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[barbra]

... you kids hate it when people do this but, I recently moved and I have become obsessed with this local legend about the bell witch, and was curious about An American Haunting seeing how the movie is supposely based on this story. any comments for an old friend?

[crabapple]

Yeah, I saw it, you crazy culinary artist. Save yer money! I didn't think it was awful just because it was inaccurate to the supposed events of the Bell Witch story. I thought it was awful because it didn't make any freaking sense and played more like a music video--a lot of loud noises and the occasional digital effect, and ultimately that's all it is. A lot of flash and no substance, none whatsoever. Take that money and buy yourself a nice sandwich or maybe a cool carbonated soft drink with ice in it.

[AUSTIN316426808]

I fell asleep in the theatre(I'm not saying it was boring, I was just too damn tired.) so I don't remember much about it except that it's a fact that it's based on the bell witch story/incident. Not sure about how close or loose the movie is to the story because I'd never heard of the bell witch until the movie came about. The friends that I was with said it was a sub-par flick.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by crabapple
I didn't think it was awful just because it was inaccurate to the supposed events of the Bell Witch story.


Is the story interesting at all?

[crabapple]

The period costumes are good--not a large cast, so maybe that's not a tremendous accomplishment, but the costumes are good. The ghosty sound effects are pretty good too--there's just a lot more of that than the film needs, and you're pretty much hearing weird stuff all through the movie.

But man, when you see an obvious "morph" in a movie that's supposed to depict events happening in 1817, it looks pretty damn strange and it tends to pull you out of the period atmosphere everyone's spent so much time and money trying to put you in. Plus the film is influenced by the glut of eerie "ghost girls" popularized by recent creepy Japanese movies and their remakes.

Uninspired and meandering, at the end it tries to baffle us with some mysterious bullshit to obscure the fact that it basically has no story.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by crabapple
The period costumes are good--not a large cast, so maybe that's not a tremendous accomplishment, but the costumes are good. The ghosty sound effects are pretty good too--there's just a lot more of that than the film needs, and you're pretty much hearing weird stuff all through the movie.

But man, when you see an obvious "morph" in a movie that's supposed to depict events happening in 1817, it looks pretty damn strange and it tends to pull you out of the period atmosphere everyone's spent so much time and money trying to put you in. Plus the film is influenced by the glut of eerie "ghost girls" popularized by recent creepy Japanese movies and their remakes.

Uninspired and meandering, at the end it tries to baffle us with some mysterious bullshit to obscure the fact that it basically has no story.



I was referring to the bell witch story. That was useful though, I wont bother watching it.

[crabapple]

Ohhhh. Well actually, I think you might want to read some webpages about the Bell Witch. I'm sure the story has been dressed up and altered a lot over the years, so I imagine it's basically impossible to know what really happened if anything. But the accounts are pretty fascinating.

[VampiricClown]

Ugh, I took my girlfriend to see this film when it was first released. Luckily we had been dating for awhile, otherwise she'd have dumped me. That movie was slow, boring and nothing a good film should be. Save your change and go see something that's rated 'R'.

[orangestar]

You guys are being much nicer than this movie deserves. It was pure crap.

[stubbornforgey]

Originally posted by orangestar
You guys are being much nicer than this movie deserves. It was pure crap.

quoted for truth

[Angra]

Originally posted by barbra
... you kids hate it when people do this but, I recently moved and I have become obsessed with this local legend about the bell witch, and was curious about An American Haunting seeing how the movie is supposely based on this story. any comments for an old friend?


Change your avatar...

Makes me wanna puke.

[barbra]

thanks. I went out there, to adams tn to the bell witch cave ( the land where the house is a no tresspassing area. the whole town looks probably like it did way back when. there isn't much there. the goverment has put up salem-esk signs with witches on them, but out in the cave... turns out that the bell witch isn't fond of women and she whispers in your ear. tells you to get out, tugs your hair. I was told she slaps some people and steals things. I didn't get the hair pulling but I did get the " get out" and it was freakin scary. I was so freaked out, I still am when I turn out the lights, isn't that sad? There is this church about 30 minutes from here (being where I reside now) called the Bear Creek Church and its hard to find. But the story is that its a two story church which denomination can't be determined and all its windows are painted red. Now how its suppose to go is this, when you walk in you imediatly notice the piano and at the bench is a figure, in the opposite corner of the building there is another figure, tall and lurking with a sickle. Then after a minute you hear footsteps running twords you. Most people don't make it that far, and supposedly no one can stay in anylonger than the steps. Day or night, doesn't matter. I'm curious, and after the bell witch Im pretty sure I'll see something.