The Haunting in Connecticut

2009

Action / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

50
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 45% · 104 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 45% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 67648 67.6K

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Plot summary

When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.

Director

Peter Cornwell Photo
Peter Cornwell

Top cast

Jessica Burleson Photo
Jessica Burleson as 1920's Séance Attendee #4
Kyle Gallner Photo
Kyle Gallner as Matt Campbell
Adriana O'Neil Photo
Adriana O'Neil as Chemo Nurse
Virginia Madsen Photo
Virginia Madsen as Sara Campbell
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
871.98 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 12
1.64 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 38

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AllieRubyStein 7 / 10

Very enjoyable little horror flick- despite its flaws

It has its familiar moments and a sprinkle of cliches, but The Haunting in Connecticut does prove to be a decent and quite interesting little haunted house film- feeling very reminiscent as well as inspired by The Amityville Horror. Personally I enjoyed this flick. Yeah, it has some melodramatic moments at times, but I was certainly never bored while watching it. The fact that this film has such low ratings, especially when compared to other anticipated flops like The Possession is quite alarming. The acting is pretty well done, namely from Virginia Madsen, Elias Koteas, and Kyle Gallner. The only one who isn't all that great is Martin Donovan as the father character, but he's hardly in the movie enough to make a difference- heck even the kid actors are decent in this film. The imagery throughout the movie is haunting and surreal, it crawls under your skin, and truly allows for the atmosphere to really shine throughout the film despite its more noticeable flaws. The cinematography is nice, and the story is pretty well paced, albeit a bit formulaic at times, but still enjoyable. In the end, I do not see why The Haunting in Connecticut deserves so much hate, and found it to be a rather decent little horror flick. It may have some similarities to horror films in the past, but its unique moments and inspired ones lend it to be a very entertaining and creepy film i'm glad I didn't pass on.My Rating: 7.3/10.
Reviewed by Stevieboy666 6 / 10

"Based on a true story". Yeah, right!!

With their teenage son undergoing cancer treatment the Campbell family move into a creepy Victorian mansion nearer to the hospital in order to cut down on the travelling. Soon creepy things start to happen. In fact lots of spooky things happen, too much & too soon in the movie. Sadly this means any scare factor soon loses it's power & it becomes somewhat cliché & predictable. Acting & special effects are reasonable. One of the highlights is the revelation of many corpses inside the house. There is much variation in reviews for this film on here, but to rate it 1/10 is as ludicrous as awarding it 10/10. As haunted house movies go it is reasonably good but certainly not a classic.
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