The Haunting in Connecticut
Movie Review by Sammy Swanson
About a week ago I went to the movies to see The Haunting in Connecticut . The movie is a ghost story about a family that moves into a haunted house. The house used to be used for séances and as a funeral home. The eldest son of the family, Matt Campbell, has cancer and is currently in a clinical trying to find a cure for it. He sees visions of ghosts that may or may not be real. Everyone else except another cancer patient who can also see the ghosts doesn’t believe him.
I think this movie did not live up to it’s standards. “Call it a Lifetime original movie made for Halloween. Call it a Sci-Fi Channel Saturday night thriller...and keep waiting for something that might actually scare you.” Says ‘Uncle Creepy’ (www.rottentomatoes.com). I agree. The movie was supposed to be extremely scary but it ended up just being boring. It repeated ideas over and over again and didn’t hold my interest very long. Although some points in the movie built up much suspense, the “thriller” was really not that thrilling.
There were a couple memorable points in the movie such as when Mat was reciting a poem that goes “One bright day in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back, they faced each other. Drew their swords then shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise and came and killed those two dead boys. If you don’t believe my lies are true, ask the blind woman, she saw it too.”* The poem was catchy, but scary which made me feel like I was being watched.
I think that the movie didn’t hold my interest because I expected much more from it than what it actually was. But when I went home after the movie, I couldn’t get to sleep. Continually thinking about the point in the movie where they cut off dead people’s eyelids, I laid in bed awake almost all night.
So although the movie wasn’t as good as was expected, it was very memorable. Being based on a true story made it much more believable. If I had the chance to I would probably see this movie again. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who doesn’t believe in ghosts because they would not get any enjoyment out of it. Thank you for reading my review and I hope you see this movie too!
*The full poem was not stated in the movie, but the first line was.
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