Review of The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) by Jonny P — 01 Jul 2011

There isn't a tremendous amount of plot in this movie; rather, it's a series of disturbing events haunting one child. Then suddenly, they go to a library and the entire plot is revealed. Unfortunately, you sit through 50 minutes of random jumpy scenes to get there.

Then you sit through another random bunch of disturbing images again and then there's an ending that re-introduces the plot and resolves it - Not exactly the greatest movie of all time. A lot of the things happening in this movie aren't scary, but there are a ridiculous number of jump scenes and you can't help but continually jump out of your skin.

Because the kid is medicated, you can never be sure what is reality or illusion, and he can't be sure, either! You can feel his frustration and it also makes it possible for any horrific display imagineable to occur on screen.

This movie is good for a scare (definitely a good date movie), but beyond that I wouldn't advise it.