I'm sure that many of you are well aware (and have perhaps even seen) the latest paranormal/supernatural horror film to come out of Hollywood this year entitled "The Haunting in Connecticut" starring Virginia Madsen and Elias Koteas which for those of you who aren't familiar is the supposedly "true story" of a family who picks up and moves into a beautiful old house in rural Connecticut in order to be closer to the hospital/treatment facility where their eldest son is receiving his cancer treatments. He is extremely ill and the long journey(s) to the hospital takes its toll on both the son and family alike.
The family agrees to rent the big old beautiful house (which happens to carry an unbelievably low rent for the area) and subsequently move in and begin to settle down and start a new life in their new home. Unbeknownst to this young family is the fact that their seemingly peaceful new home has a very dark past and a few surprises of its own!
Now this is where the story takes an eerie turn towards "pure creepy".
The eldest son decides that he wants to make the basement of the house "his room" and thus moves his bed and belongings down to this cold, dark area of the house against the better judgement of his parents. Upon inspection of the basement, the parents and eldest son notice what appears to be a door leading into another room or perhaps storage space in the basement, though the door is locked up tight as if something to hide ~ and the house does indeed have something to hide. The family then proceeds to unlock and open the mysterious door and what they find behind it is utterly shocking and extremely creepy!
Are you ready for this? The room contains what appears to be a stainless steel table/gurney, various "strange-looking" equipment and tools along with a large walk-in refrigerator ~ to the horror of the family they realize that the room they are standing in was at one time an embalming/preparation room for the remains of the deceased!!! Yes, this old beautiful house was at one time used as a local funeral parlour!!!
Okay first of all, I would not be moving into a house that was once a funeral parlour, that is just asking for trouble!!! Anyway, a series of supernatural and paranormal events begin occurring, from things moving to evil entities trying to take control of the family and even possess their ill son. I won't go into any more details on the movie itself (you can watch it for yourself if you haven't already done so) but I recently watched it and I was really not at all that impressed with what I saw. Here's why:
Back in 2002, The Discovery Channel aired a special 2 hour made for TV documentary/re-enactment for their series "A Haunting", and the title of this documentary? You guessed it, "A Haunting in Connecticut" ~ based on a true story. This 2002 version (the original I might add) was very well done, the story line similar but in between re-enactments they interview the various family members who had been through the experience to tell their account of what had happened to them.
There are vast differences between the Hollywood film version (2009) and the Discovery Channel version (2002) which don't sit well with me, and many others according to various reviews. I encourage you to check out both versions and draw your own conclusions on this eerie story ~ please feel free to email me at craigpower@rogers.com and let me know what your views are, or post a comment here on this site.
Do I think that these events are "true" occurrences? Did they really happen? Again, I remain open minded and all I will say is this:
I believe that it is possible.
Sleep well.
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