seanph Posted October 27, 2006 #1 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Anybody see "An American Haunting" (based on the Bell Witch) in the theaters? Was it any good? Just came out on DVD. Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostboy83 Posted October 27, 2006 #2 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Came out on DVD long ago.. And yes it's pretty good. Worth checking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentdan Posted October 27, 2006 #3 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Its a good movie but the ending is somewhat confusing in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouija Posted October 28, 2006 #4 Share Posted October 28, 2006 yeah the ending was a little weak but over all it was really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDancer Posted October 28, 2006 #5 Share Posted October 28, 2006 It was okay. Not scary enough though............. Alot of the real story was left out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jok3r Posted October 28, 2006 #6 Share Posted October 28, 2006 What is the story about? Some witch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyr0x Posted October 28, 2006 #7 Share Posted October 28, 2006 (edited) Yeah, there's a visitor center you can goto to see the cave and everything. Unfortunetally the actual house was demolished back around the turn of the century, due to indians(if I remember right) had taken the town over, and demolished everything. So now they've re-built a replica of the house, unfortunetally, again... to my knowledge, it's not haunted, like the original one was. As for the movie, it's worth the watch, but it's not one that you'd watch over and over again. There's several resources, in a google search, on the evidence and documentation of the Bell Witch incident. This one describing it the best: http://www.bellwitch.org/ I remember googling around, and there's another Witch movie aswell, however I forgot the Title of the movie, and no, I'm not thinking of the Blair Witch. Edited October 28, 2006 by xyr0x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwilightSilver Posted October 28, 2006 #8 Share Posted October 28, 2006 (edited) Just watched "An American Haunting" tonight. I have to say it's not a bad movie, but not one of my absolute favorites in the genre. Donald Sutherland was good. (One of my fave actors out there) Overall I was mildly dissapointed with it though. One of the good points about it though is the fact that you don't need blood and gore to make a good movie. Overall, it was entertaining, and I would reccomend it to fans of the ghost genre. Edited October 28, 2006 by TwilightSilver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Umbarger Posted October 28, 2006 #9 Share Posted October 28, 2006 It was alright, I guess. It was very loosly based on the "Bell WItch Legend" from Tennesee. As said before, they left out a lot of the legend and turned it into a "Daddy raped daughter and she got even by killing him in the end" kind of movie that would have been right at home on the Lifetime Network. Maybe, one of their "Moments Of Truth" movies or something. It would've been a whole lot better if they would have just stuck to the legend and not added all of the other stuff and changed what the Bell Witch legend is really about. If they would've changed like four names, you'd never have guessed that it was based on the legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwilightSilver Posted October 28, 2006 #10 Share Posted October 28, 2006 It was alright, I guess. It was very loosly based on the "Bell WItch Legend" from Tennesee. As said before, they left out a lot of the legend and turned it into a "Daddy raped daughter and she got even by killing him in the end" kind of movie that would have been right at home on the Lifetime Network. Maybe, one of their "Moments Of Truth" movies or something. It would've been a whole lot better if they would have just stuck to the legend and not added all of the other stuff and changed what the Bell Witch legend is really about. If they would've changed like four names, you'd never have guessed that it was based on the legend. I'd have to agree with that. All of the "Based on a true legend/story" movies don't, for some reason actually have much to do with the actual stories themselves in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanph Posted October 28, 2006 Author #11 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Thanks guys. Two versions of the movie have been released--one rated, the other uncut. Guess I'll check out both. Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyr0x Posted October 29, 2006 #12 Share Posted October 29, 2006 John Belle, was raping his daughter... oh well. Thats for the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltKnight Posted October 29, 2006 #13 Share Posted October 29, 2006 (edited) I thought it was a pretty decent movie, something different for a change. I would recommend the Unrated Edition. I find the Extended/Unrated/Director's Cuts of movies to be better than their Theatrical Releases. Often times, studios require extra editing for theatrical releases to maintain a certain rating, etc. Sure, it may be losely based, but most book/game/etc. to movie conversions are. There aren't a lot of stories or characters from other media that can easily translate to the big screen. Some get close enough for fans to enjoy, but other attempts don't. Came out on DVD long ago.. And yes it's pretty good. Worth checking out. The release date for An American Haunting (2005) DVD was October 24, 2006. Which DVD were you refering to having been released "long ago"? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429573/dvd Edited October 29, 2006 by CobaltKnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aflac duck Posted November 1, 2006 #14 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I thought it was a pretty decent movie, something different for a change. I would recommend the Unrated Edition. I find the Extended/Unrated/Director's Cuts of movies to be better than their Theatrical Releases. Often times, studios require extra editing for theatrical releases to maintain a certain rating, etc. Sure, it may be losely based, but most book/game/etc. to movie conversions are. There aren't a lot of stories or characters from other media that can easily translate to the big screen. Some get close enough for fans to enjoy, but other attempts don't. The release date for An American Haunting (2005) DVD was October 24, 2006. Which DVD were you refering to having been released "long ago"? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429573/dvd there was an older version released a while back. I enjoyed the movie at least. Some parts were pretty freaky.....and the ending was a bit confusing..but good in my opinion since it was definitely different than most scary movie endings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsilvestro Posted November 11, 2006 #15 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Its a good movie but the ending is somewhat confusing in my opinion. It was okay. I thought they could have done a better job with it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronGhost Posted November 25, 2006 #16 Share Posted November 25, 2006 It got really dismal reviews from most of the critics, so I was expecting it to be terrible, but I was surprised at how good it was. Not a perfect film, but really pretty good. Worth renting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Dolbrook Posted November 25, 2006 #17 Share Posted November 25, 2006 i liked it a lot too,all but the ending.that was just hollywood bulls*** to make the story more believable! reda the bell witch story,and you'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opus Magnus Posted November 30, 2006 #18 Share Posted November 30, 2006 It was alright, I guess. It was very loosly based on the "Bell WItch Legend" from Tennesee. As said before, they left out a lot of the legend and turned it into a "Daddy raped daughter and she got even by killing him in the end" kind of movie that would have been right at home on the Lifetime Network. Maybe, one of their "Moments Of Truth" movies or something. It would've been a whole lot better if they would have just stuck to the legend and not added all of the other stuff and changed what the Bell Witch legend is really about. If they would've changed like four names, you'd never have guessed that it was based on the legend. Thanks for spoiling the entire plot of the movie!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlitkate Posted December 1, 2006 #19 Share Posted December 1, 2006 The movie was overall pretty good but it could have been better if they had stuck to original legend. It was creepy at the end when the ghost of that girl appears and when the woman sees her and looks out the window to see her daughter leaving with her husband then she realizes the ghost girl appeared to warn her about what the womans husband was doing to they're daughter. It was very sick and twisted of story. Just wish they had stuck to original story!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondoggy Posted December 1, 2006 #20 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I was surprized how much of the legend that they left out. I saw a disgruntled neigbor lady, but no witch! So I guess it was loosely based on the Bell Witch. Now I guess all polterguist activity means Daddy's being naughty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Dolbrook Posted December 2, 2006 #21 Share Posted December 2, 2006 really never explained how he was seeing all those wild wolves attacking him either.if they would have stuck to the legend,and not the hollywood ending,it would have been better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Angus Posted December 8, 2006 #22 Share Posted December 8, 2006 I thought this movie totally sucked! How come during parts of the movie all of the characters witnessed people being physically attacked, lifted up and thrown around by an unseen force yet at the end the culprit turns out to be not only human but also one of the people who was witnessing the events throughout??? What a completely stupid film!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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