Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Virginia MadsenSara Campbell
- Kyle GallnerMatt Campbell
- Martin DonovanPeter Campbell
- Amanda CrewWendy
- Elias KoteasReverend Popescu
- Sophi KnightMary Campbell
- Ty WoodBilly Campbell
- D.W. BrownDr. Brooks
- John B. LoweMr. Sinclair
- Jessica Burleson1920's Séance Attendee #4
Recommendations
- 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Haunting tweaks familiar tropes enough to make them interesting. Just not so interesting as to inspire many nightmares after the credits roll. - 60
New York Daily News
Don't misunderstand: the proceedings are pretty silly, and the scares were a lot fresher back in 1979, when we first saw "The Amityville Horror." But Cornwell and his cast take things just seriously enough to keep us at least intermittently on edge. - 50
Variety
Long on atmosphere yet short on dramatic tension. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
A technically proficient horror movie and well acted. - 50
Chicago Tribune
The movie bumps along from low-grade scare to scare, and it's not lousy, mainly because Virginia Madsen prevents it from being so. - 50
Philadelphia Inquirer
A tepid PG-13 iteration of the already lame 1979 genre classic "The Amityville Horror." - 33
The A.V. Club
As a piece of storytelling, The Haunting In Connecticut is pretty lazy. As a horror movie, it’s lazier still, bringing out every annoying shock-cut and disorienting sound-design trick of the last decade. - 30
Village Voice
In the realm of domestic horror, The Haunting in Connecticut is about as scary as a shower that suddenly changes temperature when someone flushes the toilet.
