anyone see the haunting in connecticut?[views:9034][posts:27]_____________________________ [Apr 5,2009 4:13pm - poop ""] curious if it's worth seeing |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 5,2009 5:58pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] Awful movie is awful |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 5,2009 6:46pm - goatcatalyst ""] Bummer. This took place one town over from me and what actually happened in that house is fucking horrifying. Soon as I saw it was PG-13 I knew it would suck. |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 5,2009 7:30pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] It's great if you're afraid of shadowy figures standing in the corner of the frame every five minutes and the weak "omg kids are playing hide-n-seek and uncover TERROR" gimmick because this movie uses it twice over a twenty minute span. And Virginia Madsen is a horrible actress. The only highlight is Elias Koteas and he's in it for like 15 minutes. |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 5,2009 7:41pm - goatcatalyst ""] Did they include the part where some malevolent entity rapes the shit out of the teenage daughter? |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 5,2009 7:56pm - BobNOMAAMRooney ""] Nope |
| ____________________________________________ [Apr 5,2009 9:17pm - MarkFuckingRichards ""] goatcatalyst said:Bummer. This took place one town over from me and what actually happened in that house is fucking horrifying. Soon as I saw it was PG-13 I knew it would suck. Correct me if I'm wrong, but was this that crazy shit that happened in Cheshire? Or was it a different town? |
| ______________________________ [Apr 5,2009 9:21pm - Pires ""] you're wrong. But I won't correct you. And I actually have no idea where this took place. |
| _____________________________________________ [Apr 5,2009 10:05pm - MarkFuckingRichards ""] Goddammit Pires, you're always belittling me in front of everyone. No more hanky panky for you. |
| _______________________________ [Apr 5,2009 10:13pm - Murph ""] MarkFuckingRichards said:Goddammit Pires, you're always belittling me in front of everyone. No more hanky panky for you. DON'T YOU EVER TALK THAT WAY TO OUR LIGHTING DIRECTOR. Pires of the future. [img] |
| _____________________________________ [Apr 6,2009 2:55am - goatcatalyst ""] This happened in Southington. One town over from Cheshire and home to Sam The Clam's. Swill bisk and demonrape teenage sluts OR YOU ARE A PUSSY!!! |
| _____________________________ [Apr 6,2009 7:43am - Yeti ""] this looks stupid. i read an interview with the woman who lived in the house, it was retarded. she was yammering on about "i'm not scared because i know i'm not alone with the lord on my side". fuck you. to me, ghosts are further proof that there is no god. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 6,2009 7:47am - thuringwethil ""] wow, I have a friend from Southington CT, I should ask her about this |
| _______________________________ [Apr 6,2009 9:12am - xmikex ""] BobNOMAAMRooney said:It's great if you're afraid of shadowy figures standing in the corner of the frame every five minutes and the weak "omg kids are playing hide-n-seek and uncover TERROR" gimmick because this movie uses it twice over a twenty minute span. And Virginia Madsen is a horrible actress. The only highlight is Elias Koteas and he's in it for like 15 minutes. 100% agreed here. Koteas was maybe the sole bright spot in this entire film and that's only because he's the man. The thing was, his good acting juxtaposed with the rest of the terrible acting actually magnified the bad acting even worse. By the time you had him and Virginia Madsen in the same shot it was a split screen where one side of the screen was Citizen Kane, and the other was showing Ace Ventura Jr. My room mate told me that the guy who played the father actually isn't a bad actor at all, and that he had a great role in Weeds. But holy shit did he ever phone in this performance. I laughed my ass off when they cut to him shitfaced playing guitar in his basement. It just kind of epitomized how sloppily thrown together that plot was. You didn't find out until like an hour into the film that he was a recovering alcoholic, you don't believe for a minute that he's actually married to Virginia Madsen, and what the hell is he doing playing guitar by himself in a basement? The other girl was a considerably better actress (or at least less over the top) than the mother, and yet she's only in about 5% of the movie. By the time they try to make her a major character (again over an hour into the film) it's way too late, and you've already lost track of if she's their daughter or their niece or what. And I swear to God is there some sort of Final Cut Pro horror movie plug in package where you can just drop Marylin Manson video effects into your timeline? Almost every horror movie I've seen this century has been hell bent on using cheesy Nine Inch Nails looking editing tricks. Grow up already and use your brain not just your effects panel. And on a more superficial note (SPOILER), if those bodies hidden in the walls had really been there since the turn of the century how were they so well preserved? If that was the least believable thing about this film then I would have been a pretty happy guy, but it was really just the cherry on the shit sundae that was this film. I'm sure I'll have more to say about this awful movie as the day goes on, but that's my opening effort. |
| ______________________________________ [Apr 6,2009 10:19am - SkinSandwich ""] LOL @ poltergeist rape. |
| ______________________________ [Apr 6,2009 10:48am - Yeti ""] i'm not at all surprised that this sucks. i would love to see a truly terrifying ghost movie, the potential is there. the only "ghost" related thing i've seen in the last 10 years that was good was Pulse, despite it being nu-horror i really enjoyed it, the atmosphere alone made the movie worth watching. well that and Kristen Bell. The Grudge was meh, it had some cool parts but that is the plight of all "horror" movies coming out now. a handful of cool parts thrown together with a terrible plot and terrible acting, finished off with an atrocious ending. even "Ghost Story" was entertaining, and that was mostly footage of ancient old men sitting around telling a ghost story. |
| ________________________________________ [Apr 7,2009 9:53am - metal_church101 ""] I saw this on Sat night. It was only ok. Everything was pretty much stated earlier in this thread. I could remember seeing a documentary on this years ago, and this movie was a spin on that. Mostly suspense in the movie where things would appear and then disappear. I do agree with how stupid it was to have those corpses in the wall and not scumming up the place. |
| _______________________________________________ [Jul 27,2009 1:31pm - IllinoisEnemaBradness ""] 100 year old bodies don't smell or decay, who knew? SUNUNU KNEW |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 20,2010 2:15pm - the_reverend ""] just put in. |
| _________________________________ [Jul 20,2010 2:30pm - oscarct ""] terrible moobie |
| _________________________________ [Jul 20,2010 2:45pm - reimroc ""] usual jump scare fare. not terrible if you're looking to get spooked. |
| ________________________________________ [Jul 20,2010 2:49pm - AndrewBastard ""] IllinoisEnemaBradness said:who knew? SUNUNU KNEW a year later and i still LOL at this.... |
| ________________________________ [Jul 20,2010 3:30pm - xmikex ""] SkinSandwich said:LOL @ poltergeist rape. lol. I actually forgot I ever even saw this movie. That's how great it was. |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 20,2010 3:46pm - the_reverend ""] I'm completely amazed at how terrible this movie is. |
| _________________________________ [Jul 20,2010 3:46pm - oscarct ""] so bad |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 20,2010 3:47pm - the_reverend ""] it's like the twilight of horror movies. |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 20,2010 3:48pm - the_reverend ""] consider yourself warned. |
| _________________________________ [Jul 20,2010 3:48pm - oscarct ""] the_reverend said:it's like the twilight of horror movies. I thought you didnt like it? |