Réalisation:
Peter CornwellPhotographie:
Adam SwicaMusique:
Robert J. KralActeurs·trices:
Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Erik J. Berg, Elias Koteas, Martin Donovan, Amanda Crew, Ty Wood, Will Woytowich, Sarah Constible, D.W. Brown (plus)Résumés(1)
Pour faire des économies, Sara et Peter Campbell décident de s'installer plus près de l'hôpital où Matt, leur fils adolescent atteint d'un cancer, participe à un traitement expérimental. Dès les premiers jours dans la vieille demeure qu'ils ont louée, ce dernier est victime d'hallucinations effrayantes. Les Campbell apprennent bientôt qu'ils se sont installés dans un ancien salon funéraire dont le propriétaire conduisait des séances de spiritisme. Tandis que le nombre de manifestations va croissant, la santé de Matt décline. Désemparé, l'adolescent prend contact avec le révérend Popescu... (Metropolitan FilmExport)
(plus)Critiques (2)
Not nearly as bad as I expected and quite a pleasant surprise when compared with the recent and ostentatiously stupid Unborn. The story, of course, is one massive cliché, but I still liked it. The arc with the sick boy helps quite a lot, preventing the film from being as generic as other ghost stories. On the other hand, the film takes itself very seriously, which hurts it in some passages – a bit of a B-movie approach wouldn’t have hurt (but given that the hero is dying of cancer, the creators probably didn’t have balls for that). Average, watchable. ()
The Haunting in Connecticut definitely isn't a completely bad horror film, which surprised me because I was expecting something mediocre. However, this is a film with a frenetic pace, especially in how the images of horror are depicted. And there are plenty of them. From those that are relatively realistic to ectoplasm swirling through the air. The writing on the body is truly repulsive. ()