Product Information
An adolescent girl is tormented by a mysterious spirit haunting her family home. Her parents, a priest and a local schoolteacher try their best to exorcise the demon away.Product Identifiers
ProducerCourtney Solomon, Christopher Milburn
EAN5060052410917
eBay Product ID (ePID)59541709
Product Key Features
ActorDonald Sutherland, Rachel Hurd Wood, Sissy Spacek, Howard Rosenstein, Sam Alexander, Matthew Marsh, Thom Fell, Shauna Shim, Gaye Brown, Miguel Brown, Lila Bata-Walsh
Film/TV TitleAn American Haunting
DirectorCourtney Solomon
Release Year2006
FeaturesInterview With Courney Solomon and Sissy Spacek,\Eight Extended Deleted Scenes,\Four Alternative Endings,\Gag Reel, Closed Caption
GenreHorror/Occult, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
Additional InformationBased on the book AN AMERICAN HAUNTING by Brent Monahan, this horror movie details a ghost story dating back to 1817 Tennessee. Inspired by manuscripts documenting the only spirit-caused death in U.S. history, the film stars accomplished actors Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland as the mother and father of Betsy Bell (Rachel Hurd-Wood), an adolescent girl tormented by a mysterious spirit haunting the Bell family home. The spirit is thought to have been sent by Mrs. Batts, a witchlike neighbour who--after having a bitter dispute over property rights with BetsyÆs father, John Bell--put a curse on John and his daughter. Even though John Bell was the one at fault, it is his daughter who bears the heaviest burden of this spell, being thrown about her room nightly, slapped, and even sexually abused by the mystical force in question. Most of the film takes place in the home, where BetsyÆs parents, a local priest, and a local schoolteacher (with whom she has a flirtatious relationship) try their best to exorcise the demon away. While the film never fully explains what the spirit is or where it came from, it does propose one disturbing theory near the end that involves the nature of young female sexuality, echoing the theme of CARRIE, which also starred Sissy Spacek. But this theme is only vaguely hinted at as the story unravels.
ReviewsBizarre - A tense and truly creepy affair with a twist
ScreenwriterCourtney Solomon
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleAn American Haunting