An American Haunting (2005)

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

CRITIC	RATING	QUOTE
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
AVERAGE USER RATING (0 ratings)	-