An American Haunting 2005 123movies

Watch: An American Haunting 2005 123movies, Full Movie Online – In 2006, in Red River, Tennessee, a teenager has frequent nightmares. Her mother reads an old letter from 1817 written by her ancestor, Lucy Bell. After a dispute of lands judged by the church, her husband John Bell is cursed by his opponent Kathe Batts, who has a fame of being a witch. From this moment on, an entity threatens John and her daughter Betsy Bell, attacking the girl during the nights. With the support of Betsy’s school teacher Richard Powell, who tries to find rational explanations for the manifestation; her brother John Bell Jr.; and their friend James Johnston, who unsuccessfully tries to exorcize the entity from the house, the family does their best to protect Betsy in the haunted house..
Plot: Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
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Ratings:

	5.0/10 Votes: 26,067
	13% | RottenTomatoes
	38/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 408 Popularity: 12.203 | TMDB

Reviews:

A Predictable Semi-fiction
Acting. Thats the most noticeable thing you will find in this movie. All the characters have performed well and acted according to the period of the story. I haven’t watched Bell Witch Haunting (2004) but I have read a lot about the original legend. Instead of retelling the actual event, this movie revolves around it, giving us an entirely different interpretation of the haunting. Also, it tells nothing about General Andrew Jackson who visited Bell’s family during that time and later became the American President. Its worthy to note that he was once quoted as saying – “I’d rather face the whole British Army, than face the Bell Witch again”.

Around 1818, a farming family living in Tennessee is haunted by a spirit, the most affected ones being the daughter Betsy and the father John Bell. While the father’s health deteriorates, the daughter gets all poltergeistic treatment. Slowly, they suspect the woman (also witch?) Kate Batts who previously has some legal issues with John and curses him that he and his daughter will suffer for his deeds. The haunting gets worse and the family members try to fight back the ghost in their own ways. By the end, when they seem to have abandoned their faith, the spirit itself reveals the reason for its existence.

The scary scenes are predictable but good. The notable ones are the first major attack on Betsy, the swing encounter, Richard’s questions, John’s visions, the cave and the best of all is the chariot ride. Excellent cinematography. A few good things in this movie keep us on the edge and makes us wait for the best part. But that best part never comes.

The fictional ending, though unexpected and slightly shocking, is not conceived properly. The movie begins with a Night-Shyamalan-like atmosphere. Most of it feels like as if you are watching The Village. Later it goes on to remind us of The Poltergeist, The Exorcist, Child’s Play and several others, even The Omen. The ending is tried in a Lynchian manner – just tried. Sadly, it doesn’t register in us at all.

Overall, this movie has good acting, good cinematography, few honestly scaring scenes and a different interpretation to the original Bell Witch Haunting. Nevertheless, it has a confused screenplay, half-baked script and an overhasty direction. The slow scenes are empty and the fast scenes are packed. So the balance is knocked out and what results is boredom. Watch it for the good aspects but make sure to take lots of popcorn inside the theatre. You’ll need them to stay awake.

So so at best
The acting in this movie is not bad but what else would you expect with Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek in it? The real problem that I have with this film is it purports to be based on a real event. About the only things that are real here are the characters names. Some one decided to make John Bell the nasty rapist father. While common enough even back then I imagine, there is nothing to support this libelous assertion. In the actual legend the spirit is around for several years before Bell dies. This spirit becomes more and more understandable until it can be heard reciting sermons, scripture, bawdy songs, etc. It supposedly even carried on conversations with people. If that had occurred why wouldn’t it have said something about the assaults? In this movie it is Betsy who is suppose to be projecting the spirit as a protest for the rapes. The end of the movie is a joke. As a later day relative reads the suddenly found letter about the events in 1817 her daughter is picked up by daddy for visitation. Then as they drive away the spirit appears and she goes running after the departing car. This is where this movie ends. If not for the really good acting I would have given it a three.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 23 min (83 min), 1 hr 31 min (91 min) (unrated)
Budget 14000000
Revenue 29612137
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director Courtney Solomon
Writer Courtney Solomon, Brent Monahan
Actors Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood
Country United Kingdom, Canada, Romania, United States
Awards 5 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor
Film Length 2,466 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)