For some, there's nothing better than popping in a scary movie on a Friday night and seeing if it's creepy enough to make them check under their bed bfore they turn off the lights. Unfortunately, it is rare to find scary movies like that anymore because most, including The Haunting in Connecticut, have a hard time even keeping an audience entertained.After her son Matthew is diagnosed with cancer, Sara decides to move him and the rest of her family up to Connecticut so he can be closer to the hospital for treatment. Soon after moving into their new house though strange things start happening, and the family begins to wonder if their new home is haunted.
Having previously read about the true events which inspired this movie, it was rather disappointing to see the "Hollywood spin" which was grafted upon the story of the Campbell family, but even audience members unaware of the real life events are likely to find the film both repetitive and commonplace when viewed against most recently released horror films. It's true that there were some effective jumps and scares scattered throughout but not enough to make one check their closets before saying good night. It seemed as though that instead of drawing upon the true experiences the real life family went through, and showing how those events affected their relationships as well as the paranormal vs. religious questions the incidents raised, screenwriters Adam Simon and Tim Metcalfe decided to turn the film into something preposterously mundane that has been done to death in the horror genre. The result was a messy story which tried, and failed, to be effectively scary or even entertaining on a regular basis.
However if you're desperate for a few cheap scares on a dark and stormy Friday night then The Haunting in Connecticut just might be able to help you out.
Grade: D
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