American Haunting, An (2006) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	May 5, 2006
On DVD:	October 24, 2006
Genre:	Horror, Suspense
Director:	Courtney Solomon
Writer:	Courtney Solomon
Cast:	Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D'Arcy, Thom Fell
Studio:	Freestyle Releasing
Official site:	anamericanhauntingonline.com
Running Time:	91 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for intense terror sequences and thematic material

Based on "The Bell Witch: An American Haunting" by Brent Monahan.

Known throughout Tennessee as "Old Kate," the Bell Witch took up residence with John Bell's family in 1818. It was a cruel and noisy spirit, given to rapping and gnawing sounds before it found its voices.

With these voices and its supernatural acts, the Bell Witch tormented the Bell family. This extraordinary book recounts the only documented case in U.S. history when a spirit actually caused...

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Movie Review

The latest in a nasty string of horror movies, An American Haunting came and went without, I think, a single person going to see this movie at the theater. Marketed correctly, this film could have taken off, as it co-stars Donald Sutherland and Carrie-alumn Sissy Spacek. Of course, once audiences actually saw the film, they would realize that they had just wasted ten dollars.

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