|
 THE
HAUNTING
IN
CONNECTICUT
With
Virginia
Madsen,
Kyle
Gallner,
Elias
Koteas,
Martin
Donovan,
Sophi
Knight,
Amanda
Crew,
Ty
Wood
Written
by
Adam
Simon
&
Tim
Metcalfe
Directed
Peter
Cornwell
In
order
to
be
closer
to
the
hospital
where
their
son
receives
specialist
cancer
treatment,
a
family
moves
to
Connecticut.
With
money
tight,
they
find
a
huge
rental
house
at
a
very
affordable
price.
Things
are
obviously
not
kosher.
Almost
from
the
get-go
strange
things
start
to
happen,
especially
witnessed
by
the
sick
son
Kyle.
Slowly
the
house’s
history
is
unearthed,
hosting
some
very
upset
spirits.
This
is
not
a
very
welcome
state
of
affairs
on
top
of
Kyle’s
medical
crisis,
nor
their
financial
state
and
the
father’s
alcoholism
recovery.
The
situation
escalates
to
the
point
that
it
seems
as
though
not
even
the
help
of
an
ailing
priest
will
suffice.
So,
why
the
hell
don’t
they
just
get
out
you
may
ask?
That’s
where
the
expensive
medical
cost
and
their
financial
situation
comes
in,
leaving
them
with
very
few
options.
The
moviemakers
succeed
in
building
up
some
very
eerie
moments
and
damn
fine
scares,
making
good
use
of
sound
and
reflective
shocks.
This
is
a
very
welcome
departure
from
the
beaten-to-death
torture
genre,
and
like
Sam
Raimi’s
Drag
Me
To
Hell,
playing
a
part
in
resurrecting
the
art
of
real
scary
cinema,
as
opposed
to
graphic
brutality.
Not
devoid
of
flaws
and
with
some
minor
physical
details
that
could’ve
done
with
some
more
attention,
on
the
whole
this
is
a
very
effective
ghost
story
–
and
is
said
to
be
based
on
true
events,
the
thought
of
which
always
makes
it
even
more
of
a
freak
out.
PS.
Writer
Adam
Simon
has
had
long
gaps
between
his
scripts,
and
also
wrote
and
directed
the
very
cool
Brain
Dead
(aka
Paranoid)
starring
Bill
Pullman.
His
co-writer
here
Tim
Metcalfe
on
the
other
hand
wrote
the
first
few
Revenge
Of
the
Nerds
movies(!),
the
intriguing
Kalifornia,
and
worked
with
Simon
on
Bones
(2001).
For
more
info
on
the
real
story,
check
out
the
book
In
a
Dark
Place:
The
Story
of
a
True
Haunting
(1992),
co-authored
by
horror
writer
Ray
Garton,
paranormal
investigators
Ed
&
Lorraine
Warren,
and
the
real
people
involved,
Al
&
Carmen
Snedeker.
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Click
below
for
a
review
of
writer
Adam
Simon's
Brain
Dead
(not
to
be
confused
with
Peter
Jackson's
movie
with
the
same
title)
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