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· Year: 1991
· Also known as: The Haunted: A True Story
· Director: Robert Mandel
· Writers: Darrah Cloud & Robert Curran, Jack Smurl, Janet Smurl, Ed Warren, Lorraine Warren (book)
· Cast: Sally Kirkland, Jeffrey DeMunn
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· Based on a reportedly true story, as told in the book The Haunted: One Family's Nightmare, written by Robert Curran with Jack & Janet Smurl and Ed & Lorraine Warren.
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· This film has never been released on videotape, but it sometimes airs in the US on the Sci-Fi Channel.
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| Synopsis |
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Several years after they move into their suburban Pennsylvania home, the Smurl family suffers through increasingly dangerous and unpredictable attacks by evil spirits, causing them to go to desperate measures to get help.
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RATING
Out of 100 |
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79
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| 3.25 -ATMOSPHERE |
| 0.5 -GORE |
| 0.5 -HUMOR |
| 2.0 -SCARES |
| 3.5 -TENSION |
This TV movie is the real deal. No matter whether it really happened or not, the film is a nicely creepy piece of work. In eschewing Amityville Horror-type theatrics, The Haunted has captured the eerie feeling that it could happen to any of us--the greatest thing you could hope instill in a ghost story. The acting is also quite good, and the minimalist use of special effects both suits and enhances the story. Catch this whenever it appears on cable.
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RATING
Out of 100 |
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90
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| COLD ANALYSIS |
| 3.75 -ATMOSPHERE |
| 3.5 -GORE |
| 0.25 -HUMOR |
| 3.5 -SCARES |
| 3.75 -TENSION |
This movie is just fantastic! Isaw it when I was nine years old, and everything is still fresh in my mind, even after ten years. I lost the tape while shifting my house and that is the something I still regret. This movie is far better than any present production.
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| 4.0 -ATMOSPHERE |
| 0.0 -GORE |
| 1.0 -HUMOR |
| 4.0 -SCARES |
| 4.0 -TENSION |
Ever since I watched this movie when it first came out, I have not been able to sleep without being covered up. The Haunted gave me the creeps, and I am not easy to spook. I want to see it again!
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