An American Haunting (2006)

Rachel Hurd-Wood
James D'Arcy
Sissy Spacek
Donald Sutherland

Directed by Courtney Solomon

Plot: Based on true events that took place in Tennessee during the 1800s, where an unrelenting demon haunts and torments a teenage girl and her wealthy family. It is based on the alleged only documented true case in U.S. history of a spirit causing a person's death.

Review: I love horror films, but not a big fan of ghost or haunted house storylines. Not because of being afraid of them, but because most of the time the movies just aren't any good. I knew nothing about this movie, but decided to give it a chance anyway.

Unfortunately, this film falls right along in the category of another ghost film that is a waste of time. The movie is horrible, but it was somewhat boring. The performances were ok, but nothing special. The only decent part to this film is the haunting scenes and even those were sometimes just silly and made no sense. One of the biggest issues with this movies was the beginning and ending. It sets itself up as a narrative and then does nothing. These two scenes just didn't need to be there. Overall I was mostly bored with this film and don't recommend it.
 

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