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The Haunting in Connecticut
The Haunting in Connecticut is a 2009 supernatural horror film directed by Peter Cornwell in his feature directorial debut, and starring Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Amanda Crew, and Elias Koteas. The film follows a family who, to help mitigate the strains of travel on their cancer-stricken son, move into a former funeral home with a dark history. It is based on the alleged supernatural experiences of Carmen Snedeker and her family while residing in a former funeral home in Southington, Connecticut in the late 1980s. The Snedeker family's experiences were documented by writer Ray Garton in In a Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting (1992), though Garton later publicly distanced himself from the accuracy of the events he depicted in the book.
Development of The Haunting in Connecticut began in 2007 through Gold Circle Films, with John Carpenter originally attached as director, though Carpenter eventually backed out of the project due to creative differences, with Cornwell serving as his replacement. Principal photography took place in Teulon, Manitoba in late 2007.
The Haunting in Connecticut had its world premiere at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on March 17, 2009, before being theatrically released in the United States and Canada the following week. The film grossed approximately $78.8 million internationally. Critical reaction to the film was largely unfavorable, though it did receive some praise for its atmosphere, visual elements, and performances.
In 2010, Gold Circle Films announced the production of an indirect sequel, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia, which was released in 2013.
In 1987, Sara Campbell is driving her son Matt home from a Connecticut hospital where he has been undergoing experimental cancer treatments. Sara and her husband, Peter, a recovering alcoholic, discuss finding a rental house closer to the hospital. On another hospital visit, Sara finds a man putting up a "For Rent" sign in front of a large house. The man is frustrated and offers her the first month free if she rents the house immediately.
The following day, Peter arrives with Matt's brother Billy and cousins Wendy and Mary, and they choose rooms. Matt chooses the basement, which is divided by a partition wall with a locked door. After moving in, Matt suffers a series of visions involving an old, bearded man and corpses with symbols carved into their skin. The next day, Peter learns that the house was originally a funeral home; the room behind the mysterious door in the basement is a mortuary.
Matt tells another cancer patient, Reverend Nicholas Popescu, about his visions. Nicholas advises him to find out what the spirit wants. Later, Matt encounters a burned figure in his room who begins to move toward him. When the family comes home, they find a shirtless Matt with his fingers bleeding from scratching at the wall.
The family begins to disintegrate under the stress of Matt's illness and bizarre behavior. The children find a box of photographs, which show Jonah, a young man from Matt's visions, at a séance, emitting ectoplasm from his mouth. They also find a container of desiccated human eyelids. Wendy and Matt discover that the funeral home was run by a man named Ramsey Aickman, who conducted psychic research and would host séances with Jonah acting as a medium. At one séance, all those attending, including Aickman, were found dead, and Jonah disappeared.
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The Haunting in Connecticut
The Haunting in Connecticut is a 2009 supernatural horror film directed by Peter Cornwell in his feature directorial debut, and starring Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Amanda Crew, and Elias Koteas. The film follows a family who, to help mitigate the strains of travel on their cancer-stricken son, move into a former funeral home with a dark history. It is based on the alleged supernatural experiences of Carmen Snedeker and her family while residing in a former funeral home in Southington, Connecticut in the late 1980s. The Snedeker family's experiences were documented by writer Ray Garton in In a Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting (1992), though Garton later publicly distanced himself from the accuracy of the events he depicted in the book.
Development of The Haunting in Connecticut began in 2007 through Gold Circle Films, with John Carpenter originally attached as director, though Carpenter eventually backed out of the project due to creative differences, with Cornwell serving as his replacement. Principal photography took place in Teulon, Manitoba in late 2007.
The Haunting in Connecticut had its world premiere at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on March 17, 2009, before being theatrically released in the United States and Canada the following week. The film grossed approximately $78.8 million internationally. Critical reaction to the film was largely unfavorable, though it did receive some praise for its atmosphere, visual elements, and performances.
In 2010, Gold Circle Films announced the production of an indirect sequel, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia, which was released in 2013.
In 1987, Sara Campbell is driving her son Matt home from a Connecticut hospital where he has been undergoing experimental cancer treatments. Sara and her husband, Peter, a recovering alcoholic, discuss finding a rental house closer to the hospital. On another hospital visit, Sara finds a man putting up a "For Rent" sign in front of a large house. The man is frustrated and offers her the first month free if she rents the house immediately.
The following day, Peter arrives with Matt's brother Billy and cousins Wendy and Mary, and they choose rooms. Matt chooses the basement, which is divided by a partition wall with a locked door. After moving in, Matt suffers a series of visions involving an old, bearded man and corpses with symbols carved into their skin. The next day, Peter learns that the house was originally a funeral home; the room behind the mysterious door in the basement is a mortuary.
Matt tells another cancer patient, Reverend Nicholas Popescu, about his visions. Nicholas advises him to find out what the spirit wants. Later, Matt encounters a burned figure in his room who begins to move toward him. When the family comes home, they find a shirtless Matt with his fingers bleeding from scratching at the wall.
The family begins to disintegrate under the stress of Matt's illness and bizarre behavior. The children find a box of photographs, which show Jonah, a young man from Matt's visions, at a séance, emitting ectoplasm from his mouth. They also find a container of desiccated human eyelids. Wendy and Matt discover that the funeral home was run by a man named Ramsey Aickman, who conducted psychic research and would host séances with Jonah acting as a medium. At one séance, all those attending, including Aickman, were found dead, and Jonah disappeared.