The Haunting in Connecticut Page #4

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
559 Views


lt's all right.

-Are you sure you're feeling up to this?

-Well, put it this way, l'm....

l'm exactly the right state of being...

...to traffic with ghosts.

What is that?

Magnets. lron magnets.

lron defends from evil.

So it's no accident

that prisons have iron bars...

...to not merely contain the body,

but the evil that may lurk within it.

-What are you looking for?

-Where he died.

Sometimes when death is violent

or filled with anger...

...or fear or any strong emotion...

...it's as if the spirit doesn't pass on.

That's why we cover mirrors,

light candles, open the shades...

...so that they may find their way out.

So a house with a trapped soul

is not so much haunted...

...as it is possessed.

What's down there?

Matt's bedroom.

lt's where they used to....

Keep the children upstairs.

Yeah.

He's here.

Do you see him, Matt?

l don't see anything.

That's because you're strong, you're

healthy. You shouldn't see anything.

So this is where you're trapped.

Don't worry.

Whatever you may have done,

we're not here to punish you...

...only to free you.

Like a bird...

...caught in a room.

There must be another way.

Perhaps the other side of that wall.

l have to get his remains

out of the house.

Stop it!

lt stopped.

Will Matt be all right now?

Yeah.

The house is quiet and at peace.

But l should warn you that sometimes

for a day or so after...

...strange events, much like aftershocks

from an earthquake.

But don't be alarmed...

...it will pass,

within a day or two at the most.

-Okay.

-All right.

Thank you.

lt's okay.

l wish l could say

it was my pleasure, but....

You gonna be okay to drive?

We're all in God's hands.

It's only five more sleeps

till parents' day.

I can't wait.

I got a lot to show you, Dad.

You'll see

how I shoot the bow and arrow...

...and how far I can swim

and they're having a father-son race.

It's gonna be great.

I bet you and me,

we beat all the others...

...unless you're too old

and broke down.

Okay, well, I better go. Bye, Dad.

All right,

whatever was here is gone now.

Now, we've all had

some really bad nights.

Stay here.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my-- Oh, my--

Oh, my God.

What have you done to yourself?

All right, l'm gonna follow them. When

l get back, we're getting out of here.

Sir?

They'll be after you now.

Get out.

Somebody help me!

Please! Somebody help me!

Where's Matt?

He's at the hospital.

The doctors are gonna

take care of him, okay?

Hi. We're not home right now,

so please leave a message.

Thanks.

l made a terrible mistake.

Aickman didn't remove their eyelids

to make the dead see...

...but to make them unseen.

So all those missing bodies...

...all those poor souls in torment,

they're still there. They're in the house.

But the boy wasn't evil.

He was trying to free them.

And I removed him.

Now all that's left is their rage.

You must get out now.

Get out now.

l'm sorry.

lt's okay. You're here now.

That's all that matters.

He's sedated and comfortable.

We ran his panels.

l'm afraid it's not good news.

His cell count is worse than before.

The treatment has, frankly,

had no effect.

How long do you think he has?

With these numbers,

l don't know what's keeping him alive.

He could go tonight.

There's really no way of saying for sure.

Then can we see him?

Of course.

To fight.

One bright day

In the middle of the night

Two dead boys got up to fight

He couldn't have gotten far.

-One bright day in the middle--

-Hi, this is Dr. Brooks.

Get me security right away, please.

Two dead boys got up to fight

One bright day

In the middle of the night

Two dead boys got up to fight

Matt?

Matt?

Matt.

Come over. Come here.

We're gonna play

hide-and-seek now, okay?

Okay, go.

-We have to get out of here. Come on.

-What's going on?

We have to go. We have to--

Matt. Matt, no.

Matt, no. No.

-Get out.

-Matt.

Get out.

Matt. No. Matt.

Get out. Whatever you do,

do not let them put out the fire.

-What about you?

-l'm already dead.

-Matt, come out. Matt.

-Matt.

We'll find him.

Mom. Dad.

Where's Matt?

-He's inside.

-l don't understand.

-l thought you said it was over.

-Matt's trying to end it.

-l gotta get in.

-Ma'am.

No, you gotta let me in there.

l have to get my son.

-Fire.

-Please let me go. Please.

To unbind the spirits.

What are we waiting for? Come on!

Matt!

Oh, my God.

Okay.

All right.

l'm here. l'm here.

The Lord is my shepherd.

l shall not want.

He maketh me

to lie down in green pastures.

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul.

He leadeth me

in the path of righteousness.

He helped my son.

We're here. We're here. We're here.

Matt.

Be careful.

Come on, wake up.

Wake up.

He's gonna be okay.

He's gonna be okay.

No. Hold on.

Wake up.

Come on, Matty.

Come on, Matty, breathe.

l love you.

Wake up, Matt.

I just love you so much.

Come on, Matty, wake up.

Please, come on, honey.

Come on.

You'll be all right.

Hey.

He's okay.

I don't really care

if anybody believes me or not.

I know what happened.

Doctors and nurses know

and my family knows.

And my son is alive...

...and well.

That's all that matters.

They say that God works

in mysterious ways.

They just don't always tell you

how mysterious those ways can be.

Consider yourself warned.

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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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