The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) on Netflix
PG-1320091h 42mDramaHorrorMysteryThriller
Sara Campbell rents a house near the hospital where her son Matt is being treated for cancer. The house was once a funeral home, and Matt begins seeing things inside it.
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- IMDb5.9/1068,485 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes17%
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Plot summary
Matt Campbell is being treated for cancer at a Connecticut hospital, and the long drive home leaves him sick and in pain. His mother Sara finds a large house for rent near the hospital, and the owner, Mr. Sinclair, gives her a free first month. She rents it without telling her husband Peter, and the family moves in: Peter, Matt, his brother Billy, and cousins Wendy and Mary. Matt chooses the basement, where a partition hides a locked door. He begins having visions of dead bodies marked with carved symbols and of an old, bearded man. At the hospital he meets Reverend Nicholas Popescu, another patient, who urges him to work out what the spirit is after.
Cast
- Jessica Burlesonas 1920's Séance Attendee #4
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
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- Skeptical investigator Benjamin Radford wrote that author Ray Garton was employed by the Warrens to write the supposedly "true story" and was instructed by Ed Warren: "You've got some of the story - just use what works and make the rest up. Just make it up and make it scary."
- Researcher Joe Nickell has dismissed the story as a hoax, claiming that the Snedekers' landlady "found the whole story ridiculous" and that no residents before or since had experienced anything unusual in the home. The landlady also noted that the Snedekers stayed there over two years before deciding to leave.
- In early 2007 Gold Circle Films was reportedly discussing a directing contract with John Carpenter for The Haunting in Connecticut, but the deal quickly fell through due to creative differences. Carpenter did enjoy the concept and later agreed to direct The Ward due to its similarities in tone and theme.
- The film features several historical photographs from the archives of Thomas Glendenning Hamilton, a Canadian spiritualist who photographed numerous séances, depicting alleged incidents of ectoplasm and other supernatural phenomena.
