Release Date
May 5, 2006
DVD Release Date
October 24, 2006 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Courtney Solomon
Writer
Courtney Solomon
Cast
Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D'Arcy, Thom Fell
Studio
Running Time
91 minutes
MPA 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... Full synopsis »
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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