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The Haunting in Connecticut
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33 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 23 Critics What's this?

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5.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 36 Ratings

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  • Starring: Elias Koteas, Martin Donovan, Virginia Madsen
  • Summary: The Haunting in Connecticut charts one family's terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover. Now, unspeakable terror awaits when Jonah, the boy who communicated with the dead, returns to unleash a new kind of horror on the innocent and unsuspecting family. (Lionsgate)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 23
  3. Negative: 11 out of 23
  1. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Roger Moore
    63
    Sinks or swims with the actors. Gallner makes a very convincing boy-about-to-die; Madsen is his properly stricken mom; and Donovan, an under-used leading man, plays the stressed, guilt-ridden dad well.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    60
    Haunting tweaks familiar tropes enough to make them interesting. Just not so interesting as to inspire many nightmares after the credits roll.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    Not very haunty.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 6 out of 21
  1. JosephRunzThiz
    10
    I admit, this was a really good movie. I did jump and scream a few times. It does deliver thrills, chills and scares. I'd definitely recommend this movie.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. moviegrabbag
    5
    This is a pretty standard jump scare haunted house movie. The acting isn't horrible but it's nothing to write home about. The movie plays up the based on the true story angle but if you watch the special features on the DVD you learn that the vast majority of this movie is fiction. The biggest example being the burning of the home at the end. It never burned down... ever, yet the end of the movie says that the house was " rebuilt and resold". Somebody does live in it now but it never burned to the ground or had the dead no decomposed bodies built into the walls. So taking that in to effect we see that the movie isn't really based on the true story making it just another cookie cutter haunted house film full of predictable jump scares. This is a good movie for middle school and high school kids to start their interests in horror movies.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. FitriAmirrol
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. At its core, Connecticut is a fairly warm, heart-rending family movie frequently disguised as a low-grade horror movie of shoddy writing and cheap thrills.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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