The haunting in connecticut (movie review for feature article)

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.

MR. MAYO READ THIS!!!!!!

Hey mr. mayo i have a couple blogs but only 3 are for you, lol like which ones are for the newspaper, :) they are April fools, Father at 13 and coming in after this one the haunting in connecticut (movie review), k just didn't want you to read the wrong ones!

Broken Arm!

Hey, well sorry i haven't posted in a while, i was riding my friends bike down a hill and we came to the rode and i put my brakes on really fast and it turned out it was only the front brakes, well i went flying over the handel bars and broke my elbow. To later find out from the ortho pedic doctor that it was broken at a 40 degree angle and had to have surgery. After the surgery i was told i had to screws put into my elbow. a week from the surgery i got my cast of and saw the disgusting scare, i am now in physical thearpy. I am healing nice and easy, even though i can't starighten my arm complety. I was out from school for 2 weeks thank god there was spring brake, and i'm a righty ( i broke my left arm). Well anyway that is why there has been no post! thanks for reading! bye!

typing error!

hey! sorry guys in the blog 'Father at 13' the seconde to last sentence, it is suppose to read "Alfie will stay with massie even if he ISN'T the the father. i mistakenly wrote if he is the father! OPPPS! sorry again! Well have a nice day!

Father at 13

Father at 13 years!!! Happening in Britain! Its true 13 year old Alfie and 15 year old Chantelle are now parents to 7lb 3 ounces Maisie. Alfie who could pass as an 8 year old has not yet fully matured, still having a kid voice. Which is why many are shocked to learn that this baby faced boy is a father. Alfie and Chantelle are still in school to this day. A typical day is waking up, feeding, and changing the baby. Giving the baby to Chantelles mom and going off to school then coming home doing home work, feeding and playing with the baby, going to sleep then trading off and on with waking up and feeding Masise. They both do not have jobs, as do Chantelles dad who he and his wife and there 5 boys are living on benefits. Chantelles parents allow Alfie to spend the night; he even has a change of clothes at her house to go straight to school form Chantelles house. Chantelle reports “Alfies been a great dad he’s waken up with Masise and feed her, he wasn’t good at it but hens getting better”. Many are complaining that the 13 and 15 year olds are not suited to be good parents while others and officials are giving them a chance. Then there are two boys who are claiming that THERE the father! 16 year old Richard Goodsell is saying that he has had multiple sexual encounters with Chantelle and 14 year old( I still need to find the name of this boy I had it but I can’t find it) claims he and Chantelle bedded once. So is Alfie really the father???….. Well tests are being done but Alfie and Chantelle both state that he is the father and Alfie said he will not leave Massie now even if he is the father. That’s all now but I’ll keep you updated on my blog, Swammy the octopus, on blogger.com. Thanks for reading!

NEW CAR!!!!

omg I am soooooooo happy, well when am i not. lol. But I am extra happy. see my moms car was stolen on saturday the 8th. And we found the car totaled on the 12th. So over the three day weekend we went out and got ( well leasing) a brand new honda crv! Its soooo big and pretty and prefect for 2 ppl and a dog. It may even be bettet then our jeep liberty ( the car that got stolen). So I am happy. K thats all ttyl!

April Fools

Yes, it’s true the mega hot vampires and semi hot….. Well non vampires, are calling a quits! Rumor has it that they all have there personal reasons for leaving the movie, when they were just about to start filming the sequel to Twilight, NEW MOON!!!!!!!! Some say that Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen) said “why come back to film 4 scenes then leave for a year or so, to come back and film eclipse, no they can find there self’s a new Edward Cullen”! Now I love Rob but that’s being a little selfish don’t you think?? Then others say Kirsten Stewart (Bella swan) is sick of all the pictures and interviews and rather make little movies then have to go through this kind of torture!! Its sad Kirsten I think after making all those little movies that when you caught a break you would keep it going for as long as possible. Well anyway, I can’t forget those little actors. OPPS!!!!!!! I forgot, that’s the reason why there quitting yep, jasper, Alice, Emmett, Rosalie, Carslie, Esme, and Bella’s dad, and all of bells friends at school ( Who’s names I forget). Are leaving well because Bella and Edward are, why stay around when these going to be no movie. The only person that’s still on board is Taylor Laurent (Jacob Black), who claims he can do the whole movie by himself. Well there’s no need for that Jacob, because…………………………………… APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes this whole article is a joke. Nobodies quitting that I know of. New moon is still about to start filming and none of the stars egos are that big. So Happy April fools, I fooled you! I hope! Thanks for reading!