The Haunting in Connecticut Page #2

Synopsis: Charts one family's encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover. Now terror awaits when Jonah, the boy who communicated with the dead, returns to unleash horror on the innocent and unsuspecting family.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Peter Cornwell
Production: Lionsgate
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
16%
PG-13
Year:
2009
92 min
$55,325,526
Website
472 Views


a lamp and an empty suitcase.

That's not what l meant.

l was worried about you

scratching the truck.

-Carry on.

-Okay.

Well, it's a little dark, but,

hey, l was a teenager once.

What's in here?

l don't know. l couldn't open it.

Well....

The doorknob turns, but....

Maybe they sealed it for storage.

Got a great room for Billy...

...and Mary.

And this...

...l thought was a perfect room for you.

And why do you say that?

Well, because it's got a beautiful view...

...and lots of space...

...and a huge closet.

-You like? Okay.

-Yeah.

Hey. l still don't know why

you wanna stay down here.

-Whoa, Mom.

-What?

Are you okay?

Yeah, just thanks for cleaning my room.

No problem.

-Why'd you put the plates back?

-What?

Well, l put the plates out,

and now they're back.

l didn't touch them, sweetie.

Are you all right?

Oh, that's--

Know what, that was my fault.

-They're too heavy.

-No, it's okay. l didn't drop them.

-Well, how did they--

-l don't know. l--

l just saw them up there

and l just-- l don't--

-You know, Dr. Brooks said--

-l know what Dr. Brooks said, okay?

He said that if l'm seeing things,

then he'll drop me from the trial.

-But if you--

-l'm not seeing things.

l'm just-- l'm tired. And l remember l put

the dishes too close to the edge, so....

You know, you tell me

if something like that happens.

-Promise?

-Yeah, l promise.

l'm so sorry l broke the dishes.

lt's okay, sweetie.

Come on, come on.

Got you. lt. You're so--

Oh, the burgers. The burgers.

Wait, wait, wait.

-Come and get me.

-All right.

Remember when we used to go

camping when you were young?

Every night you would...

...fall asleep counting the stars,

and you could never finish.

Used to drive you nuts.

You know, most of the stars

that we see are already dead.

They look pretty alive to me.

That's because they haven't gotten

the news yet.

Hey.

You all right?

Yeah. Everything's cool.

-You sure?

-Yeah.

All right.

Give me five.

Up high. Down low. Too slow.

l love you.

You know, it's sort of like a vacation.

Yeah, if Matt wasn't sick--

And you get your own room,

like a big girl.

Sure you're not gonna be scared

in here all alone?

l've got my toys.

Okay.

You go.

Now l lay me down to sleep,

l pray the Lord my soul to keep.

lf l shall die before l wake,

l pray the Lord my soul to take. Amen.

To bind the spirits.

Noncontact dermatitis.

A trauma in one place manifests

on another part of the body.

lt's not uncommon.

No fever. Excellent. Less nausea.

Good. Even a bit of an appetite.

Outstanding. And no visual

or auditory hallucinations...

...or other behavioral abnormalities?

Anything?

No.

Then we can continue to stage two.

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Adam Simon

Adam Simon (born February 6, 1962) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. His directing credits include Brain Dead (1990), Body Chemistry II: The Voice of a Stranger (1992), and Carnosaur (1993). Simon, along with producer Brannon Braga, co-created the television series Salem. As a screenwriter, Simon is known for Bones (2001), and The Haunting in Connecticut (2009). He plays a humorous version of himself, pitching a project and getting barred from the studio lot in the famous opening-shot of Robert Altman's The Player (1992). He previously appeared, thinly veiled, as a fictional character in Christopher Guest's film The Big Picture (1989) and would reappear in Kim Newman's novel Johnny Alucard (2013), where he again pitches a project and becomes the only person in Hollywood standing up to a particularly sinister studio executive.Kim Newman has noted that Adam Simon has "become one of the most oft-cited figures in contemporary Hollywood satire, and those in the know have begun to play the game of Simon-spotting. [...] Remarkable look- and act-alikes for Adam Simon have appeared in a couple of sinister Hollywood satires: Adam Rafkin (Jarrad Paul) on the cancelled-too-soon TV series Action, who ruins his emotional and physical health on successive drafts of Beverly Hills Gun Club for sleazy überproducer Peter Dragon (Jay Mohr); and Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux) in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive, who finds his entire life - and film project - jeopardised when he considers going against the wishes of backers who represent either organised crime or Hell." more…

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