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An American Haunting (2005)

An American Haunting

Horror / Drama / Thriller

1 hr. 30 min.

Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek star in a "based on a true story" horror film about a demon who torments a teenage girl and her wealthy family in Tennessee during the 1800s.

Rated PG-13 for intense terror sequences and thematic material

Directed by:  Courtney Solomon

Starring:  Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd Wood, James D'Arcy, Matthew Marsh

Theatrical Release Date:  5/05/2006

Release Type:  Wide

U.S. Box Office: $16,298,046

Video/DVD Release Date:  10/24/2006

Distributor:  Freestyle Releasing

Country:  USA

Language:  English

Offsite:  IMDB | Official Site



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E!
4 Despite the shrieking soundtrack, spectral phenomena and obligatory visions of a creepy kid, Haunting scares up few chills.
filmcritic.com
Pete Croatto
2 The scariest part of An American Haunting is how Sutherland and Sissy Spacek, playing his wife, got roped into this project.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
4 Its images came from a dusty box in the horror-movie attic, and the attic is where the entire picture will be in a month.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
5 ...a disappointingly routine ghost story...
Reel
Pam Grady
5 ...this is just weak--it's less An American Haunting than American humdrum.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
5 ...what ultimately seems to be peeking out from underneath An American Haunting's cheesy ghouls-and-goblins shroud is a somewhat astute allegory about how abused women, in seeking justice, are often unreasonably forced to relive the heinous crimes perpetrated against them.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
5 ...a standard, creaking, fake-spooky ghost story...
New York Times
Nathan Lee
3 Things go bump in the night in this 19th-century ghost story, but it's the bump of emptying seats, as audiences flee in boredom, that will haunt you for days.
Los Angeles Times
Gene Seymour
7 ...a crafty mystery with joy-buzzer jolts cutting through its somberness.
LA Weekly
Paul Malcolm
4 ...offers an encyclopedic rehash of spook films new and old...
Village Voice
Jim Ridley
4 ...a tame, lame serving of PG-13 shocks.
Onion AV Club
Nathan Rabin
3 ...never remotely frightening.
Christian Science Monitor
M.K. Terrell
4 Cheap effects disrupt the brooding atmosphere, suggesting a failed attempt to rescue this disaster in postproduction.
     

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ALL AVERAGE CRITIC RATING 4.2
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