decided to give it a spin. It had a lot more than I was initially expecting. It has got a couple of clichés that we have seen before, but besides that the movie definitely creeped me out. The house and it's setting give of a chilly vibe and works as a set. The movie creates a creepy atmosphere and doesn't rely on jump scares. The lead gives of a decent to good performance and is convincing in her role. Jessabelle is not really predictable, but when the ending explains how everything fits together there is a part of you that did know deep inside this was how it was gonna turn out. It doesn't disappoint in the end and it's surely is a movie that's worth the watch. Be sure to watch it alone in the dark so the atmosphere can creep you out at it's fullest.