Apple now has the trailer for this summer’s ‘scary because it’s true’ horror flick (ala
EMILY ROSE) AN AMERICAN HAUNTING, which stars Sissy Spacek, Donald Sutherland and 15 year old Rachel Hurd-Wood. The trailer is phat, and pretty much made my decision as to what I’m doing this Cinco do Mayo.
Until the end of the trailer, that is. It was going so good for me, creepy ass occurances, saying that it really happened, and then… it says it’s happening
again! I don’t know, but it seems to me it was based on the true story that happened in 1818 until it hit that note. Why bring it back to today? Why?
But you can see for yourself by clicking
HERE. So what’s it about?
Between the years 1818-1820, the Bell Family of Red River, Tennessee was visited by an unknown presence that haunted the family and eventually ended up causing the death of one its members. Starting with small sounds around the farm, and the sighting of a strange creature with piercing yellow eyes, the sounds escalated into full brutal contact with the certain family members, causing psychological and physical torment. The attacks grew in strength, with the spirit slapping, pulling, dragging, and beating the Bell’s youngest daughter, Betsey. The Bells searched for rational explanations and ways to rid their house of this entity, but to no avail as the spirit began to communicate with them through sounds, and eventually multiple voices that sounded like the wind.
Fearing that the haunting was caused by a local woman -branded a witch- who had put a curse upon the family as a result of a land dispute, the Bells tried desperately to find ways of getting rid of the woman’s curse, yet the attacks and disturbances only escalated. It was not until a manuscript of the local schoolteacher -who lived on the property during the disturbance-, was found in 1998 that the horrifying and shocking answer to what caused this haunting would finally be unveiled.
So did it all happen ‘again’ as the trailer suggests? I don’t know. I guess we’ll have to check it out May 5th, when it hits theaters everywhere. And judging from the hottness of movies like this, I’m sure everyone and their grandma will be there to check it out… and that’s not a bad thing!