An American Haunting (2005)

Based on the book An American Haunting by Brent Monahan, this horror movie uses a current-day setting (the year 2006) as a framing device for 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 neighbor who, after having a bitter dispute over property rights with Be...
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tsy's 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 Betsy's parents, a local priest, and a local schoolteacher (with whom she has a flirtatious relationship) try their best to exorcise the demons 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 hysterical nature of young female sexuality. But despite being used as a means to connect the present-day story with the 1817 events, this theme is only vaguely hinted at as the story unravels.
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Explore the values of wilderness along with the people who have truly come to appreciate the many benefits of the planet's natural beauty in an inspirational documentary from filmmaker Christopher Barns. Few things can inspire quite so much as the majesty of mother nature's glory, and as an eclectic group of Americans including a Native American tribal chairman, a cancer survivor, a children's book author, and the late film star Christopher Reeve all discuss just how the rolling hills and awe-inspiring beauty of the land have influenced their values, images of the very landscapes that captured their hearts offer ...
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viewers the rare opportunity to truly get back in touch with nature in an increasingly modernized world.
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Gebaseerd op ware feiten, vertelt de film over de enige zaak in de historie van de V.S. waarbij iemand om het leven is gekomen door een geest of entiteit. Tussen 1818 en 1820 werd de familie Bell in Red River Tennesee bezocht door een 'aanwezigheid' die niet te duiden was. Als de aanvallen in kracht beginnen toe te nemen, vooral de jongste dochter van de familie moet het ontgelden, is de familie ten einde raad. De psychologische druk wordt ondraaglijk....

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