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  • An American Haunting
  • Opened November 5, 2005
  • PG-13
    intense terror sequences and thematic material
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. Read More
  • Landowners in 1817 Tennessee, John (Donald Sutherland) and Lucy Bell (Sissy Spacek) experience strange and terrifying events after fellow parishioners find John guilty of loan-sharking and his victim curses the Bell family. The incidents culminate in Read More
  • Cast: Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D'Arcy, Matthew Marsh
  • Director: Courtney Solomon
  • Genres: Period Film, Supernatural Horror, Horror

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An American Haunting Recent Fan Reviews

  • Oh No!

    What the devil?!

    Any possible analysis of this movie would be illegitimate due to the incoherence of the plot, and furthermore complete lack thereof. It is no surprise that this attempted horror flick did not make theaters, and by the end I was left frustrated and somewhat nauseated by the longwinded panning and flash-arounds. In essence, a child's spirit separates from her body after her father rapes her. This spirit of "innocence" for some indeterminable reason chooses to abuse the daughter further, perhaps as a haunting memory of her father's crime, but dually abuses her father while she sleeps. The lack of character developement, climax, fundamental sequence and context will boggle any viewer, leaving this movie as a sorry disappointment to whatever "true story" it was allegedly portraying.

An American Haunting Critic Reviews

No Avg. Critic Score 38 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Sheri Linden

    Solomon crafts a quality horror piece from strong performances and effects. The...

  • 63
    New York Daily News | Jack Mathews

    There are jolts galore in a movie stuffed with the basic tricks of the...

  • 60
    Variety |

    A well-made, good-looking movie it is, but between the non-stop tumult and the...

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The unnecessarily famous cast for such a standard, creaking, fake-spooky ghost...

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