In 2006, in Red River, Tennessee, a teenager has frequent nightmares. Her mother reads an old letter from 1817 written by her ancestor, Lucy Bell (Sissy Spacek). After a dispute of lands judged by the church, her husband John Bell (Donald Sutherland) is cursed by his opponent Kathe Batts (Gaye Brown), who has a fame of being a witch. From this moment on, an entity threatens John and her daughter Betsy Bell (Rachel Hurd-Wood), attacking the girl during the nights. With the support of Betsy's school teacher Richard Powell (James D'Arcy), who tries to find rational explanations for the manifestation; her brother John Bell Jr. (Thom Fell); and their friend James Johnston (Matthew Marsh), who unsuccessfully tries to exorcise the entity from the house, the family does their best to protect Betsy in the haunted house.
"An American Haunting" is a very tense story, with excellent cast and magnificent cinematography, environment and visual and sound effects. Unfortunately, the conclusion is weak and very disappointing, wasting a promising horror movie. The writers Brent Monahan and Courtney Solomon simply spoil a scary story of poltergeist, with a terrible twist to an incest situation. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Maldição" ("Curse")
"An American Haunting" is a very tense story, with excellent cast and magnificent cinematography, environment and visual and sound effects. Unfortunately, the conclusion is weak and very disappointing, wasting a promising horror movie. The writers Brent Monahan and Courtney Solomon simply spoil a scary story of poltergeist, with a terrible twist to an incest situation. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Maldição" ("Curse")