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Haunting Is Nothing New

Decent scare flick says it's based on a true story

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 27, 2009 10:23 AM CDT

(Newser) – Based on a supposedly-true story, The Haunting in Connecticut is nothing groundbreaking—but it’s good for a few screams, critics say. A few takes:

“A technically proficient horror movie and well acted. We have here no stock characters,” Roger Ebert observes in the Chicago Sun-Times. But “I don't believe a shred of this movie is true.”

“Gives you the creeps, the giggles, and the groans in almost equal measure,” writes Jeannette Catsoulis in the New York Times.
“The movie bumps along from low-grade scare to scare, and it's not lousy,” says Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune.
“A tepid PG-13 iteration of the already lame 1979 genre classic The Amityville Horror,” notes Tirdad Derakhshani in the Philadelphia Inquirer. “Good performances and an eerie atmosphere can't save the flick: I'd wait for the DVD.”

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In this film still image released by Lionsgate Films, Virginia Madsen is shown in "The Haunting in Connecticut." (AP Photo/Lionsgate, Allen Fraser)

In this film still image released by Lionsgate Films, Virginia Madsen, left, and Kyle Gallner are shown in "The Haunting in Connecticut." (AP Photo/Lionsgate, Rebecca Sandulak)

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Haunting Is Nothing New

Decent scare flick says it's based on a true story